Victor Central previews 2025-26 budget; proposes personnel additions while managing $3.5 million gap

Victor Central School District held a budget workshop on March 20 in which Assistant Superintendent for Personnel Dorothy D'Angelo presented proposed personnel changes for 2025-26 and district staff sketched revenue scenarios to close a projected budget shortfall.

D'Angelo said the personnel recommendations — a one-year psychologist intern stipend of $21,000, a 0.1 full-time-equivalent increase to the teacher center director (raising the role from 0.5 to 0.6 FTE), and a built-in "bubble" teacher position to add a section if enrollment increases — are budget neutral and intended to reallocate savings from identified efficiencies. "I want to again reiterate that we are not cutting any staff and we are not cutting any program," D'Angelo said.

The district identified three primary sources of staffing efficiencies: enrollment shifts (notably in grades 2 and 3), changes in student course choices, and sharing staff across buildings. D'Angelo said the psychologist intern position carries no benefits, and the teacher center director increase would expand existing staff time; she named Kristen Gookin as the…