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Charles City Public Schools outlines FY26 budget, requests additional $628,878 from county
Summary
School leaders presented an adopted FY26 budget that seeks $628,878 in additional county funding, a projected $522,000 shortfall, and capital requests including $461,567 in CIP needs with $102,000 from the Virginia Public School Authority.
The Charles City County School Division on Tuesday presented its adopted fiscal year 2026 budget to the Board of Supervisors and requested an additional $628,878 from the county to cover operating needs and sustain staff positions.
The budget presentation, led by Rodney Tyler, chairman of the Charles City School Board, and school leaders, framed the request as focused on supporting student needs, addressing achievement gaps and sustaining staff. The division reported a projected FY26 operating shortfall of about $522,000 and described the additional county request as a 9.3% increase over the FY25 allocation.
The school presentation said the FY26 operating budget includes three districtwide positions — a mental health specialist, a reading specialist and a math interventionist — that the division previously funded with federal ESSER grant dollars and is now proposing to sustain in the operating budget. The division also listed a projected cost for a 3% pay increase at approximately $406,771.
Jerome Tyler, director of operations for the school division, summarized the capital improvement plan request. The CIP totals $461,567 and includes technology, transportation and facilities items. The division said it will receive $102,000 from the Virginia Public School Authority (VPSA) to defray student laptop purchases, reducing the county CIP request to $359,567. Transportation needs include one school bus replacement with a CIP request of $158,000; operations and facilities items include hallway carpet removal and concrete polishing at the elementary school with a county request of $63,173.
School officials said the division used an average daily membership (ADM) of 502 in preparing the budget. They briefed the board on student performance and enrollment trends, noting accreditation statuses and areas for improvement, including mathematics at the high school. The presentation also cited an on-time graduation rate of 95.43%.
The division asked the board to consider the FY26 package while noting factors that affect costs and revenues: proposed state minimum wage increases (House Bill 1928 was cited), health insurance underwriting timing, projected Virginia Retirement System employer contribution rates and changes in the local composite index that the division said reduced some state and federal grant funding.
The board did not take action on the school budget at the meeting; the presentation closed with an opportunity for board questions and follow-up.
