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Lynchburg board sets $5.53 million local ask, calls for joint working meeting with city
Summary
Lynchburg City Schools presented a FY26 funding request centered on salary increases and staffing needs and authorized the CFO to deliver initial 'bare‑bones' numbers to the city; the board voted to seek an early joint working meeting with the city council to negotiate the request.
Lynchburg City Schools on Tuesday presented an initial FY26 local funding request of about $5,531,644 focused on employee compensation and critical staffing needs and authorized the district finance officer to send those figures to the city as part of the budget process.
The board’s finance chair and CFO outlined the components behind the ask: a $17 minimum hourly wage for hourly employees, a $50,000 starting teacher salary, a 3% across‑the‑board…
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