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Victor Central projects multi-million dollar budget gap but aims to avoid layoffs or cuts to student programs
Summary
District leaders told the school board Jan. 29 that preliminary 2026–27 budget math shows a gap of roughly $1.1 million–$3.3 million, but said they expect to preserve programming and staffing by tightening building-level nonpersonnel lines, using reserves cautiously and pursuing state-aid advocacy.
Victor Central School District leaders told the Board of Education on Jan. 29 that preliminary calculations for the 2026–27 budget show a shortfall they estimate between about $1.1 million and $3.3 million, but that they expect to avoid layoffs and reductions in student programming.
"We firmly believe, thanks to Christine's leadership, the board's leadership and the work that we're gonna be doing over the next few months, that we can do this without any reductions in student programming for next year without any layoffs to staff," said the district presenter (speaker 2) during the workshop.
The presentation traced the cause of the pressure to recent years of staffing increases that right-sized the district after years of understaffing and a one-time capital project. District leaders said health care and utility cost growth, combined with only modest projected revenue increases of 3–4%, produce the preliminary budget gap if staffing and nonpersonnel spending remain at current levels.
Christine, the district…
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