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Middlesex superintendent proposes FY26 budget with 7% teacher raise and four new positions
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Seitz presented a FY26 budget that includes a 7% pay increase for teachers, four new positions to support special education and early grades, and a request for an additional $979,255 in local funding; she said final state numbers depend on the General Assembly.
Dr. Seitz, superintendent of Middlesex County Public Schools, presented the school division's proposed FY26 budget and said she will return March 10 with a final version for board approval and submission to the Board of Supervisors by April 1, the deadline required by the Code of Virginia.
The proposal bases next year’s funding on an average daily membership (ADM) of 1,170, up from 1,160 this year. Dr. Seitz told the board that state funding in the governor's budget is up by just over $200,000 while federal funds are down about $5,000 and other revenues are down roughly $12,000; the…
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