The Gloucester County School Board adopted Superintendent of Schools Dr. Anthony Vladu’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026 totaling $83,530,279 during its joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium.
The school board also named Fred Brewer of Hayes, to serve as an interim member, filling an at-large seat that was vacated by Deborah McDonough last month.
The new $83.5 million budget, first presented as a budget of $77.5 million and then $81.9 million, now includes a local request of an additional $2 million. In previous presentations, Vladu recommended a local fund increase of $495,729.
County Administrator Carol Steele presented her proposed budget for FY26 to board of supervisors members Monday night and stated that she was recommended providing the schools with level funding of approximately $30.4 million (see related story). However, she did mention in her presentation that Vladu had requested the additional $495,729 fr...