“We want every single child in GCPS to maximize their potential.”
The Gloucester County School Board met Tuesday evening in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium to hear preliminary budget considerations for fiscal year 2026 and to receive public input on the budget. However, no one from the public provided input, in-person or otherwise, for this meeting.
Presentation
Dr. Anthony Vladu, superintendent of schools, provided a preliminary budget presentation to the board.
The division is forecast to have an Average Daily Membership of 4,749 students for FY26, which is a slight decrease compared to FY25.
In addition to state funding, the ADM also impacts staffing. In FY26, the division is only planning to cut 1.5 positions when enrollment is warranting losing 18 positions. A loss of 20 students typically equates to losing one full-time teaching position.
The division is also looking to recapture homeschool students for both budgetary and educational purposes. In FY25, a total of 634 ...