District overview
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Webster is an ordinary formula-funded New York district. About 58% of its revenue comes from the local property tax levy and about 33% from state aid, led by Foundation Aid. The board proposes a budget each spring, the state tax cap limits how much the levy can grow, and residents vote on it, together with the board election, on the third Tuesday of May (May 19 in 2026). If voters reject a budget twice, the district must use a contingent budget with no increase in the tax levy.
The 2026-27 tax levy is $131.9 million, up 3.39% from $127.5 million. The district says this stays within the state tax cap for the 15th year in a row.
State aid is projected at about $78.4 million for 2026-27, up about $2.4 million. Foundation Aid is about $49.9 million of that. These numbers moved with each state budget proposal.
The 2026-27 plan uses $8.5 million of reserves and fund balance ($3 million from retirement-system reserves and $5.5 million of fund balance), which the district aims to replenish.
In May 2026 the ballot also had $1.8 million for ten diesel school buses and a request to renew a capital reserve fund of up to $45 million over ten years.
A budget that grows 3.1% is below the Monroe County average increase the district reports (4.71%), but the newsletter and slides are the district's own framing. This page does not establish whether the spending is the right level.
Up from $220,266,425 in 2025-26 (+3.10%).
Up from $127,549,054 (+3.39%); the district reports it is tax cap compliant.
Up from $75,990,770; includes about $3.1 million of universal pre-K grants.
$3 million from retirement reserves plus $5.5 million of fund balance.
The district reports the Monroe County average as $30,402. Definitions of the two figures may differ.
Approved October 11, 2023 and built in phases across all 11 schools.
Latest column of the district's own metrics table, 2024-25.
NCES figure; the district describes about 8,100 students and 1,500 or more staff.
An $85 million project approved by voters October 11, 2023, covering doors, lighting, roofs, bus loops and parking, elevators and security at all 11 schools plus a new OWL program wing at Willink. The OWL wing opened September 2, 2026. The district said the proposal had zero tax impact.
Voter-approved capital project funding with state building aid
Bids and exact award amounts were not stated in the collected recordings.
A $227.1 million budget with no layoffs (staff reductions through attrition), plus a $1.8 million proposition for ten diesel buses and a renewal of the capital reserve fund. The board approved the bus bond resolution June 2, 2026 after voters passed that proposition.
Property tax levy, state aid, reserves and fund balance
State rules call for new school bus purchases to be zero-emission starting in 2027, but staff said guidance from Albany is shifting and the local power grid needs study. The district is still waiting for the electric bus it ordered last year and asked voters for ten diesel buses.
$1.8 million financed over five years; about 68% eligible for state transportation aid
A board strategic planning subcommittee built a staff AI toolkit, released staff guidelines before the 2026-27 school year, and trained staff in all 11 buildings. Draft regulations are being reviewed.
No specific funding identified in collected records
Webster Central School District
Residents elect board members and vote on the 2027-28 budget. Polls at Webster Schroeder High School, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Seats with terms listed as ending in 2027 are expected to be up; confirm with the district clerk.
Official source · verified Oct 20, 2026
Webster Central School District
Two seats were on the May 19, 2026 ballot with Janice Richardson and Dr. John Barker as candidates; the district board roster lists both with terms ending 2029.
Official source · verified Oct 20, 2026
Webster Central School District · $1,800,000
Authorizes $1,800,000 to buy ten 66-passenger diesel buses, financed over five years with about 68% state aid. The board's June 2, 2026 meeting records that the transportation proposition passed and approved the bond resolution.
Official source · verified Oct 20, 2026
Built from the district's own website documents (budget workshop slides, budget newsletter, tax levy calculation, audits, Code of Conduct, capital project newsletter, board goals) and auto-generated captions of 13 regular board meeting recordings and 3 budget workshop recordings from the district's official YouTube playlist. Figures marked verified come from a stored district document; calculations and county comparisons are context. Enrollment is the NCES figure.
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