Warren County School Board sees early budget requests including 3% employee raise

The Warren County School Board received an early look on Tuesday at a proposed budget for next year.

Acting Superintendent J. David Martin and other administrators presented information to the board members at their first budget work session for fiscal 2026-2027. Chairwoman Kristen J. Pence, Vice Chairwoman Antoinette D. Funk and members Andrea M. Lo and Melanie C. Salins attended the work session. Member Thomas J. McFadden Jr. did not attend.

Deputy Director for Human Resources and Finance Kendall Poe presented the administration’s personnel requests. The administration is requesting funding for a fifth-grade teacher at E. Wilson Morrison Elementary and a third-grade teacher at A.S. Rhodes Elementary, both of which will be needed as a result of increasing enrollment and class sizes proj