Dear Fairport community, 

The Fairport Board of Education approved the District’s proposed 2025-2026 school budget at its business meeting on April 22, 2025.

You can find the budget adoption presentation here and our budget goals below.

1. Support students by prioritizing the District’s School Improvement Initiatives, including:
   1. Providing equitable access to student-centered and “whole child” programming
   2. Allocating and aligning resources to maximize student learning
   3. Strengthening the District’s Universal Pre-K programming
2. Investing in modern, environmentally sustainable and safe facilities by:
   1. Dedicating financial resources to support the modernization and upkeep of District facilities
   2. Prioritizing the funding and use of District Capital Reserves to align with the District’s Long-Term Facilities Plan and in an effort to shift to a more regular schedule of smaller-scale Capital Improvement Projects
3. Keep long-term fiscal sustainability at the forefront of the budget process with a focus on:
   1. Being transparent and fiscally responsible to our stakeholders
   2. Maintaining a strong financial position
   3. Preserving the District’s strong bond rating

The $165,369,483 total budget equates to a 3.45% increase over last year’s budget and is in compliance with the Property Tax Levy Limit, which limits the amount of taxes an entity may levy based on a formula. That Tax Levy Limit may be higher or lower than 2%, depending on allowable adjustments or exemptions. 

The estimated tax rate is a projected $26.01 per $1,000 of assessed value, a 2.98% increase. You can find more information about the development of this proposed budget in the livestream of the April 22 Board of Education Business meeting and in the livestream of the Board of Education Workshop, also on the 22nd.

The annual Budget Vote is on Tuesday, May 20 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Johanna Perrin Middle School.

Items on the ballot for the May 20 vote include:

• The proposed 2025-2026 ($165,369,483) school budget
• The election of two Board of Education members
• The election of one Public Library Trustee
• The proposed Fairport Public Library budget
• A proposition to authorize the appropriation and spending of funds from the “Capital Bus Purchase Reserve Fund 2024” to buy buses for student transportation

If you would like to learn more about the 2025-2026 budget, join us at the Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 6 at 6:30 p.m. in room 512 at FHS. The Public Hearing will also be broadcast live on the District’s YouTube. 

If you have any questions about the budget process or the proposed 2025-2026 school budget, please email communityrelations@fairport.org OR enter your questions into the Google Form here. Our team will develop a FAQ sheet to share information and answers to community concerns.

Sincerely, 

Brett Provenzano

Superintendent of Schools