District Budgets

Largest district by enrollment

Where the general fund goes, tracked district by district as budgets are proposed, amended, and put to a vote.

2026-27 Adopted Budget

Rochester City School District

Rochester is one of New York's five "Big 5" city school districts, so this budget was never put to a public vote — the 7-member elected Board of Education (Board of Commissioners) adopted it directly, 4–3, on May 12, 2026. After the district received about $4.1 million less than expected in the final state budget, the Board re-adopted an amended budget, again 4–3, on June 16, 2026, closing the gap with a $1.1 million cut to afterschool/summer programming and a $2.2 million delay to a high-school "best practice replication" plan. The amended budget draws $23.8 million from the district's $312.8 million fund balance and cuts 16.8 full-time-equivalent staff positions, drawing pushback from the Rochester Teachers Association.

Total budget

$1.16B

amended 6/16/26, revised total not published

Adopted by

Board, 4–3

May 12, 2026

Rochester City School District is Monroe County's largest school district by enrollment. City Council reviewed the adopted budget and voted against it, 1–6–2, on June 16–17, 2026 — but multiple outlets (WXXI, WHEC, RochesterFirst) described that vote as largely symbolic, since the city is still legally obligated to fund the district regardless.

New York's "Big 5" city school districts — Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers, and New York City — don't hold the property-tax-cap budget referendum that every other district in the state does; their budgets are adopted by their Boards of Education and then reviewed under a separate city-budget process. Monroe County's other districts' budgets will be added here as they're verified.

Elections & Candidates

Most recent results

Who’s on the ballot for open board seats, and what they’re running on.

Most recent election · 3 of 7 at-large seats up

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Rochester City School District · 7 at-large seats, 4-year staggered terms · next partial election 2027

Election coverage →

At-Large

Camille Simmons

Elected

8,881 primary votes. Incumbent Board President, re-elected; general election uncontested.

At-Large

Kareem-Ba McCullough

Elected

8,314 primary votes. New to the board; general election uncontested.

At-Large

Heather Feinman

Elected

6,235 primary votes. New to the board; general election uncontested.

At-Large

Vince Felder

Not elected

4,726 primary votes. Former Monroe County legislator; lost the Democratic primary.

In heavily Democratic Rochester, the June Democratic primary has historically decided these races; all three winners above ran unopposed in the November general election, so no separate general-election vote counts were published. Rochester's board seats are staggered 4-year terms with roughly 3-4 up each odd-year cycle; the next partial election is in 2027.

School Board Watch

5 Largest Districts

Meeting-by-meeting coverage of the largest school districts serving Monroe County: when the board meets, and where to find the agenda.

Rochester City School DistrictBoard typically holds Work Sessions on the 2nd Tuesday and Business Meetings on the 4th Thursday at 6:00 PM, plus Speaker Forums and Audits per the published calendar.

Sep

Speaker Forum

5:30 PM · 131 West Broad Street, Rochester, NY 14614, Conference Room 3A/B

Agenda pending

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Greece Central School DistrictBoard of Education meetings posted on the district events calendar.

Sep

Board of Education Meeting

6:30 PM · 1790 Latta Rd, Rochester, NY 14612

Agenda pending

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Webster Central School DistrictBoard of Education meetings posted via BoardDocs.

Sep

Regular Business Meeting

5:00 PM · District Office, 119 South Avenue, Webster, NY, 2nd Floor Professional Development Center

Agenda pending

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Rush-Henrietta Central School DistrictBoard meetings are held at 6:30 PM every three weeks, generally in the Dee Strickland Conference Room at the Parker Administration Building; some exceptions occur and are posted via board alerts.

Sep

Regular Meeting

6:30 PM · John W. Parker Administration Building, Diana "Dee" Strickland Conference Room, 2034 Lehigh Station Road, Henrietta, NY 14467

Agenda pending

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Pittsford Central School District2026-27 meetings are held at Barker Road Middle School per the board-approved schedule.

Sep

Regular Meeting