The residents of the Appoquinimink School District have given the thumbs up in yesterday’s referendum to add $2.8 million to next year’s school budget.
The property tax increase will amount to an additional 15 cents per $100 of assessed property value.
This is the second time the District has sought funds through a referendum.
In February voters rejected a request for a 24 cent hike per $100 of assessed property value next year with an additional 11 cents in the following three years.
The district said without the additional money elementary school class sizes would go up and the district would be forced to elimination of 36 full-time jobs including 28 teachers district wide.
