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Colonial School District Funding Referendum Approved

Colonial School District

Voters approved a $10.9 million a year referendum that the Colonial School District says it needs to avoid cuts in staff and programs.

Superintendent Dr. Dusty Blakey told the Wilmington News Journal that this was a victory for the 10-thousand students and the staff.

This is the second time the proposal has been put up for a vote and resulted in just over 57-hundred for the funding and around 39-hundred against.

The voter turnout was also nearly twice as last time with around 96-hundred casting ballots as opposed to only around 5-thousand in February.

One voter told the News Journal that she was shocked when they heard that the district had laid off 175 staff.

The voter said she was casting her ballot against firing teachers.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.