A service of Salisbury University and University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Referendum Next Tuesday for Delaware School District

dbclipart.com

There will be three referendums next Tuesday to approve funding for the Appoquinimink School District encompassing Middletown Delaware to accommodate the town’s growing population.

The district is hoping to raise $36.9 million which will go toward operating expenses and construction of new school buildings.

Superintendent Matthew Burrows told the Salisbury Daily Times that the district has seen the fastest growth in its history over the last twenty years.

The paper reports that last year that district had grown by 435 students and in the last five years has seen an increase of over 18-hundred students.

That’s about a 19 percent growth rate.

In 2016 the district voters approved $268 million for school construction with another $3.1 million for operations

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.