Brandywine School District voters gave their overwhelming support for a referendum for another 28 cents per $100 of assessed property value.
The money will go towards the operating budget and capital projects.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that over 9-thousand voters cast their ballots for referendum while nearly 58-hundred were opposed.
Superintendent Mark Holodick told the paper that if the referendum did not pass that school district would have had to cut $8 million from its $174-million.
The district said that those cuts would have included teachers, guidance counselors, reading specialists and support staff.
Approval of the referendum comes after voters rejected earlier efforts to raise more money for the district.
