Other educators said the landslide vote could turn into stronger support for the schools. It's time for a big conversation across the city. The vote in favor of amending the state constitution would give school boards the option to use sales taxes, not just property taxes, to fund school construction, writes the paper. If you hear one common complaint from parents it's about classes being overcrowded, and there's no way to reduce class size if you don't have classrooms to put those classes in. Many restrictions apply to the use of the sales tax for school construction.
Restrictions also apply to the type of project covered by the funds.
The paper reports that only school construction, renovation, technology or the retirement of past debts for those capital costs are allowed to be covered by sales tax revenue. We can't fail them this time. The changes in test scores have to occur immediately. Safety in the schools has to occur. There has to be instant progress.