The Unit 7 School Board has fallen in line behind a countywide sales tax for education capital projects.
Unit 7 school board President Fred Koss reported that he and Superintendent Michael Shonk had attended a meeting at the Regional Office of Education with representatives from districts throughout Champaign County.
"There was virtually unanimous support for the sales tax," Koss said.
Shonk said he has been asked what Unit 7 would do with the revenue.
"My intent would be to pay down our bonded indebtedness," Shonk said.
Shonk added that could be combined with a new construction project such as renovating, expanding or replacing the 50-year-old Unity High School.
"I thought we were 12 years down the road with this (high school project), but it could be as little as eight, depending on what happens with this," Shonk said.
Shonk plans to send information about the proposed sales tax to both county board members and members of the Champaign County Farm Bureau.
"The key to the whole thing is property tax relief," Shonk said.
Actually, the key is promising a tiny amount of tax relief in the hopes that voters will support a much larger increase in sales taxes.
