Next summer, voters in a Champaign County community will vote on a proposal that has been in the works for most of this year to improve its schools' facilities.

Dr. Lindsey Hall indicates 'Bulldog Blueprint' was a plan to engage the community on how to improve the district's facilities as the student body grows beyond the capacity of its buildings. After hours and hours of engaging the community, a plan is ready to take to the voters.

According to Dr. Hall, the final step before going to the voters is a final survey their community will receive shortly after the first of the year. Dr. Hall says the front-running plan is to build a new middle school and improve space issues at the other facilities.

Asking the community for a tax increase is never an easy task for any governing body and Dr. Hall says this is not the ideal time to be making such an ask but believes this is something that is of the utmost importance for the district at this time.

While the timing of the ask is not ideal, Dr. Hall believes inaction is a decision in this scenario it would be one that is not in the best interest of the school district.