WHEATON —DuPage County Treasurer and former Wheaton Mayor Gwen Henry endorsed Community Unit School District 200's plans for a new Jefferson Early Childhood Center on Tuesday, according to a news release from Vote Yes for Jefferson, a campaign led by the Friends of the Schools parents' committee.

“I am supporting this referendum [measure] because a new Jefferson Early Childhood Center is sorely needed and provides the early intervention and education that is critical for our children with special needs,” Henry said in the release. “Additionally, I am convinced that plans to build a new school provide the only fiscally responsible solution to this challenge."

A referendum measure asking voters to approve the building of a new facility and the sale of bonds to finance it will appear on the ballot for the April 9 local elections.