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First raising the issue of decorum during the pledge on a social media post while campaigning for the school board — she was elected April 4, and took her oath of office May 2 after the pledge was said — Lensing said her views are nothing new.

The Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 Board of Education voted 5-1 Tuesday at the Lincoln Center administration building to ask the Illinois State Board of Education for a waiver from the five-day statewide requirement due to space constraints.

Ewing was unanimously reelected president of the Board of Education by his peers Wednesday at the Lincoln Center administration building in Waukegan after two newly elected board members — Carolina Fabian and Christine Lensing — were seated.

Jane Ferry, the city’s public relations specialist, said she checked city records and while two Hispanics have in the past served on the City Council at the same time, this will be the first time three will hold office simultaneously.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at polling places throughout Lake County as voters choose heads of their local government and governing bodies like city councils, village boards, school boards, park commissioners and library trustees, as well as decide referendum questions.

Incumbents Lucy Leguizamo and Rick Riddle along with first-time board candidates Carolina Fabian, Khershuana Hanna, Christine Lensing and Randy Sobecki are competing for the three available positions in the April 4 general election with different approaches to schooling.

Illinois School Currently Named After Thomas Jefferson Will Be Renamed for Rep. John Lewis People 1 hr ago © Provided by People Jeff Hutchens/Getty John Lewis An Illinois middle school named after Thomas Jefferson will be renamed in honor of civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis due to Jeffersons past as an enslaver. The Waukegan School Board announced the official name change in a statement that also revealed a second school in the district will be named after hometown hero Edith ...

Two Waukegan middle schools were renamed Tuesday for a pair of civil rights icons — U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia and Edith M. Smith, who began a legal battle which desegregated a local elementary school in the 1960s.