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.
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As Ben Shapiro quipped, the revolution always eats its own. An effort by Waukegan’s school district to remove the name of Declaration of Independence author Thomas Jefferson from its middle school ran into opposition two weeks ago when the names of Barack and Michelle Obama were offered as a replacement. That prompted outrage from the city’s Latino community, which argued that Obama’s policies on enforcing the law on the border and deporting illegals was itself racist. “Obama is another oppressor,” one activist declared, and others called Obama the “deporter in chief” in objecting to the proposal.
Mariyah published chapter books, “The Adventures of the Power Twins,” two years ago, following it with “My Crazy Wacky Year in School: Kaitlyn’s Revenge” in December. She wrote them in her Waukegan home, putting much of the money she earns into a college fund.
PEORIA A role once primarily held by men, high school principal, is now a job being done solely by women at Peoria Public Schools.
For the first time in the history of the district, all three high schools now have women leaders. Carly Emken took the lead role at Richwoods High School last fall, Devon Hawks became principal at Manual High School in 2020, and Annette Coleman has been principal at Peoria High School since 2016.
Women have always held roles at schools, but having so many in charge is something that s evolved over the past 20 years. The trend is not unique to PPS women are also serving as principals at both Peoria Notre Dame and Peoria Christian high schools in Peoria.
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