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Seems if state lawmakers are serious about consolidation of governments, this is one archaic area that could be easily taken over by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Despite his election this April, Clyde McLemore was not sworn in as a member of the Lake County Regional Board of School Trustees on Monday night as the Lake County state's attorney's office, Regional Office of Education and current board members asserted he is ineligible since Julie Gonka's term is not up until 2025.
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A late legal challenge from the Lake County State's Attorney's Office may prevent Clyde McLemore, the founder of the Lake County Black Lives Matter chapter, from taking the seat he won on the Regional Board of Schools. McLemore said he still intends to take office, and is examining his legal options.
A proposed state law named after a Medinah man who died of a heroin overdose in 2012 and encouraged by his mother would provide an optional K-12 drug education curriculum for schools across Illinois.
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Daphne Gil of Shepard Middle School in Deerfield decided to go all-in on spelling once she won her classroom bee earlier this school year. On Thursday night, she bested some of Lake County's top spellers to book a trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the Washington D.C. area in late May.