Another idea in contention for the school s name change was Barack and Michelle Obama Middle School, which had the backing of board members Anita Hanna and Jeff McBride.
Despite many members of the public speaking passionately during Tuesday night s board meeting in support of using the Obama name, Waukegan School Board President Brandon Ewing ultimately pushed back against the idea. I think [Obama] was a great president and he did things to move us forward, Ewing said, according to Fox 32. But just like we re having the discussion about Thomas Jefferson, all men are flawed and nobody s legacies are perfect. I think we have a responsibility to listen to all constituents and weigh that in whatever decision we make.
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.
Gwen Polk led a presentation of the district’s financial condition during a virtual meeting in response to legislation state Rep. Rita Mayfield introduced to place Waukegan public schools under state supervision.
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