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Waukegan schools begin two-year push to separate academic grades from behavior
Summary
A district committee presented a two-year plan to standardize grading across schools, recommend separating academic performance from behavior in gradebooks and create common learning outcomes; board members raised questions about teacher engagement, parent communication and timelines.
The Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 Board of Education heard a detailed update July 9 on work to rewrite district grading practice and align course-level expectations across middle and high schools. Jennifer Rice de la Sanchez and a multi‑member team told the board the plan will take about two years and centers on separating academic performance from behaviors in gradebooks, aligning assessments to standards and ensuring grades “mean the same thing for all students,” district presenters said.
The proposals follow a year-and-a-half review by four subcommittees that surveyed students and staff, examined gradebooks, and held three town halls. Presenters said surveys of about 1,500 students and 130 staff showed agreement on many points but “two…
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