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Waukegan board debates look‑alike firearm language for student handbook
Summary
At its May 27 meeting the Waukegan CUSD 60 board discussed proposed revisions to the student handbook to clarify how look‑alike firearms and other prohibited items would be handled, and directed staff to take the board’s feedback to the district’s Parent Teacher Advisory Committee before a first‑reading of handbook changes.
Waukegan CUSD 60 board members spent a large portion of their May 27 meeting debating proposed clarifications to the district’s student handbook on weapons, including how to treat look‑alike firearms and other prohibited items.
The administration presented a tiered approach that staff said would distinguish mere possession from use or attempts to inflict harm and make clear when a mandatory expulsion referral is required. "Generally, we consider anything that's a look alike weapon, but anything that can be mistaken as a firearm, a look alike firearm," said a district safety official,…
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