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Parents and residents press Waukegan board for consistent discipline after student brought look-alike weapon to school
Summary
Residents and parents urged the Waukegan school board on April 29 to apply student-discipline policies uniformly after a student brought a look-alike weapon to Jack Benny Elementary.
Several community members used the public-comment period at the April 29 Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 Board of Education meeting to call for equal enforcement of student-discipline policies after an incident at Jack Benny Elementary in which a student brought a look-alike weapon to campus.
Randy Sobecki (public commenter) asked the board why a recent disciplinary case was handled differently from prior incidents. “There was no expulsion hearing for that kid,” Sobecki said, and he reported submitting a public-records request seeking…
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