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Board hears debate over $34,900 Earth Angels pilot and larger three‑year Cambridge ACT contract
Summary
Board members questioned the scope and funding disparity between a proposed Earth Angels middle-school pilot (100 students, $34,900) and a larger Cambridge three-year ACT support contract for high schools; members asked for a three-year budget projection for the pilot and emphasized tracking outcomes across the contract term.
At committee meetings on Jan. 13 the Waukegan CUSD 60 board and staff discussed two separate but related proposals intended to support students’ post‑secondary readiness.
Earth Angels (presented as a Renew agency program) was proposed as a pilot to serve roughly 100 middle‑school students across five schools at a cost of $34,900 for January–May. Board member Anna Hannah questioned the disparity between that figure and the larger Cambridge ACT package, telling presenters she was impressed by the pilot’s proposed benefits but wanted a rationale for the funding difference: "...the other proposal, they're getting $239,000 for the administration of…
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