Lake County Gazette

Zion Elementary School District 6 organized the Hands On, Minds On Math Conference on August 1 at Zion Central Middle School. The event brought together kindergarten through eighth grade educators for a day focused on math instruction. Attendees participated in choice-based sessions and heard from keynote speaker Jennie Winters.

The district serves Lake County and includes Beulah Park Elementary School, East Elementary School, Elmwood Elementary School, Lakeview School, Shiloh Park Elementary School, West Elementary School, and Zion Central Middle School (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

According to the Illinois State Board of Education, Zion Elementary School District 6 employs 164 teachers with an average salary of $58,629 before pension contributions. Of these teachers, 83.3 percent are women and 16.7 percent are men. There are no teachers in the district with more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

The student population is diverse: 4.9 percent White, 36.6 percent Black, 50.9 percent Hispanic, and 0.2 percent Asian (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In 2020, the district spent $27,927 per student for a total expenditure of $69,342,294 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

Jennie Winters delivered the keynote address at the conference.