Lake County Gazette

The Board of Education will hold a Community Town Hall on Wednesday, September 3, to provide more information about the budget process and its next steps. The meeting will take place from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the gym at John T. Magee Middle School.

Unlike standard public comment sessions, this event will allow attendees to ask questions, share comments, and receive responses during the meeting.

“La Mesa Directiva tendremos una asamblea pública donde compartiremos más detalles acerca de la implementación del plan y los próximos pasos del presupuesto. Esta sesión no será un segmento estándar de comentario público. Los asistentes podrán hacer preguntas, compartir sus comentarios y recibir respuestas durante la junta.”

Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 serves several schools in Lake County, including Indian Hill Elementary School, Magee Middle School, Pleviak Elementary School, Raymond Ellis Elementary School, Round Lake Beach Elementary School, Round Lake Middle School, Round Lake Senior High School, Village Elementary School, and W.J. Murphy Elementary School (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

According to the Illinois State Board of Education data for District 116 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/), there are 512 teachers with an average salary of $69,620 before pension contributions; women make up just over 72 percent of the teaching staff while men account for nearly 28 percent. There are no teachers in the district with more than ten absences in a school year.

The student population is diverse: approximately 77.7 percent identify as Hispanic, nearly 12 percent as White, about 7 percent as Black, and roughly 1 percent as Asian (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

District spending amounted to $24,469 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $162 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).