Lake County Gazette

Many educators and administrators from Woodland Primary School will volunteer at the upcoming "Shop with a Primary Educator" event. The event invites students to shop alongside their current or former teachers to select items for donation to the school's annual food drive. All families in the district are welcome to participate.

The event is scheduled for Thursday, December 4, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Walmart located at 6590 Grand Ave., Gurnee.

Organizers encourage participation to help make the holiday season positive for all community members. "Help us make this a happy holiday season for all by donating to our Holiday Food Drive. Shop with an educator from Woodland Primary to purchase your donation for Woodland's Annual Food Drive," reads the invitation.

Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50 serves Lake County and includes several schools: Woodland Elementary, Intermediate, Middle, and Primary Schools. More information about the district can be found on its Illinois Report Card profile (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 399 teachers with an average salary of $69,342 before pension contributions; approximately 85 percent are women and about 15 percent are men. No teacher in the district has more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

Demographically, Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50 is composed of roughly 40 percent White students, nine percent Black students, one-third Hispanic students, and over eleven percent Asian students (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

In fiscal year 2020, spending per student was $23,682, totaling just over $125 million for the district (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).