Waukegan High School - Annual W Yearbook (Waukegan, IL)

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Waukegan Township Higli School District, otherwise known as School District No. 119, Lake County, Illinois, was created under a Special Act of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, in force July 1, 1905. The first meeting of the Board of Education of the newly created district, was held on July 18, 1905. Under the provisions of the 1905 Act, the President and members of the Board ot Education of The Waukegan City School District, ap¬ pointed by the Mayor of the City of Waukegan, became ex-officio members of the Board ot Education of A aukegan Township High School District, and the members so appointed, with a member of the Board of Directors of School No. 63, (the north district of North Chicago), continued to function as a High School Board of Educa¬ tion until April, 1921, when the district organized under the general school law of Illinois. At the time the last bond issue of $225,000 was offered for sale in 1920, the legality of the organization of the district was questioned. The Legislature of 1921, however, enacted a Law validating all of the proceedings had and taken by the High School Board of Education from 1905 to that date, and directed in what man- ner the Board of Education should be elected. On May 3, 1921, the Board of Education organized under the general school law ot Illinois. A President, elected for one year, and twelve members, four of whom were elected for one year, four for two years, and four for three years, consti¬ tuted the first Board. A President and four members of the Board of Education are elected each year, the election being held on the second Saturday of April. The senior high school building was completed in 1910, and cost approximately $132,000.00. Two bond issues were voted to cover the cost of the senior building: one of $85,000, August 1 , 1909, and one of $20,000, August 1 , 1910. The junior high school building was completed in 1921, and a bond issue of $225,000 was voted to cover the cost of completing and equipping the junior building. The total assessed valuation of all property in Waukegan Township: High School District is.. The district may issue bonds to 5% of such valuation, or.. The total bonded indebtedness of the district at this date is. The district may issue bonds in addition to above. The tax rate for educational purposes in 1923 was $1.34 per hundred dollars The tax rate for building purposes in 1923 was $0.90 per hundred dollars. 1 he Board of Education may levy for educational purposes each year, Two per cent of the total assessed valuation of all property in the District, or approximately .‘ The Board of Education levied for educational purposes in 1923, the sum of. 1 he Board of Education may levy for building purposes each year one per cent of the total assessed valuation of all property in the district, or approximately .... The Board of Education levied for building purposes in 1923, the sum of. 1 he building, grounds and equipment of Waukegan Township High School District are valued at approximately. $11,434,685.00 571,734.25 363,000.00 211,734.00 228 000.00 150,000.00 114,000.00 100,000.00 600,000.00 John E. Reardox, Secy. Board of Education. Twenty-two