page_title: Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 / History
caption_attribution_description: English: An image of North Elementary
context_page_description: Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 is in Waukegan, Illinois, and serves Waukegan, Park City, and parts of Beach Park. Total enrollment is approximately 16,000 in kindergarten through grade twelve. District 60 also provides pre-school and alternative education services.
  Waukegan Public Schools is led by Superintendent Theresa Plascencia. Administrative offices are at the Lincoln Center for Education.
context_section_description: During the mid-1800s, the residents of Waukegan created a citywide school system. By 1856, North School opened, becoming the first and now oldest building in the District.
caption: North School, the first school to be opened in 1860.
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