

The petition was met with harsh retaliation by all four school districts. Brown, chair of the department of education at Argosy University’s Chicago campus, in which he opined that due to the “data of literature as being an indicative of school quality: student mathematics achievement scores, student cohort size and student engagement” that the students would receive a better education at Oak Grove and Libertyville. The petitioners presented testimony from Timothy F. The petition was proposed when the parents of the students in the Lancaster subdivision felt that their children’s education needs were not being met by Woodlands and WTHS. Libertyville is also one school building, with approximately 2,000 students in attendance. In contrast, Oak Grove is one school building housing kindergarten through eighth grade and has approximately 833 kids. WTHS is comprised of two separate campuses divided by freshmen and sophomores in one building and juniors and seniors in another. Woodlands School District 50, where the kids of Lancaster currently attend, is comprised of four separate schools divided by primary, elementary, intermediate, and middle school, and has approximately 6,000 students. The subdivision has 80 single-family homes in which there are 25 children attending kindergarten through eighth grade and 15 attending WTHS. However, it is formally considered part of the city of Waukegan. The subdivision of Lancaster currently has a Libertyville mailing address. The petition was originally filed on June 25, 2012, where it was signed by two thirds of the citizens of the subdivision.

On September 30 of last year, the subdivision of Lancaster, which is located in the Southeastern part of Warren Township High School’s (WTHS) district, was granted their petition to annex themselves into Oak Grove and Libertyville High School’s districts.
