Jim Liceaga says he's running for a seat on the Westmont Community School District 201 board because he wants to keep academic standards high, help schools access the funding they need and believes that he can get results.
Whitney Rogers, a candidate for Westmont Community Unit School District 201, says schools need to change the way they do business.
96.9% of Westmont Community Unit School District 201 students graduated in 2022 after four years of schooling, according to the Illinois Report Card.
Enrollment at Westmont Community Unit School District 201 rose from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In Westmont Community Unit School District 201, 58.0% of students identified as white in the 2021-22 school year.
In DuPage County districts, 9,003 Black students were enrolled in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Westmont Community Unit School District 201 welcomed 1,306 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In DuPage County districts, there were more white students than any other individual ethnicity in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Indian Prairie School District 204 stood out in DuPage County with 25,632 students enrolled in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 39.3% of Westmont Community Unit School District 201 students passed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 66% of Westmont Community Unit School District 201 students failed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 34% of Westmont Community Unit School District 201 students passed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 60.6% of Westmont Community Unit School District 201 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Truancy is a persistent issue in many schools across the United States, with some students regularly skipping classes and falling behind in their studies.
Administrators in Westmont Community Unit School District 201 earn an average of $132,558 per year, ranking 118th in the state, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.