A year ago, Gwen Polk, Waukegan Community Unit School District 60’s associate superintendent for business and financial services, planned on a property tax increase when she prepared the budget for the then-upcoming fiscal year.

But, in preparing the budget for the current school year, Polk proposes spending approximately $5 million less than a year ago, dipping roughly $10 million less into cash reserves as part of the plan, and she is not suggesting a tax hike in her calculations.

“Taxes will remain level,” Polk said. “I am going to ask the board not to leave the taxes level,” she added, referring to the annual property tax levy in December. “When the time comes for the tax extension, (I hope) you allow us to levy to the maximum extent.”

The District 60 Board of Education unanimously

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