Lincoln-Way North High School
| Lincoln-Way North High School | |
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| Location | |
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19900 South Harlem Avenue Frankfort, Illinois USA |
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| Information | |
| Type | High School |
| Motto | It's Good To Be Gold |
| Established | 2008 (9-12) |
| Closed | 2016 |
| School district | Lincoln-Way 210 |
| Principal | Dr. Mark Cohen |
| Faculty | 133 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1972 |
| Campus | Suburban, 90 Acres |
| Color(s) | Vegas Gold and Black |
| Athletics | South Suburban Conference |
| Mascot | Phoenix |
| Website | www.lw210.org/north/ |
Lincoln-Way North High School, or LWN, was a public four-year high school located approximately one mile south of Interstate 80 at the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Vollmer Road in Frankfort, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, in the United States. LWN was part of Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210, which also includes Lincoln-Way East High School, Lincoln-Way Central High School, and Lincoln-Way West High School.
Lincoln-Way North drew students from Tinley Park, Illinois, Frankfort, Illinois, Mokena, Illinois, and Frankfort Square, Illinois. Summit Hill School District 161 was the only feeder district for Lincoln-Way North High School. The school closed in June 2016 due to a school board vote.
Lincoln-Way North opened in 2008 after voters approved a $225 million building bond referendum to build two new high schools and update the two existing schools. Lincoln-Way West opened the following year and was designed similarly to North.
LWN had been consistently been ranked among America's Best High Schools by both Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report and the high school had a 99 percent graduation rate with 80 percent of graduates attending post-secondary education.
On Thursday, August 13, 2015 the Lincoln-Way District 210 school board voted 5-2 to close Lincoln-Way North upon the conclusion of the 2015-2016 school year. The school closure is part of a cost reduction initiative that was established by the board with the goal of removing District 210 from the Illinois State Board of Education Financial Watch List. The school district has been struggling financially due to declining enrollment and funding, as well as gross mismanagement of the districts finances. These factors have contributed to the current investigation of the district by the SEC and the Federal Department of Justice. In 2006, when the district voted to double the number of schools in the district from two buildings to four buildings by constructing North and West, projections showed continued rapid growth within district boundaries for years to come. However, the economic downturn led to a decrease in the district's total property value from more than $4 billion to $3.5 billion and a drop in enrollment and state aid.
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