CLC High School Alliance gaining endorsement from district boards

After identifying key issues of mutual interest, the College of Lake County and its High School Alliance partners are seeking the endorsement of each of their governing boards for their collaboration on student success.

The High School Alliance is a partnership of 12 high schools and CLC with a focus on college readiness, data sharing and creating more opportunities for high school students to earn college credits while in high school.

"We're pleased about the commitment of our local high schools to the alliance because we know such collaborations are essential to getting more students to attend college and graduate," said CLC President Jerry Weber.

High school boards are being asked to approve a resolution of support for the Alliance. "Having board of governance support sends a signal of commitment both inside the schools and in the communities served by the districts," Weber said.

Already, the Mundelein High School District board has approved the resolution. "The CLC High School Alliance will help all of us make progress on better preparing students for college," said Dr. Kevin Myers, Mundelein High School superintendent and co-chair of the Alliance.

"We want our students to have a seamless transition from high school to college, and sharing strategies, working cooperatively and measuring our results will make that happen," said Dr. Chris Clark, superintendent of Zion Benton High School, who also serves as an Alliance co-chair.

High school superintendents participating in the alliance are Jim McKay (Antioch and Lakes High Schools), Dr. Christy Sefcik (Grant High School), Dr. Catherine Finger (Grayslake Central and North High Schools), Mike Egan (Lake Zurich High School), Dr. Kevin Myers (Mundelein High School), Dr. John Ahlgrim (Warren Township High School), Dr. Daniel Coles (Wauconda High School), Dr. Donaldo Batiste (Waukegan High School) and Dr. Chris Clark (Zion-Benton High School and New Tech High School at Zion-Benton East). The high schools led by these superintendents send CLC about 80 percent of its incoming freshmen each year.