History
Miguel Juarez Middle School, formerly named East Middle School is the youngest school in Waukegan.
In 1996, the Waukegan School Board added a new middle school due to increased enrollment. Miguel Juarez Middle School was housed in the East High School campus for three years. When the school started, 350 sixth and seventh grade students attended. Eight grade was added in 1997.
The existing facility was dedicated in the fall of 1999 and is located at 201 North Butrick. Currently, over 700 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students attend.
In the 2005/2006 school year, the Board of Education renamed our school to Miguel Juarez Middle School in memory of Chief Miguel Juarez. We had our Dedication Ceremony on March 3, 2006.
Miguel Juarez was a member of the Waukegan Unit School District Board of Education, Chief of Police in Waukegan, Illinois, and long time NLPOA Member.
Miguel Juarez was born July 25, 1952 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. His family immigrated to El Paso, Texas, one year later. Miguel Juarez become a Waukegan police officer on November 14, 1979.
Miguel Juarez rose through the ranks of the Waukegan Police Department, beginning as a patrol officer and working in the SWAT team and detective bureau, and later as a supervisor and commander of the gang unit, major crimes scene unit and narcotics unit. He was appointed deputy police chief in 1993, and served as deputy chief of services and deputy chief of operations for eight years. Miguel Juarez was appointed chief of police in April 2001.
During his career in Waukegan, Miguel Juarez became the department's first Hispanic sergeant (1985), lieutenant (1990), deputy chief (1993) and police chief (2001). During Juarez's tenure as chief of police, crime rates in the city continued their decline, according to department statistics.
Miguel Juarez
July 25, 1952-March 4, 2003
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