Water safety advocates have warned the breakwaters create stronger, more dangerous currents around them, and draw curious swimmers who don’t understand their dangers.

Waukegan has budgeted $500,000 for the fiscal year ending April 30 to help businesses throughout the city improve the outside of their buildings.

Ben Richards, the Park District’s grants and special projects administrator, said bees, butterflies, birds, and other pollinators ingest the pollen without harming the plant.

The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights estimates that 7,000 to 10,000 students across the state could be affected by the change.

Morgan Park and Jacobs debut in the Top 25 as New Trier leaps six spots and Lincoln-Way East holds steady at No. 1.