The now semi-retired principal at Cooke Magnet School received a three-day suspension as a result of calling 911 over an incident with a kindergartner last month, a district spokesman said Friday.

The discipline for former Principal Nan Heim concludes a district investigation into whether school staff violated any district policies or procedures when Heim called 911 the morning of the Jan. 5 incident, Waukegan School District 60 spokesman Nick Alajakis said.

Heim, who had announced her retirement prior to the incident, will finish out the school year on a "modified schedule," assisting the district "in various educational assignments" like putting together individual educational plans for special education students across the district, Alajakis said.

Hyde Park Elementary School Assistant Principal Stephanie Jensen was named the new principal for Cooke at a school board meeting Tuesday, according to board documents. The hiring of a new principal for the district's Alternative/Optional Education Center, current Thomas Jefferson Middle School Assistant Principal Kevin Turner, was also approved Tuesday, though Turner will start July 1.

Jensen has been Hyde Park's assistant principal for eight of her 16 years with Waukegan School District 60, according to a district-provided biography. She was previously a third-grade and fifth-grade teacher at Glenwood Elementary School.

While Alajakis declined in January to say what led up to the police being called, a copy of the 911 call obtained by the Lake County News-Sun revealed that Heim described the child as "out of control" to emergency dispatchers.

911 call reveals why police called about kindergartner Emily K. Coleman

A Cooke Magnet School official said a kindergartner was "out of control" when she called Waukegan police last month.

"He's punched staff members," the woman, later identified by district officials as Principal Nan Heim, said in the 911 call to police. "He's ran out of the building. He's climbed...

A Cooke Magnet School official said a kindergartner was "out of control" when she called Waukegan police last month.

"He's punched staff members," the woman, later identified by district officials as Principal Nan Heim, said in the 911 call to police. "He's ran out of the building. He's climbed...

(Emily K. Coleman)

"He's punched staff members," Heim said in the 911 call to. "He's ran out of the building. He's climbed a fence."

The responding police officer took the child to the home of a family member, Waukegan Police Cmdr. Joe Florip said in January.

Alajakis said that it is the school district's general stance "not to call police for simple student issues," and that had been reiterated with Cooke Magnet School personnel prior to the call being made.

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