Allison Schaumberger touches a memorial plaque for her sister, Kaitlin, during a greenhouse dedication Thursday in Waukegan. The late Kaitlin Schaumberger’s career as a second-grade teacher at Waukegan’s Oakdale Elementary School was brief, but her inspiration will both educate the school’s students and feed the community into the future.
Starting her career in Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 in August of 2022 teaching Oakdale’s second graders, Schaumberger died on March 10 of last year at the age of 25 from complications of COVID-19 and pneumonia. Her father, Michael, said Thursday would have been her 27th birthday. “People have already said they want to come and volunteer,” she said. “This is a gift of life and learning. It’s not like a plaque. It is a gift that will keep on giving. It will enhance the community for years.”
“Kaitlin find a way to continue to give and give to our Waukegan community, and our Oakdale community,” Quinones-Nelson said at a Board of Education meeting shortly after her death. “Keep people like this in mind. They don’t come by every day.” “This is the first place I thought of volunteering,” Casky said. “I want to do it in Kaitlin’s memory at a place she loved so much.”
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