With scissors in hand, the district’s superintendent of the 233 Scott Wakeley, Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois Juliana Stratton, and the president of the Gerald Pauling school board prepare to cut the ribbon to officially open the new scientific wing at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. (Marilyn Thomas / HF Chronicle) Under a beautiful blue sky, the members of the School Board of the District 233 gathered around Illinois, Lieutenant-Governor Juliana Stratton for the official ribbon cup for Homewood-Flossmoor Hig