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An Illinois public school district, located just north of Chicago, has embraced a progressive LGBTQ+ gender curriculum that it teaches to young children from pre-kindergarten through the third grade. 

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education elected board members Sergio Hernandez and Marquise Weatherspoon to be its next president and vice president, respectively, during Monday’s meeting.  They will replace outgoing president Anya Tanyavutti and vice president Elisabeth “Biz” Lindsay-Ryan.  “I know we can continue the incredible work that Anya and Biz have done...

Community members learned about options for building the first public neighborhood school in the 5th Ward in 50 years and changing Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s magnet programs Tuesday. The Student Assignment Project committee designed two scenarios for school reassignment that Manager of Student Assignments Sarita Smith presented Sunday and Tuesday. She will present them again...

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 drama teacher Stacy Deemar filed a lawsuit in June challenging the district’s antiracism programming. Deemar, who is white, is represented by the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a conservative law firm. She claims the district’s programming divides students and staff by race and discriminates against white people. The district says Deemar has misrepresented...

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Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s Curriculum and Policy Committee discussed updates in its COVID-19 procedures and language changes to its accelerated learning policy.  Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Romy DeCristofaro said the district is putting all large gatherings on hold and changing its bus routes to limit the number of riders on each bus. DeCristofaro said...

One group of Evanston/Skokie School District 65 parents hopes to make the schools greener from the top down. The District 65 Climate Actions team is a group of parents urging the district to ramp up its response to climate change by taking districtwide steps instead of relying on individual schools to create their own plans....

Content Warning: This story contains mentions of gun violence. Evanston/Skokie School District 65 administrators led an overview of the district’s emergency response procedures during Monday’s board of education meeting.  The update came following a Nov. 30 shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan and a shooting threat at D65’s Haven Middle School late last week....

Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic across Illinois today.

Two suburban school districts have canceled classes on Monday and Tuesday, giving students a longer Thanksgiving break, but leaving some parents to scramble and...