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Chinese international students create a video about the importance and heritage of their names, and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will reopen soon amid discussions of vaccinations and equity. The Weekly: Week Four Recap breaks down our top headlines with the reporters and editors who covered them. JACOB FULTON: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Jacob Fulton. HALEY FULLER: And I’m Haley Fuller. This is The Weekly, a podcast that breaks down our top headlines each week. HALEY FULLER: Befo...

Evanston Township High School will open some in-person activities in February, school officials announced Thursday.  Due to improving local health metrics, students will soon have the option to participate in athletics, fine arts, hands-on learning, mindfulness practices and other activities in-person at ETHS, the email said. Students will continue learning according to the school’s Enhanced E-learning Schedule. “Isolation is negatively affecting many of our students,” the email said. �...

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 administration and healthcare professionals expressed confidence the district could reopen schools safely at a virtual forum Thursday. The district held the webinar for staff, parents and community members to discuss the logistics of its hybrid learning model, set to launch Feb. 16.  Superintendent Devon Horton said the district will prioritize the health and safety of students and staff and community members as schools reopen. He said while doctors and other...

Evanston Now A community group that pushed District 65 to set a date for in-person classes has launched a similar campaign to reopen Evanston Township High School. The “Coalition to Reopen District 65 Schools” has renamed itself the “Coalition to Reopen Evanston Schools,” and in a news release today, listed ten questions they want Evanston Township High School administrators to answer about bringing children back to the building. “We have a crisis,” said Coalition member and spokesp...

Evanston Now School elections: Why some are hot, others not In search of an explanation for the packed race in one Evanston school district while the other lacks enough candidates to fill the ballot. (GoodStudio/Shutterstock.com) HELP WANTED: Must be willing to work long hours for no pay. Sit through boring meetings. Read complicated budget documents. Receive verbal abuse from the public. Apply to your local board of education. With working conditions like those, it�...

UpdatedTue, Jan 26, 2021 at 3:10 pm CT Replies(2) District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton said the union representing teachers had come to an agreement with administrators after "grueling and tiresome" negotiations. (Shutterstock) EVANSTON, IL — Administrators and teaching staff in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 have come to an agreement over a reopening plan, district officials announced. Superintendent Devon Horton said the district had reached an agreement with the District 65 Educato...

D65 leaders thank teachers for agreeing on in-person school Deal here contrasts with clashes over reopening in Chicago. District 65 board members at Mondays online meeting. While the Chicago Teachers Union and the Chicago Public Schools continue to battle over reopening buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic, the superintendent of Evanston/Skokie District 65 is thanking educators here for their agreement to return to the classroom in mid-February. In a virtual meeting Monday nigh...

UpdatedFri, Jan 22, 2021 at 6:37 pm CT Reply(1) Evanston/Skokie District 65 School District is scheduled to reopen next month, while Evanston Township High School will remain remote. Both districts have been closed to in-person instruction for more than 10 months. (Shutterstock) EVANSTON, IL — Public elementary and middle schools in Evanston are scheduled to allow students to return next month for the first time since last March. Meanwhile, Evanston Township High School recently resumed some ...

Students in Evanston-Skokie District 65 are scheduled to return from all-remote classes to a hybrid model next month.

D65 sets another date for in-person schooling Under new plan schools will stay open unless regional COVID positive rate tops 12%. Washington Elementary School. (Google Maps) For the fourth time since school began remotely in the fall, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 has set a date for resuming in-person classes. The latest target, according to a letter to the community from Superintendent Devon Horton, is Feb. 16. Previous targets were postponed due to the high cor...