Districts 65 and 202 to receive millions in COVID-19 federal aid relief
April 1, 2021
Illinois K-12 school districts will receive $7 billion in federal funding to support students as they return to in-person learning, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced in a Wednesday news release.
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Evanston Township High School/School District 202 are expected to receive nearly $10.6 million and $3.7 million in funding respectively, according to a spreadsheet accompanying the news release. The funding comes through the American Rescue Plan and will be disbursed over the next three years.
“I’m committed to making sure that Illinois leads the nation in assisting schools to make this new $7 billion count over the next several years to overcome the pandemic’s effects on our students, parents and educators,” Pritzker said in the release.
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Schools also looking at eliminating days off for religious holidays.
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Evanston/Skokie School District 65 is asking the community what they think of starting school one week earlier this fall, as well as no longer closing for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Good Friday.
Those questions are among several in an online school calendar survey posted on the District’s website.
If school did start earlier, on Aug. 18, it would also end one week earlier and the number of school days would not change.
The survey also asks how important it is for District 65’s calendars to remain aligned with Evanston Township High School District 202’s schedule for winter and spring recess, as well as for observed holidays. If the two districts do not have the same calendars, it could be a real problem for parents with children in both systems.