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Community leaders discussed the possibility of opening a STEM school in the 5th Ward during an Evanston Township High School Closet Committee workshop Wednesday afternoon. Though the committee usually focuses on providing clothing to students in need, Evanston residents shared updates on Wednesday about the longtime movement to open a 5th Ward school. The Foster School used to serve the area that would be the 5th Ward until the 1970s, when the school closed due to Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s desegregation plan, according to local Black historian Dino Robinson. In the wake of school...

Evanston Now It has turned into the educational equivalent of the "red state/blue state" divide in American politics. Board members at their joint virtual meeting. It has turned into the educational equivalent of the “red state/blue state” divide in American politics. And this divide, between those calling for schools to “reopen” now, versus those supporting continued “remote” education during the coronavirus pandemic was on full display Monday night. Nearly 50 emailed letters were read into the record at a joint meeting of the District 202 and District ...

Evanston’s chapter of the NAACP celebrated Black history and discussed local racial equity initiatives in education, policing and healthcare at their virtual Black History Month event Monday. The event featured a brief video showcasing the importance of teaching Black history and honoring historic figures like Charles G. Woodson, who ensured Black history would not be left untold in the country’s chronicles. Virtual participants included representatives from Evanston/Skokie School District 65, Evanston Township High School District 202, Evanston Police Department and the Health and Human ...

Evanston Now District seeks community views on an array of possible ways to raise revenue and cut expenses. School bus graphic Sergii Tverdokhlibov/Shutterstock.com Should Evanston/Skokie School District 65 sell ads on school buses to raise revenue? Should each teacher have more students per class, to save money? And in one of the most potentially controversial issues, should any of the District’s schools be closed or consolidated? Those are among the questions in an 18-point online “Budget Reduction Survey” that District 65 wants parents, students, staff and ...

Evanston Now D65: Kids might switch schools every three grades As Evanston/Skokie District 65 looks to redistrict school attendance zones, one option on the table will apparently be changing the mix of grades in buildings. The District 65 board meeting Monday night. As Evanston/Skokie District 65 looks to redistrict school attendance zones, one option on the table will apparently be changing the mix of grades in buildings. Currently, the district’s 10 elementary schools are grades K-5, and the three middle schools are grades 6-8. During a Board of Education meetin...