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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: Before we begin, a content warning: this episode has discussions of racist abuse and suicide and mention...

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. “In a regular school year, student wellbeing and belonging are priorities at ETHS and the pandemic a...

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 healthcare professionals provided the district with advice regarding reopening, the decision to lau...

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 spokesperson Laurel O’Sullivan, a District 202 parent. “It’s time for us to reopen schools for all ch...

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’s amazing that anyone would ever want to run for a seat on a local school board. Of course, despit...