D65 to close all buildings, implements online learning through April 12
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will close all schools and conduct online learning until April 12, according to a Thursday news release. All of the district’s schools and centers will close Monday...
View ArticleD65 board members talk e-learning, food distribution
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board members discussed e-learning, distributing free or reduced meals and disinfecting schools at a Monday board meeting. In accordance with Illinois’ stay-at-home...
View ArticleD65 and D202 communities confront the barriers to online learning
As a parent to a Chute Middle School eighth grader with disabilities, Angela Cummings is grateful for the administrators and teachers working around the clock to make online working efficient, but said...
View ArticleIllinois schools to remain shut through the academic year
Gov. J.B. Pritzker suspended in-person instruction across Illinois schools through the remainder of the academic year, altering education plans for the state’s two million students. “My decisions are...
View ArticleD202 board approves contracts for track refurbishments, yearbooks
The Evanston Township High School/District 202 school board approved multiple contracts at its Monday meeting, including a nearly $210,000 contract for track refurbishments. The contract, awarded to...
View ArticleD65 board reviews new support policies for LGBTQ+ staff, students
The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board reviewed the district’s progress on its support policies for transgender and gender non-conforming students and staff in a Monday Zoom meeting. The updated...
View ArticleFor students with disabilities, e-learning fails to replicate in-person...
For Jill Calian, a parent to a high school son with learning disabilities, the switch to remote learning has been particularly challenging. Calian’s son attends The Cove School, a therapeutic day...
View ArticleFollowing standardized test cancellations, Class of 2021 faces uncertain...
On April 4, Evanston Township High School junior Ellie Gavelek was scheduled to take the ACT for the first time. Ten days later, on April 14, Gavelek and hundreds of other ETHS juniors were supposed to...
View ArticleD65 board talks plans for upcoming school year
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 is considering three options for the upcoming school year, co-interim superintendents Phil Ehrhardt and Heidi Wennstrom said at the board’s remote Monday meeting. The...
View ArticleEvanston community comes together to celebrate Earth Week, highlight youth...
Evanston residents joined together last week to honor Earth Week without physically gathering at all. Faced with the challenge of programming during a stay-at-home order, North Shore climate movement...
View ArticleNew sexual education law tackles “outdated” Illinois school code
When State Rep. Ann Williams (D-Chicago) was in high school, she said her sexual education curriculum was taught by a gym teacher who wasn’t trained in the subject. At the time, some of her peers...
View ArticleDespite significant COVID-19 revenue losses, D65 projects balanced budgets
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 anticipates a $1.5 million loss in revenue for fiscal year 2020, but still expects to end the year with a balanced budget. The district is, however, facing up to a...
View ArticleAs D65 looks to the fall, parents of at-risk students say there are no good...
Claire Pritchard’s son was supposed to start preschool at Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center in October, soon after his third birthday. But due to COVID-19, he may not get that chance. Pritchard’s...
View ArticleD202 could lose state funding for 2020-2021 academic year
Evanston Township High School/District 202 may receive a reduction in state funding for the 2020-2021 academic year, according to Mary Rodino, the district’s chief financial officer. Classified as a...
View ArticleIn D65, LGBTQ+ curricula faces pushback
Growing up in the 1990s, Brooks Bullock, a special education teacher at Orrington Elementary School, said he didn’t have the language to affirm his sexuality until he started watching “Will &...
View ArticleETHS surprises seniors with graduation yard signs
Bright orange decorations blanketed Evanston yards after nearly 140 Evanston Township High School staff members and volunteers distributed graduation yard signs to the houses of ETHS seniors Monday....
View ArticleD202/D65 students, parents adapt to remote learning grading policies
Despite sometimes waking up unmotivated, Evanston Township High School sophomore Emma Boczkowski said she has maintained nearly straight A’s this quarter. She credits her academic performance to the...
View ArticleD65 report reveals overrepresentation, underperformance of black, Latinx...
A new Evanston/Skokie School District 65 report found that, black and Latinx students are overrepresented and significantly outperformed in special education programs by their white classmates. The...
View ArticleNew principals named for King Arts, Haven schools
Two new principals were unanimously appointed to schools in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 at a Monday school board meeting. Amber Henderson will take over at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary...
View ArticleIn-person camps prepare for a socially distant summer
For Evanston children, summer dreams have been ripped at the seams. Say goodbye to summer days spent tie-dyeing T-shirts and coasting down Slip ‘N Slides: Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home orders and...
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