Skokie Schools Equity Collaborative, Abolition Coalition host anti-racist...
About 50 community members gathered with Skokie Schools Equity Collaborative and the Abolition Coalition of Skokie outside Niles Township High Schools District 219 offices before a June 8 Board of...
View ArticleDistrict 202 approves $95.9 million budget for Fiscal Year 2022
After a year filled with financial uncertainties brought on by COVID-19, Evanston Township High School District 202’s school board passed a tentative budget for Fiscal Year 2022 on Monday. The $95.9...
View ArticleMirah Anti appointed to ETHS Board of Education
Mirah Anti is the newest member of Evanston Township High School’s Board of Education, filling a vacancy left after former board member Jude Laude decided not to seek reelection, the board announced...
View ArticleSuperintendent Horton presents District 65 community updates on finances,...
Superintendent Devon Horton updated the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 community on ongoing financial and logistical topics in a Monday release. Horton addressed budget cuts, which the district...
View ArticleDistrict 65 faces lawsuit from teacher based on antiracist curriculum
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 is facing a lawsuit due to its antiracist programming, which a teacher in the district said violates her constitutional rights. The lawsuit was filed in federal...
View ArticleOver 50 years since Foster School: Community members continue push to...
The children of Hovland Court may play on the same road, but they’re bused to separate schools in Evanston/Skokie School District 65. Fifth Ward resident Mark Rochon lives on the west side of the...
View ArticleIllinois schools lift mask mandate for vaccinated individuals for fall
Vaccinated students and teachers will not be required to wear masks in Illinois school buildings this fall, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday. The decision was based on updated...
View ArticleDistrict 65 to continue requiring face coverings regardless of vaccination...
Students and staff at Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will need to continue to wear face coverings on school premises no matter their vaccination status, Superintendent Devon Horton announced...
View ArticleETHS will not require masks for vaccinated students in the fall, school says
Evanston Township High School will not require face coverings on school premises for students and staff who are fully vaccinated, the school announced. The policy, which went into effect on Monday,...
View ArticleETHS announces vaccination verification process for 2021-22 academic year
Students and staff at Evanston Township High School have been asked to provide proof of vaccination ahead of the 2021-22 academic year, the school announced Wednesday. While vaccinations are not...
View ArticleEvanston Township High School takes science outdoors on their arboretum...
In past winters, Scott Meier cut holes through a frozen pond to show his students the phytoplankton and zooplankton living under the ice. Meier, an Evanston Township High School biology teacher, said...
View ArticleDistrict 65, District 202 discuss expanding 2014 literacy goal at joint meeting
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Evanston Township High School/District 202 discussed expanding their shared literacy goal to include social-emotional learning during a Tuesday joint meeting....
View ArticleDistrict 65 stakeholders reflect on switch to new IEP and 504 plan software
Several months after switching the software for Individualized Education Programs and 504 plans, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 administrators and advocates say the district’s new system, Embrace,...
View ArticleA D65 drama teacher sued the district over antiracism programming. Here’s how...
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 drama teacher Stacy Deemar filed a lawsuit in June challenging the district’s antiracism programming. Deemar, who is white, is represented by the Southeastern Legal...
View ArticleZafiro Papastratakos pushes for different reading education with Dyslexia...
Three weeks after Niko Papastratakos returned to school for hybrid learning, he came home and insisted school wasn’t working for him. “‘It’s like you walk into a fog. And instead of clearing the fog,...
View ArticleD65 Student Assignment Project committee presents school redistricting...
Community members learned about options for building the first public neighborhood school in the 5th Ward in 50 years and changing Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s magnet programs Tuesday. The...
View ArticleDistrict 65 board approves plan to establish 5th Ward school
For the first time in over 50 years, 5th Ward parents may be able to send their children to a public neighborhood school nearby. Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s Board of Education voted...
View ArticleCommunity members pack historic District 65 school board meeting to establish...
Evanston/Skokie District 65 teachers, parents and alumni filled the room at Monday’s Board of Education meeting to show support for a student assignment and school plan to construct a K-8 school in...
View ArticleETHS graduation to return to Welsh-Ryan Arena
Evanston Township High School seniors will celebrate their graduation at Northwestern’s Welsh-Ryan Arena this spring, marking the school’s first in-person, indoor graduation since 2019. ETHS’ 2020...
View ArticleOakton Community College will offer free degree program for Black,...
Oakton Community College announced a free two-year certificate and degree program at its Skokie campus for an upcoming cohort of Black, male-identifying people who work or live in Oakton Community...
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