Board to vote on transgender policy next week
The Evanston Township High School/District 202 board will vote next week on a policy that would allow transgender students to use the locker room of their choice. The policy, which will be voted on...
View ArticleETHS passes transgender locker room policy
The Evanston Township High School/District 202 board voted six to one at a meeting Monday to pass a policy that will allow transgender students to use the locker room of their choice. The policy, which...
View ArticleDistrict 65 board elects new president, vice president
The District 65 board elected Suni Kartha as its president and Anya Tanyavutti as its vice president during a special reorganization meeting held Monday. Board members narrowly elected Kartha to serve...
View ArticleETHS celebrates ‘civil rights breakthrough’ with new transgender locker room...
Evanston Township High School students, board members and community stakeholders lauded a new policy passed Monday that will allow transgender students to use the locker room of their choice. The...
View ArticleEvanston officials discuss refugees, equity at City-School meeting
Evanston officials discussed updates on the city’s Refugee Task Force and its efforts toward promoting equity at a City-School Liaison Committee meeting Wednesday evening. The Refugee Task Force was...
View ArticleETHS board lauds Alternative School for providing students a ‘safe space’
District 202 school board members heard updates Monday night during a board meeting about Evanston Township High School’s Alternative School, which was created for students who struggle with...
View ArticleETHS slips in Illinois, national high school rankings
Though still the top ranked high school on the North Shore, Evanston Township High School slipped to 22nd place in Illinois and 746th in the nation, according to The Washington Post’s annual “America’s...
View ArticleETHS named Google for Education District
Evanston Township High School joined a “select” group of Illinois schools chosen as a Google For Education Reference District, according to a Monday news release. Google For Education Reference...
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In Focus: As town-gown strains subside, concerns over communication gaps,...
When Morton Schapiro stepped into his role as Northwestern’s president in 2009, Elizabeth Tisdahl, who had just been elected Evanston mayor, immediately reached out to him. Tisdahl said she threw...
View ArticleD65, Northwestern officials explain plans for STEM partnership
Representatives from Northwestern and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 elaborated on plans for a new partnership office at a school board meeting Monday. The partnership office, which was announced...
View ArticleYMCA, Childcare Network of Evanston partner to bring Head Start program to...
Low-income families in Evanston, especially those in the 5th Ward, now have a new resource for childhood education. Childcare Network of Evanston and the McGaw YMCA have partnered to begin providing...
View ArticleD65 report calls for ‘sense of urgency’ to address needs of marginalized...
An Evanston/Skokie School District 65 equity report found a lack of racial literacy, a need for more multicultural education and called for “urgency” in addressing marginalized students and families....
View ArticleD65 board approves consolidation of 8th grade algebra courses
Responding to data which showed placing 8th grade students into separate Algebra 1 and Algebra 8 courses led to racial inequality, Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board members voted on Monday to...
View ArticleEvanston police investigate sexual assault allegations against former ETHS...
Police are investigating reports of sexual assault against a former Evanston Township High School teacher, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said Friday. Dugan said school officials called the...
View ArticleETHS Speech and Debate team develops new equity initiatives
Evanston Township High School’s Speech and Debate team will begin hosting monthly racial literacy seminars for white students as one of several initiatives focused on promoting inclusivity. Jeff...
View ArticleETHS officials, students working on plan to redistribute confiscated newspapers
Evanston Township High School officials and students are grinding out a plan to redistribute newspapers containing articles about marijuana use after a contentious decision to confiscate the papers....
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Several ETHS students commit to ‘taking a knee’ for rest of season
It started with the Evanston Township High School girls varsity volleyball team. At the Sept. 26 game against New Trier High School, the ETHS student-athletes took a knee as the national anthem...
View ArticleETHS officials, students decide to redistribute confiscated articles with...
Evanston Township High School administrators and members of the student newspaper staff decided to redistribute a section on marijuana use in the Nov. 3 issue after it was removed from circulation....
View ArticleCommunity organizers demand action to close District 65 achievement gap
Community organizers demanded Evanston/Skokie School District 65 take more action to close the achievement gap and better serve black students at an event Monday. The Organization for Positive Action...
View ArticleETHS officials discuss school’s curriculum review process
Evanston Township High School/District 202 officials discussed the school’s curriculum review process at a joint meeting with Evanston/Skokie School District 65 on Monday. Pete Bavis, District 202’s...
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