Students in kindergarten through seventh grade in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 finished the academic year as they departed their school buildings on Wednesday afternoon for the final time this spring. […]
Author Archives: Duncan Agnew
Duncan Agnew covers Evanston public schools, affordable housing, City Hall and more for the RoundTable. He also writes long-form investigations, features and the morning email newsletter three times a week. You can reach him at duncan@evanstonroundtable.com.
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Dewey principal: ‘Need to create stronger community’ at school
Editor’s note: For more information about District 65 finances, read our story about the projected budget for this coming year here. At Tuesday afternoon’s meeting of the Evanston/Skokie School District […]
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Chute Middle School students walk out to support gun control laws
Hundreds of students at Chute Middle School walked out of class Tuesday, June 7, to protest gun violence and support government restrictions on the sale and use of guns. The […]
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Chute Middle School students plan walkout to protest gun violence
Several seventh graders at Chute Middle School have planned a peaceful protest scheduled to take place at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7, according to an email sent to parents […]
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ETHS paid $225,000 in the fall of 2021 to settle a sex abuse lawsuit
Officials at Evanston Township High School District 202 agreed in October 2021 to pay $225,000 to settle a law suit filed in 2019 by a student and her mother over […]
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EPD: Police investigating ‘racist graffiti’ at Nichols; no update on Haven noose case
Evanston Police Commander Ryan Glew said a staff member at Nichols Middle School reported finding “antisemitic and racist graffiti” in two bathrooms at the school on Thursday, June 2, in […]
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Nichols and Chute middle schools hold first in-person graduations since COVID’s start
Almost 24 hours after Haven Middle School graduates crossed the auditorium stage at Evanston Township High School to receive their diplomas, eighth-graders at Nichols Middle School and Chute Middle School […]
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Haven Middle School celebrates first in-person graduation since COVID
Proud families and friends gathered Wednesday evening in the Evanston Township High School auditorium to celebrate eighth-grade graduation for Haven Middle School students. The ceremony marked the first in-person middle-school […]
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Witherspoon shares his final message as ETHS superintendent
After years of leading Evanston Township High School District 202 as superintendent, Eric Witherspoon shared his final message with the community in a video posted on YouTube Wednesday afternoon. Witherspoon’s […]
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As he wraps up his final weeks at the school, Witherspoon reflects on 16 years as ETHS superintendent
In 2005, Eric Witherspoon was in his eighth year as superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa. He ran the largest public school district in the state, with more […]