An Evanston City Council committee voted Tuesday night to recommend using $3 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act money – Evanston’s largest allocation of those funds to date – […]
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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Evanston NAACP, religious and political leaders rally against racism
More than 100 people showed up in downtown Evanston Monday to raise their voices against racism in light of Saturday’s attack in Buffalo by a white supremacist that killed 10 […]
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Skokie Police say slain nine-year-old was from Chicago
A nine-year-old boy was shot and killed early Saturday morning in a shooting in Skokie, officials there said. Just after midnight on Saturday, a nine-year-old staying in a Skokie apartment […]
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Horton: Three nooses found hanging in trees between Haven and Kingsley
According to a late Friday afternoon email from Superintendent Devon Horton to District 65 families, parents at Kingsley Elementary School reported finding three nooses hanging from trees in the area […]
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Haven students organize protest against involuntary teacher transfers
Early Friday afternoon hundreds of Haven Middle School students walked out of class and started a peaceful sit-in protest in the hallways to support teachers who have received involuntary transfers […]
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Graduating ETHS students celebrate inaugural Senior Send-Off
For the first time ever, Evanston Township High School threw a Senior Send-Off party for the graduating class. Graduating students from the pandemic-slammed Class of 2022 met on Lazier Field […]
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District 65 to lose 52 teachers through attrition, official says
Administrators and board members for Evanston/Skokie School District 65 addressed ongoing concerns about climate, culture and involuntary teacher transfers during a Curriculum & Policy Committee meeting held Monday, May 9. […]
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ETHS Foundation raised more than $3 million in donations in one year
At Monday night’s meeting of the Evanston Township High School District 202 board, Joanne Bertsche, Executive Director of the ETHS Educational Foundation, and David Futransky, Senior Vice President of Institutional […]
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Savage-Williams re-elected ETHS board president
Evanston Township High School District 202 board members unanimously re-elected President Pat Savage-Williams and Vice President Monique Parsons to the same positions for the next year at Monday night’s board […]
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Metal detectors not viable at ETHS, says Campbell
After outside consultants reviewed the Evanston Township High School building’s safety and security, school officials have decided not to install metal detectors or a weapons detection system at the entrances, […]