Author Archives: Jennie Berkson

“This is the first time in my 15 years at Evanston Township High School that we have tried to provide support for all students,” Assistant Superintendent/Principal Marilyn Madden told the […]

Thomas Jefferson inspired recently elected student School Board member Adam Newman to seek his spot on the District 202 School Board. “Jefferson said that those who have the ability to […]

District 202 representatives visited Southside High School in Rockville Centre, N.Y., to review its approach to education. That approach – offering only honors classes to a racially and economically mixed […]

 Beginning a process that will take some months to consider and then some years to complete, School District 202 chief financial officer William Stafford presented a $35 million five-year capital […]

The District 202 School Board reviewed plans for school restructuring as required under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act at its meeting on April 14. “We’ve seen this requirement […]

After a month of much discussion and debate, the District 202 School Board voted unanimously at its March 10 meeting to eliminate the regular level of the Freshman Humanities course […]

A respectful exchange of strongly held opinions on challenging subjects took place on Feb. 27 during a “Community Conversation” about the proposed changes to the Freshman Humanities program at Evanston […]

The regular level of the Freshman Humanities program at Evanston Township High School will be eliminated next year as “a way of moving students into more rigorous classes,” Superintendent Eric […]

By cutting $1.7 million from next year’s budget, District 202 administrators hope to avoid any more bloodletting for at least a few years. “We have anticipated another round of cuts […]

Despite spending a significant amount of time debating testing issues at their recent joint meeting, the District 65 and 202 school boards managed to review some of the current efforts […]