School District 202 has seen a steady reduction in the use of suspensions to address student behavior problems over the past three years. This is in part due to the use of disciplinary alternatives and early interventions in potentially problematic situations, according to a report presented to the School Board on June 25.“One of our […]

The recommendations of the School Improvement Team (SIT) to the Evanston Township High School administration focused on families of incoming students, student post-high school plans and discipline of current students. “We have historically had amazing results from our School Improvement Team,” remarked Superintendent Eric Witherspoon at the Board meeting on Monday, June 11. “Each year […]

Despite persistent problems with getting payments of over $1 million from the State of Illinois and a 2010 Consumer Price Index of 1.5 percent affecting tax caps, Chief Financial Officer William Stafford told the District 202 School Board on June 11 that the proposed FY 2013 budget will be balanced and at $75.2 million, slightly […]

The conflict between a desire for the immediate gratification of short-term data and a commitment to a long-term evaluation by outside experts was evident at the District 202 School Board meeting on June 11, as administrators provided a report about the first year of the earned honors Freshman Humanities course. The Board approved a biology […]

A team of academics and researchers headed by Dr. David Figlio of Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research will assist School District 202 in its evaluation of the effectiveness of the restructured Freshman Humanities and Freshman Biology courses. Superintendent Eric Witherspoon, Associate Principal Peter Bavis, Research Director Judith Levinson and Research Associate Carrie Livingston have […]

The District 202 School Board finalized its list of goals for the three-year period beginning in fall 2012 and passed them on to the District’s administration for input about how they are to be achieved and progress measured. The goal-setting process, put into motion last fall, incorporated discussions with teachers, parents, students and the School […]

The District 202 administration proposed calendars for the next three school years to the School Board at its April 23 meeting. On behalf of the Calendar Committee, Assistant Superintendent/Principal Oscar Hawthorne recommended that next year the standard 176-day school year begin on Sept. 4 and subsequent years have an established starting day of the fourth […]

Goal-Setting Process Begins With Facilitated Workshop March 17 The District 202 School Board will begin discussion of its 2012-15 goals with a planning session on March 17 facilitated by Barbara Toney, a representative of the Illinois Association of School Boards.  The workshop will be open to the public and will begin at 8:30 a.m. in […]

At its Feb. 27 meeting, the District 202 School Board held a hearing to consider requiring attendance on Columbus Day and Pulaski Day. The Illinois State Board of Education requires such a hearing in order for the District to apply for a waiver that would permit student attendance on those two holidays. Assistant Superintendent/Principal Oscar […]