There has been a decrease in the percentages of minority students taking AP classes over the past few years.
Category: Reports & Analyses
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District 65 Finance Committee Tentatively Aims at Cutting About $10 Million in Expenses Over Next Four Years
There was no discussion on how much to cut in the 2021-22 school year, or in each subsequent year.
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School District 65’s Scores on 5 Essentials Survey Are ‘Discouraging’
The results of the annual 5Essentials survey show that in the 2019-2020 school year, School District 65 scored lower in each of the five areas deemed critical for school success […]
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D65 Finance Committee Opens Discussions on Mounting Projected Deficits
At the Nov. 19 meeting, the District 65 Finance Committee kicked off its discussion about how to resolve the District’s structural deficit and how to truly balance the District’s operating […]
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Another Round of Disappointment in the ETHS Student Achievement Report
Like the School Report Card produced by the Illinois State Board of Education, the Student Achievement Report compiled by Evanston Township High School administrators lacked certain information about student learning […]
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Report Examines the City of Evanston’s Practices That Impacted the Black Community, 1900-1960
In 1900 a total of 737 Black people lived in Evanston. Many lived along Evanston’s three railroad lines, and there were other pockets of Black people scattered throughout Evanston, including […]
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A Different Slant on School Resource Officers at ETHS
Before approving the budget at their Sept. 21 meeting, District 202 Board members spent more than an hour discussing School Resource Officers (SROs) and their role and place in Evanston […]
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SROs in Evanston Schools: Part of the ‘Culture’ at ETHS, on the Perimeter for School Safety at District 65
School Resource Officers took center stage at the Q&A session hosted on July 20 by Mayor Stephen Hagerty. Evanston Police Chief Demitrous Cook, Deputy Police Chiefs Aretha Barnes and Melissa […]
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District 202 School Board Reacts to Emails About Eliminating School Resource Officers
Administrators said SROs at ETHS have a different philosophy and role than do SROs at many other schools.
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Police and Policing in Evanston: A Discussion
The police killings of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, George Floyd in Minneapolis and Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta and their reverberations across this country have brought Evanston Police Chief Demitrous Cook […]