District 65 2020 Achievement Report: More Limited in Scope, But Same Trends
At their April 12 meeting, District 65 School Board members discussed the District’s 2020 Accountability and Achievement Report. Due to limitations resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the report provides more limited data: the percentage of students meeting the 50th percentile on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) […]
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Virtual FAN Event With Ian Rosenberg on April 15
“The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms,” a conversation between Ian Rosenberg and Michael Signer, will be held at 7 p.m. on April 15 via Zoom. […]
Pope John XXIII Students Write on Equity, Identity
Pope John XXIII School added a new feature to its observance of Black History Month. Teacher Meaghan Heaton created a contest open to all middle school students (6th, 7th, and 8th […]
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District 65 Plans Major Changes and Reduction in ‘Footprint’ to Address Projected Deficits
Revised financial projections and the broad parameters of a plan to balance School District 65’s projected deficits were presented to the School Board’s Finance Committee on Feb. 8. The revised […]
School District 65 to Consider New Assignment System, New School Boundaries, New School in Fifth Ward
At the District 65 School Board meeting On Feb. 8, Sarita Smith, Manager of Student Assignments at School District 65, laid out a process to revise the District’s student assignment […]
Dr. Horton: All Students Will Be Able to Return to In-Person Learning in the Fall
On March 22, Superintendent Devon Horton provided an update on plans for school after the spring break and for the 2021-2022 school year. After Spring Break Dr. Horton said […]
District 65 Replaces 22 Reading Specialists With 18 Interventionists
One guideline adopted by the District 65 School Board in 2017, after the approval of a referendum that provided an additional $14.5 million in property tax revenues into the District […]
How Much of School District 65’s Business Is Being Conducted by School Board Members in Private Meetings with Administrators?
Analysis Two of the most important issues facing School District 65 in the past year are reopening the schools for in-person learning and addressing the District’s projected deficits. The reopening […]
Proposed D65 Social Studies Curriculum to Include Lessons in Oppression and Resilience
By Mary Helt Gavin Starting in 2023 and perhaps earlier, students in District 65 schools will learn from what administrators say will be a fuller and more honest social studies […]
District 65 School Board Adopts ‘Land Acknowledgment and Acknowledgement of the Contributions of the Enslaved’
We acknowledge Evanston, and its founder Johns Evans, are tied to the massacre of the Arapaho and Cheyenne for railroads and westward expansion upon which John Evan’s developed his wealth and founded Evanston.
District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton Proposes New School Board Committee Structure to Provide More Transparency
At the District 65 School Board Policy Committee meeting on April 12, Superintendent Devon Horton proposed a new School Board committee structure that would provide more transparency and afford the […]
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As ETHS Prepares to Open, Air Quality Remains a Question for Some
At the last District 202 School Board meeting, held just two days before Evanston Township High School is scheduled to open for hybrid learning, administrators described the ongoing efforts to […]
ETHS to Begin Hybrid Instruction on April 14
At the April 12 District 202 Board meeting, Peter Bavis, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, described the Evanston Township High School hybrid learning plan that will go in effect […]
D65 2020 Achievement Report Celebrates Students, Teachers and Administrators
One section of District 65’s 2020 Achievement Report – a qualitative section – celebrated accomplishments of students, educators and principals and contributions by the community during the 2019-2020 school year. […]
LGBTQ+ Equity Week at School District 65 Takes Place During the Week of April 12
On March 25, District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton, Board President Anya Tanyavutti, and Board Vice President Biz Lindsay-Ryan announced the second LGBTQ+ Equity Week which starts on April 12. Below […]
District 65 Summer Program for 2021 to Serve 1,500 Students
At the District 65 School Board meeting on March 22, Stacy Beardsley, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, presented the District’s 2021 Summer Student-Learning Proposal to the Board. The program […]
Unofficial Results: Four New Aldermen; Su, Incumbents Win at District 65
Unofficial results for the Citywide elections show Stephanie Mendoza has won the City Clerk’s race, beating Cynthia Beebe. In aldermanic races, where there were contested elections in eight of the […]
Notice of Public Meeting for Private/Parochial School Students with Disabilities
Submitted by School District 65 Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Evanston Township High School (District 202) will hold a virtual meeting 9 a.m. on May 19 to discuss the Districts’ […]
District 65 Caregivers of Color & Our Village Lead March and Press Conference in Support of the District’s Efforts to Put Equity at the Forefront
More than 50 Evanston residents gathered at 12 p.m. April 3 at Trahan Park at Ridge Avenue and Monroe Street where they crafted signs for a demonstration focused on anti-racism, […]
ETHS Seniors Followed Their Muses During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Last of a series Evanston Township High School seniors Angel Cruz, Noam Hasak-Lowy, and Indira Abraham are making the best of the Pandemic’s “new normal.” They’ve stayed plugged into the […]
ETHS Seniors Followed Their Muses During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Judy Chiss Part 2 of a Series Evanston Township High School seniors Angel Cruz, Noam Hasak-Lowy, and Indira Abraham are making the best of the Pandemic’s “new normal.” They […]
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