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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Ald. Bobby Burns (5th) speaks at the City Council meeting Monday.

City Council ups Bent Park Fieldhouse renovations, hears updates from Evanston Police Department

October 29, 2024

City Councilmembers held a public hearing for Evanston’s proposed 2025 budget with no resident comment during its Monday meeting.  The projected deficit of $38.7 million is a 12.7% increase from...

Families have been protesting the district’s June decision to close down the school after this academic year for the past few months. Some signs the protesters carried featured messages in both English and Spanish; “la lucha sigue” translates to “the struggle continues.”

‘We pick here’: Bessie Rhodes community continues protesting planned 7th, 8th grade closures

October 29, 2024

Juana Vazquez, who has a seventh grader at Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies, said her daughter, Destiny, has high anxiety around not seeing her friends or teachers.  Destiny Vazquez’s anxiety...

One woman in a red shirt claps, another holds a sign saying “Stronger United!” and another holds a sign saying “We teach, we care, be fair!”

District 65 board discusses meeting with Bessie Rhodes parents, proposals for deficit reduction plan

October 29, 2024

As Evanston/Skokie School District 65 administrators and board members walked into the Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center on Monday, more than 100 teachers in the District 65 Educators’ Council gathered...

Each asylum-seeking student at ETHS has a point person in a multilingual services teacher, according to teacher Sara Holic. She added that each multilingual services teacher is the point person for about 20 students.

‘A way that makes sense to them’: ETHS multilingual services aim to support asylum-seeking families

October 28, 2024

Lindsey Rose, Evanston Township High School’s multilingual services director, calls the school’s emergent multilingual courses “a little United Nations.”  The ETHS multilingual services department...

Guests can receive mental health crisis support, as well as help with substance abuse and employment in three respite rooms at the new Living Room in Evanston.

New ‘Living Room’ showcases respite rooms, mobile support center at open house

October 27, 2024

Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center’s new Living Room hosted an open house on Oct. 26 to celebrate its first month of operation and gain publicity. Located at 311 Elmwood Ave., the branch showcased...

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