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

The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


Community members hear District 65 Superintendent Angel Turner’s presentation on the district’s Structural Deficit Reduction Plan at Nichols Middle School on Thursday.

D65 meeting attendees share concerns over classroom size, enrollment

January 21, 2025

Classroom sizes, transportation and declined enrollment dominated conversations at Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s three Structural Deficit Reduction Plan community input meetings on Jan. 15-17.  The...

District 65’s four Structural Deficit Reduction Plan options impact the number of staff positions and transportation available in the district.

District 65 board hears $13.2 million deficit reduction plan options

January 14, 2025

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education heard four options for the district’s Structural Deficit Reduction Plan at its Committee of the Whole meeting Monday. The plan started in...

The four incumbent members of the District 65 Board of Education are not running for reelection, creating four open seats for new board members.

Candidate removed from District 65 Board of Education ballot, 15 remain

January 7, 2025

The Cook County Officers Electoral Board removed Evanston resident Anita Opdycke from the April Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education ballot Thursday.  The board — made up of the...

District 65 Educators’ Council President Trisha Baker announces the result of eight months of collective bargaining with District 65.

D65 negotiates contract with Educators’ Council, proposes $138 million tax levy

November 19, 2024

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education announced the district has reached an agreement with the District 65 Educators’ Council on a new contract for union members at its Monday meeting. District...

The decision supersedes District 65’s initial plan to transfer Bessie Rhodes’ seventh and eighth graders to their neighborhood schools.

District 65 to keep 7th, 8th grade Bessie Rhodes classrooms open for school year

November 9, 2024

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will allow seventh and eighth grade students at the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies to finish classes there for the 2024-25 school year under a modified staffing...

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