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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


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District 65 board approves plan to establish 5th Ward school

March 15, 2022

For the first time in over 50 years, 5th Ward parents may be able to send their children to a public neighborhood school nearby. Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s Board of Education voted unanimously...

A map of Evanston divided into elementary school zone districts. Colored blocks define the edges of the current school zones, and black lines outline the boundaries proposed by the SAP committee.

D65 Student Assignment Project committee presents school redistricting options to community

March 2, 2022

Community members learned about options for building the first public neighborhood school in the 5th Ward in 50 years and changing Evanston/Skokie School District 65's magnet programs Tuesday. The Student...

A menu written on a blackboard, with a sign reading ‘Dyslexia Cafe’ taped at the top. Many of the words are jumbled, with letters appearing backward or upside down and in different orders.

Zafiro Papastratakos pushes for different reading education with Dyslexia Connection of Evanston

March 2, 2022

Three weeks after Niko Papastratakos returned to school for hybrid learning, he came home and insisted school wasn’t working for him. “‘It's like you walk into a fog. And instead of clearing the...

Ald. Juan Geracaris (9th) was confirmed Monday as Evanston’s first Latino councilmember.

Juan Geracaris becomes the city’s first Latino councilmember

March 1, 2022

Ald. Juan Geracaris (9th) became Evanston’s first Latino councilmember Monday.   City Council voted unanimously to confirm Geracaris’ appointment as 9th Ward alderman. He will serve until Evanston’s...

A red-brick building with large, plated glass windows. Beneath one set of windows are a set of raised steel letters with the building name. A short green hedge borders the building in front of a sidewalk.

District 65 stakeholders reflect on switch to new IEP and 504 plan software

February 24, 2022

Several months after switching the software for Individualized Education Programs and 504 plans, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 administrators and advocates say the district’s new system, Embrace,...

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