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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


District 65’s budget woes raise questions about the future of Foster School in the 5th Ward.

D65 parents, community members split over Foster School construction amid budget crisis

November 8, 2024

As Evanston/Skokie School District 65 school board’s budget troubles worsen, parents expressed concern over plans to continue with the Foster School construction, while community members urged the board...

NU has offered free car washes in response to the dust from Ryan Field construction.

NU-City Committee addresses misidentified Foster School trucks, student furniture disposal

November 7, 2024

The Northwestern University-City Committee addressed complaints about trucks misidentified as Ryan Field construction vehicles and discussed assisting students with furniture disposal at its meeting Wednesday. NU’s...

District 65 Superintendent Angel Turner told families at the meeting that her priority was to ensure seventh and eighth grade students receive a “high-quality education” before moving to Evanston Township High School.

District 65 delays decision on closing 7th and 8th grade classes at Bessie Rhodes

October 30, 2024

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 wi​​ll delay its decision on closing seventh and eighth grade classrooms at the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies until families provide their opinions on...

After July’s groundbreaking for Foster School, City Council approved  field lights and a track for the campus.

City Council approves tracks, lighting for Foster School

September 25, 2024

City Council approved funding for field lights and an athletic track at the upcoming Foster School following a 7-2 vote at Monday’s meeting. With a planned August 2026 opening, the space will be the...

The groundbreaking gave community members integral to the 5th Ward School, now Foster School, the chance to “break ground,” fitted with hard hats and shovels.

Fifth ward school to be named “Foster School” at groundbreaking, decades in the making

July 19, 2024

In 2005, Evanston native Jerome Summers started his fight to reopen a 5th Ward neighborhood school, Foster School, which he had attended through the fifth grade in the ‘60s. That is until he began getting...

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