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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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The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education will vote on which school closure scenario to advance Monday night.

Katie and David Hauser: As Foster opens to solve historical inequities, ‘don’t do the exact same thing’

November 17, 2025

This story is part of a series on the perspectives of parent groups and school communities leading up to Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s school closure decision. Other stories in the series can...

Five people sit behind a dais.

Absent Salem and Opdycke, District 65 board narrows to final 2 school closure scenarios

November 5, 2025

At the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board meeting Oct. 27, the district’s Structural Deficit Reduction Plan consultant, Susan Harkin, pressed the board to define its goals more specifically so...

Crowd of parents wait for school board meeting to start.

D65: Invest in Neighborhood Schools introduces alternative proposal to district’s school closure scenarios

November 5, 2025

D65: Invest in Neighborhood Schools, a coalition of over 600 Evanston/Skokie School District 65 families, released a 10-page alternative proposal to Phase 3 of the district’s Structural Deficit Reduction...

The Foster School under construction behind a chain-link fence.

‘Uncharted waters’: Administrators, parents discuss plans for Foster School at forum

September 25, 2025

About 30 parents and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 administrators gathered Wednesday evening at the Fleetwood Jourdain Center to discuss plans for student transitions and experiences at the new Foster...

a building with question marks next to it

Community advocates for African Centered Curriculum at Foster School

June 3, 2025

Music and laughter filled Oakton Elementary School’s auditorium as families celebrated the school’s African Centered Curriculum Crossover Ceremony in May.  An annual tradition, the event gives...

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