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The Daily Northwestern

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 raises childcare fees, announces High Five! award winners

January 31, 2023

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education recognized two staff members and awarded them the High Five! award on Monday. Other items discussed by the Board increased childcare fees, with...

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District 65 works to upgrade from diesel-fueled buses to electric bus fleet

November 21, 2022

Earlier this year, Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s Head Start Program, an early childhood learning center, received a $230,000 grant to upgrade a diesel-fueled school bus to an electric one. The...

In D65, LGBTQ+ curricula faces pushback

In D65, LGBTQ+ curricula faces pushback

May 12, 2020

Growing up in the 1990s, Brooks Bullock, a special education teacher at Orrington Elementary School, said he didn’t have the language to affirm his sexuality until he started watching “Will & Grace”...

As D65 looks to the fall, parents of at-risk students say there are no good options

As D65 looks to the fall, parents of at-risk students say there are no good options

May 10, 2020

Claire Pritchard’s son was supposed to start preschool at Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center in October, soon after his third birthday. But due to COVID-19, he may not get that chance. Pritchard’s...

Illinois will receive $4.9 billion total to support state and local governments. Aside from government, Illinois sectors such as public health and transit will receive aid from the CARES Act.

Stimulus bill to fund Evanston school districts, child care programs

April 16, 2020

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Evanston Township High School District 202 are slated to receive a total of $1.1 million in federal funding as part of the coronavirus stimulus bill. Local child...

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