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Analyzing District 65’s burgeoning budget crisis
“We’re just spending too much”; “It doesn’t add up to me, so I think it’s worth us taking a closer look”; and “What’s really important, too, is just no surprises.” Those were the reactions of two...
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NU awarded $3.3M by NIH to study implementation of secure firearm storage
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $3.3 million over five years to Northwestern University to study the implementation of an evidence-based secure firearm storage program. The study...
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NU graduate union sounding alarm on funding cuts for advanced student workers
Northwestern University has “significantly curtailed” a major source of funding for late-program graduate student workers, potentially forcing some to drop out of their programs or, in the case of...
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District 65 superintendent on budget woes: ‘Every area and aspect of this...
Despite some heated debate Monday night between District 65 officials and school board members over closing out fiscal year 2024 with a $10 million budget deficit, they all agreed at least on one...
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Timeline tightens to finish 5th Ward school before August 2026
District 65 needs to have the newly named Foster School in the Fifth Ward completely constructed and furnished by early August 2026 for it to be ready for students that month, and the timeline for...
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District 65 launches third student assignment process, overhauls athletics
In addition to an intense discussion about the ongoing budget crisis, District 65 board members heard from administrators Monday night about upcoming plans for a third phase of the Student Assignment...
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ETHS 101: Everything you need to know before school starts
Editor’s note: The RoundTable will also publish a District 65 101 next week on everything students, parents and families in elementary and middle school need to know before the first day on Thursday,...
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District 65 Superintendent Angel Turner: No time to lose
Editor’s note: District 65 Superintendent Angel Turner sent this message to the community, which you can also read on the district website, Thursday night. Dear District 65 Community – On Monday, our...
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NU lakefront field to get new name: Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin...
Northwestern University and Northwestern Medicine have reached an agreement on a two-year, exclusive naming-rights partnership that brands the Wildcats’ temporary new lakeside athletics venue as...
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Photos: Kids get health checks, free supplies at back-to-school giveaway
Sibtain Sheikh, 5, a rising kindergartner from Skokie, has his hearing tested at the 2024 Community Day/Health Fair Back-To-School Jam School Supplies Giveaway Event on Aug. 10 at Bethel African...
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Judge tosses white teacher’s discrimination lawsuit against District 65
A federal judge on Friday sided with District 65 in dismissing a lawsuit brought by a white drama teacher, Stacy Deemar, in which Deemar accused the district of racial discrimination and creating an...
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Alumnae of NU Continuing Education Fall Quarter enrollment opens Aug. 15
The Alumnae of Northwestern University’s Fall Quarter Continuing Education courses, open to the public, are offered in person at Norris Center and live-streamed via Zoom. The Continuing Education...
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ETHS Supt. Marcus Campbell gets 5-year contract extension
ETHS superintendent Marcus Campbell. Credit: Evanston Rules The District 202 Evanston Township High School Board of Education voted unanimously to extend the contract of the school’s superintendent,...
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District 65 101: What you need to know before school starts
Editor’s note: The RoundTable published an ETHS 101 last week on everything students, parents and families in high school need to know. Summer is coming to a close next week for Evanston/Skokie...
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How ETHS tackles the puzzle of AI in the classroom
Evanston Township High School is one of many educational institutions working with teachers to make sure they are equipped to use artificial intelligence tools, or allow students to use them, in the...
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District 65 forecasts nearly $20 million deficit for 2025
Evanston/Skokie District 65 released a tentative budget for the 2025 fiscal year on Friday, and the projections don’t look good. After racking up $20 million in surprise budget overruns over the last...
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Back-to-School festival aims to strengthen families
Back-to-school festivals often celebrate students’ return to the classroom, building excitement for the coming year. Evanston’s second annual Family Fun Fest, however, presented resources for parents...
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Letter to the editor: District 65 has lots of questions to answer
As a former District 65 reading specialist from 1986 to 2009 and a mother of two former District 65 children, I’m concerned about how the schools are faring today. Back in the day, so many of us...
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How Evanston STEM Camp educates beyond the classroom
Laughter rang through the classroom as children listened to their teacher compliment their group science projects. During STEM School Evanston’s STEM Camp Aug. 12-16 at Family Focus, kids of various...
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‘We’ve run out of time’: District 65 board grapples with budget crisis
Instead of celebrating the start of a new year later this week, District 65 school board members spent their meeting Monday night debating how to climb out of a growing financial hole.The district has...
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