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D65 Chief: Administration cuts are coming
Superintendent says they will be included in $1.9 million budget reduction which also trims other employees and rearranges bus schedule for savings.
Washington Elementary School. (Google Maps)
The superintendent of Evanston/Skokie School District 65 says “there will be some administrative cuts” for the next school year.
Devon Horton told the Board of Education Monday night that he is not at liberty to disclose those cuts now, but he is “looking to do some reorganization” for the coming school year in the financially strapped district.
Finance Committee Chair Joey Hailpern had pointed out that cutting the administration was one of the more popular responses in a recent “thought exchange” with district residents.
D65 citizen panel to advise on redistricting, 5th Ward school
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D65: Kids might switch schools every three grades
As Evanston/Skokie District 65 looks to redistrict school attendance zones, one option on the table will apparently be changing the mix of grades in buildings.
The District 65 board meeting Monday night.
As Evanston/Skokie District 65 looks to redistrict school attendance zones, one option on the table will apparently be changing the mix of grades in buildings.
Currently, the district’s 10 elementary schools are grades K-5, and the three middle schools are grades 6-8.
During a Board of Education meeting Monday night, Board member Suni Kartha asked Superintendent Devon Horton if the idea of switching schools to perhaps grades K-2 in some buildings, 3-5 in others, and then 6-8 might be on the table.
UpdatedTue, Jan 26, 2021 at 3:10 pm CT
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District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton said the union representing teachers had come to an agreement with administrators after grueling and tiresome negotiations. (Shutterstock)
EVANSTON, IL Administrators and teaching staff in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 have come to an agreement over a reopening plan, district officials announced.
Superintendent Devon Horton said the district had reached an agreement with the District 65 Educators Council, or DEC, after 23 bargaining sessions. It was grueling and tiresome, but together they stayed, Horton said at Monday s board meeting. It wasn t always an easy process, but they grinded it out and came up with a really good plan.
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Push for STEM school in predominantly Black 5th Ward runs up against looming district budget deficits.
An image from the candidate forum.
School board candidates in Evanston/Skokie District 65 had a hard and sometimes painful discussion Wednesday night about something many parents want but the district likely can’t afford right now a new school in the 5th Ward.
It’s an issue which combines two challenging topics money and race.
All eight candidates, three incumbents and five challengers, answered questions in a Facebook forum hosted by Evanston Live TV.
The primarily minority 5th Ward has been without a school for decades, with children being bused to other parts of town. Non-incumbent Marquise Weatherspoon, a parent of four, said Black children often “do not feel included” in other schools. She said a 5th Ward school is needed.
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