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Financial consultant suggests construction of the new school could be funded with savings from reduced busing costs.
Biz Lindsay Ryan.
Leaders of Evanston/Skokie School District 65 indicated today that they may have found a way to finance a new 5th Ward school without going to the voters for a tax hike.
A school in the historically Black neighborhood has been a goal in the district for years. The former Foster School there closed decades ago, and since then, the largely-minority student population has been bused to other schools around town.
A property tax increase referendum to build a 5th Ward school and improve other buildings was defeated by the voters in 2012.