Already $25M Overbudget, D65 Board Decides To Downsize 5th Ward School - Evanston, IL - District 65's planned 5th Ward school building will have one fewer floor, three fewer grades and 400 fewer students under the new framework.
The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education decided on a K-5 plan for the new 5th Ward school on Monday night. The school was originally intended for students in grades K-8, but D65 board members hope to offset an estimated $25 million in excess projected spending. The new plan will bring them closer to.
As officials tackle budgetary setbacks in constructing a new 5th Ward school, a group of 37 families from the 5th and 2nd Wards demanded transparency and fiscal responsibility from the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education in an open letter sent Monday evening. District 65 has been planning to build a new neighborhood school.
The much-anticipated plans to build a new school in the 5th Ward are projected to cost more than $25 million more than the allocated $40 million budget, according to a recent financial assessment commissioned by Evanston/Skokie School District 65. Ballooning costs forced District 65 Board of Education members to consider alternate plans during a special.
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