Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will allow seventh and eighth grade students at the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies to finish classes there for the 2024-25 school year under a modified staffing plan, the district announced in a Friday email to parents. The decision supersedes District 65’s initial plan to transfer Bessie Rhodes’ seventh...| The Daily Northwestern
The Illinois State Board of Education released its 2024 Illinois Report Card Wednesday, highlighting Evanston/Skokie School District 65 students’ increasing academic proficiency yet wide achievement gaps. The annual report card collects data from every public school district in Illinois to measure student and school performance. The data is compared to state and local standards that...| The Daily Northwestern
The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education unanimously passed the district’s budget for the 2025 fiscal year with a $13 million deficit at its meeting Monday night. The board also heard about the district’s deficit reduction plan to combat this increase, presented by District 65 administrators. The plan aims to make the district’s operations...| The Daily Northwestern