Thursday, October 30, 2025

Past school closure debates echo in current District 65 saga at Evanston History Center event

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 community is in the midst of reckoning with a monumental decision: whether or not the board should close three schools to cut $11.8 million in costs, address outdated facilities and curb underenrollment.  The board’s decision will add to the imminent shuttering of the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies...The post Past school closure debates echo in current District 65 saga at Evanston History Center event appeared first on The Daily Northwestern.

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 community is in the midst of reckoning with a monumental decision: whether or not the board should close three schools to cut $11.8 million in costs, address outdated facilities and curb underenrollment.  The board’s decision will add to the imminent shuttering of the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies...The post Past school closure debates echo in current District 65 saga at Evanston History Center event appeared first on The Daily Northwestern.