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Screen Sense Evanston founder Miriam Kendall and her campaign to reduce classroom screen time in District 65 were featured nationally in the Christian Science Monitor on Aug. 12, less than two weeks before the school year starts, spotlighting a year-long push that has already led to app bans and screen-free recess but has not stopped the district's one-to-one iPad program.
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District 65 CFO Eric Miller told the school board Tuesday that the district needs immediate, substantial savings to address a $3.4 million deficit, explicitly naming school closures as part of the strategy 13 days before the Aug. 24 first day of school.
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The District 65 board voted Monday, Aug. 10, to extend interim Superintendent Eric Witherspoon's contract through Jan. 31, 2027, and discussed hiring a search firm to find a permanent leader by late January for a July 1, 2027 start.
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Evanston/Skokie School District 65's operating deficit for Fiscal Year 2026 came in at $3.4 million, 89% above the $1.8 million the board projected, according to a memo from the district's new CFO headed to the board's Aug. 11 meeting.
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The District 65 board will vote Tuesday on extending interim Superintendent Eric Witherspoon's contract by one month, to Jan. 31, 2027, under a new Illinois law allowing retired educators to work additional days, while also discussing hiring a search firm to find a permanent leader by late January.
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Evanston's new Foster Elementary School held its grand opening Friday, Aug. 7, with construction on the $48.4 million project tracking about $3 million under budget, offering rare good fiscal news for District 65.