Mindy Wallis's blog

District 65 has finally posted the notes of the previous strategic
planning committee meeting, on May 10th, to the D65 website, and an

Do you watch school board meetings? Do you read the e-packet that goes to the school board members and which is available on the D65

Evanston/Skokie D65/202 PTA Council sponsors Tune Out TV Week, April 21-27, 2008

A majority of the D65 School Board (4-to-2) voiced support for the Administration's proposal to offer the option for students in one or two Middle Schools to take Honors Geometry at their school and not at ETHS. The Board members who favored the option stated that they couldn't understand the opposition to the proposal, which did not change the current successful Honors Geometry program offered by the teachers at the high school, but which offered parents an opportunity to choose where their students took the course.

When the District 65 administration presented a draft of the 2008-2009 school year calendar to the Board on February 4, many parents objected to the 7 early dismissal days.

ETHS will host a &quo

Memo from Dr. Witherspoon re: Freshman Humanities and Increased Honors Classes for the Class of 2008. Distributed at the D202 Meeting on February 11, 2008

Changes to the ETHS Freshman Humanities Curriculum will be discussed at the D202 Board meeting on Monday, February 11, at 7:30 p.m. in room N-112. There is a plan to change the configuration of honors classes.

Pam Waymack, a concerned parent of a District 65 7th grader has begun a website: http://www.EvanstonKids.org to raise issues about the District 65 proposal to offer Honors Geometry in the middle schools.