education

Just 12 days into the start of a new school year, District 65 students will be released early today as part of a plan to give teachers more time for professional development training.

As I walked in the door around 11:30 p.m. tonight, after returning home from the four-hour-long D65 School Board meeting, the first thing I saw was the sign my daughter stood holding earlier in the evening which read, “I matter.”  It made me sad to think that after hearing the powerful testimony of parents on how school hours impact them and their families, that D65 leaders would stand by their decision to move Lincoln, Lincolnwood, and Oakton to a later 9:00 a.m. start time beginning next year.

If they haven’t done so already, the next time parents of Lincoln, Lincolnwood, and Oakton schools open their children’s backpacks they will find a letter from D65 Superintendent Hardy Murphy informing them that school hours will change next year. 

Last Monday night, after getting my daughter to bed and doing the dinner dishes, I tuned in to the D65 School Board meeting.  It was around 9:30 p.m. and the public comment was just getting underway.  As I listened to the members of Citizens for Appropriate Special Education describing their struggles in getting services for their children with special needs, and heard some of the disparaging remarks being made toward them, the scene seemed strangely familiar. 

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

Foundation 65 – the education foundation for Evanston/Skokie
School District 65 – is seeking an executive director to work closely with its board,

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