City Council approved funding for field lights and an athletic track at the upcoming Foster School following a 7-2 vote at Monday’s meeting. With a planned August 2026 opening, the space will be the 5th Ward’s first neighborhood school since a previous school with the same name closed in 1979. Groundbreaking for the new school took place in July, more than two years after the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board approved its construction.