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Skokie students will need to transition from closing school earlier than expected
Seventh and eighth graders at Bessie Rhodes will only be able finish the trimester. In an email to parents, Evanston Skokie District 65 Superintendent Angel Turner said students in those grades will leave on Nov. 15.
Bessie Rhodes 7th, 8th grades to close 18 months early, school says, in surprise announcement
Students are still waiting to find out where they will be going to school next month after Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies informed parents this week that seventh and eighth graders would be moved to another school at the end of the trimester.News that the bilingual magnet school would be closing at the end of the school year was tough enough, parents told ABC7.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchBut now, hearing that seventh and eighth grade students will be moved to another school mid-November as the school closes its seventh and eighth grades earlier...
Freshman demographics at Northwestern and U of I show little change following ban on race-conscious admissions
New numbers from two major Illinois universities show little change in enrollment demographics since the Supreme Court effectively banned the consideration of race in college admissions last year. Nationally, many had worried the decision in the case, brought by conservative legal activist Ed Blum and his group Students for Fair...
Over 1,000 Illinois Students Are Signed Up to Receive Plant-Based Lunch, 1 Year After Law Went Into Effect
More than 1,000 students across 278 public school districts in Illinois have requested to receive plant-based lunch options, according to advocates during a Thursday news conference. The milestone comes over one year after an Illinois law went into effect requiring public schools to provide a plant-based lunch for students who...
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