Evanston Skokie District 65 to hire consultant to assist in school closings, teacher layoffs

The Board of Education for Evanston/Skokie School District 65 announced in September it would hire a consultant to assist the district in school closures, teacher layoffs, and other expense cuts to rightsize the district and reverse its million dollar budget deficits from the previous years. The board announced on Oct. 7 it would hire the consultant by the end of the month. The last day consultants could have applied to assist the district was on Oct. 11, and the board will vote to approve the consultant on Oct. 28, according to the district’s CFO Tamara Mitchell. A special board of […]