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Evanston/Skokie District 65 board approves hearings on Kingsley closure, leaves Lincolnwood decision for later
Summary
The Board of Education of Evanston/Skokie CCSD 65 voted to approve a resolution to hold public hearings on closing Kingsley Elementary and to reserve consideration of Lincolnwood Elementary for a later date; the resolution ties further action to a districtwide 75% K–5 utilization target and directs additional boundary and sustainability work.
The Board of Education of Evanston/Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65 voted on Jan. 9 to approve a resolution to hold public hearings on the proposed closure of Kingsley Elementary School and to consider a possible closure of Lincolnwood Elementary at a later date. Meeting leadership moved the resolution after staff presented boundary and sequential-closure modeling and utilization projections.
District staff showed a map and described modeling assumptions that keep Oakton boundaries intact, retain Tweed students in their current cohorts for planning purposes, and route portions of the former Kingsley feeder to Willard,…
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