Hope Perry

Evanston, Princeton

Education Reporter at Evanston RoundTable

Education Reporter @EVRoundTable | member @ire_nicar | Covering the Sky @thenexthoops | past: @pawprinceton @princetonian @centredaily

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Parents share concerns at D65 school closure community meetings

2 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Hope Perry

About 75 community members gathered at meetings Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 school closure criteria that were presented to the school board Monday night. Kingsley Elementary School hosted Tuesday night and the Dr. Jorge and Luz Maria Prieto Community Center hosted a session Wednesday morning. Each session was about 90 minutes long and was led by Assistant Superintendent Stacy Beardsley, who is also a D65 parent.
D65 subcommittee reveals criteria for considering school closures

4 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Hope Perry

Evanston/Skokie District 65’s Structural Deficit Reduction Plan (SDRP) subcommittees (in programs, finance and facilities) revealed their preferred criteria — which heavily favored geography and equity — for assessing potential school closures at Monday night’s board meeting.
Photos: An afternoon for Foster School families

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Hope Perry

Families of the future Foster School gathered Saturday afternoon for refreshments, listening to a DJ and games. Parents and volunteers chatted with one another as kids played corn hole and on the playground at Twiggs Park. Kids enjoy face painting and a bouncy house on Saturday at Twiggs Park as part of a block party for Foster School families. Future Foster School families eat together at on Saturday at Twiggs Park as part of a block party for Foster School families.
ComEd relief fund comes as Evanston schools prepare for increased electric bills

2 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Hope Perry

ComEd announced Thursday the launch of a one-time, $10 million Customer Relief Fund to address higher electricity costs this summer. Beginning July 7, customers can apply for assistance. Low-income residential and nonprofit customers are eligible to apply. Increased energy use in the summer months, as well as an auction by electrical grid operator PJM that raised capacity charges, will raise prices on electricity for ComEd customers, likely through May of next year.
Supporters, opponents of ETHS teacher’s 'Jewish dissent' poster speak out

2 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Hope Perry |Margo Milanowski

In a packed room Monday night, more than 30 people spoke in support of Evanston Township High School teacher Andrew Ginsberg, who faced censure this spring for displaying a controversial poster outside his classroom. Though most speakers criticized the District 202 board’s May response to Ginsberg’s poster, others praised the board and criticized Ginsberg for his choice to hang it in the first place.
University announces hiring freeze, other measures to 'address financial challenges'

2 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Hope Perry

Northwestern University announced new cost-cutting measures Tuesday, including a hiring freeze, in response to rising prices and a crackdown on higher education by the Trump administration. The news came in a letter to faculty in staff from President Michael Schill, Provost Kathleen Hagerty, and Chief Financial Officer Amanda Distel. It announced a faculty and staff hiring freeze, as well as changes in the health insurance program and tuition benefits.
District 202 asks state lawmakers to back public transit funding

2 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Hope Perry

The Evanston Township High School District 202 school board approved letters to send to public officials across the state urging them to support funding for public transit in Evanston. Illinois lawmakers approved a budget last week that did not address a $700 million transit budget shortfall. The Regional Transit Authority (RTA) said that will lead to service cutbacks, which put Evanston in a tough spot.
First WNBA game at United Center was bittersweet for Chicago Sky

2 weeks ago | thenexthoops.com | Hope Perry

CHICAGO — If you had never been to a game at Wintrust Arena, you could’ve easily mistaken the United Center for the Chicago Sky’s usual home court on Saturday. The Sky made the venue their own, with banners in the entryways showcasing center Kamilla Cardoso and forward Angel Reese. The court, freshly painted, seemed shinier and maybe even slicker than usual — perhaps accounting for how many players hit the deck throughout the night.
Evanston High junior wins State Department scholarship for study in Taiwan

3 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Hope Perry

Corina Li Caldwell, a junior at Evanston Township Public High School won a scholarship from the U.S. State Department and will travel to Taiwan this summer to study Mandarin. The scholarship is part of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth and run by the U.S. Department of State. “It was kind of chaotic, because at first we were concerned that the program had actually been cut,” Corina told the RoundTable.
Who is Right? WH Praises Camden Jail; Inmates Say Conditions Inhumane

Apr 10, 2024 | gloucestercitynews.net | Hope Perry

by Hope Perry, New Jersey Monitor April 8, 2024 For two days, Morgan Neilio, incarcerated at the Camden County Correctional Facility, did not have toilet paper. Neilio said she had to find other items to use in replacement, like pads or ripped-up shirts. Jail policy says officials should have responded to her official complaint about the lack of toilet paper within 10 days — by Feb. 28, 2022. Instead, it took them five months. “It was extremely upsetting and degrading,” she said.