Schools
What Do You Think of the D65 School Building Referendum?
Raising money to build a new school is one of three referendum questions on the March 20 ballot.
Evanston has three referendum questions on its March 20 ballot — one on the , one on , and one on electrical aggregation.
Those first two questions seem to have touched a nerve with residents, so we wanted to start a dialogue on the site for those who feel passionately about the issues and those who are still undecided.
Today we're exploring the school building question. Please vote in our poll below and then share your thoughts in the comment section. Yesterday
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Here's the official wording of the ballot question:
Shall the Board of Education of Evanston/Skokie Community Consolidated School District Number 65, Cook County, Illinois, build and equip a school building, build and equip additions to existing school buildings, and improve the sites of and alter, repair and equip existing school buildings and issue bonds of said School District to the amount of $48,200,000 for the purpose of paying the costs thereof?
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Residents are clearly divided on the question. drew 50 reader comments. And here you can read that columnist Christine Wolf gathered together.
What do you think?
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