Part of Wilkins’ vision is that the school reflects its community. He said he hopes to see high family involvement with the school. Henry Wilkins started STEM School Evanston, a group advocating for the construction of a public school in the 5th Ward where children excel in STEM principles and work with the community. Six Evanston Township High School students from Emerge, a leadership and community development program, moderated the event - the second in a two part series about the legacy of school segregation in Evanston. Currently, the ward’s nearly 700 students are assigned to five District 65 schools. The ward has gone without a neighborhood school since the Foster School officially closed in 1979 when Evanston/Skokie School District 65 sold the building due to its desegregation plan. Community leaders discussed the movement to open a community school in Evanston’s 5th Ward during a virtual panel hosted by Evanston Public Library Thursday.
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