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Tom Hayden's avatar

Back in 2020-2022, I think there were a few Board members who had a "by any means necessary" approach to equity topics, especially the Foster School (and special education - stay tuned) and no desire to really think through the operational aspects of it. Like, they didn't even take out enough money *at the time* to both build and put things in the school.

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Sandy's avatar

In Horton's "Exit Interview," he says "the board gave me some priorities prior to me starting that they really wanted to lean into and I was finding a way, number one, to identify a source to fund a school in the Fifth Ward."

He is talking about the first half of 2020. If we are to believe Horton, building the school was already a priority in the Winter and Spring of 2020. Had the board EVER discussed this in public at that time?

For clarity, I think your timeline should start in 2020 with this admission.

https://youtu.be/7dBQf4tunFM?t=199

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Tom Hayden's avatar

I don't know - I'm going to have to go back through meeting minutes. Before summer 2021, it wasn't D65 that was doing the work on this, it was a project within the Evanston Community Foundation (ECF) and part of the STEM schools initiative, I think.

I better make sure I save that exit interview video for long term storage.

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