Possible future learning spaces for Evanston Township High School include a small building addition that would house culinary and visual arts spaces. 

Michael Dolter, senior project architect from Perkins & Will, presented several planned and potential new Arts and Innovation Wing upgrades at ETHS to the District 202 Board of Education at its Monday night meeting at the high school.

These forward-looking projects are included in the district’s five-year Capital Improvement Plan, which outlines the district’s projects and budgetary goals until 2028. The board unanimously approved the plan at the meeting. 

These plans for updates come as the school celebrates the centennial of its campus, completed in 1924.

‘Once again, something bold’

“In 1921 this district set out to do something pretty incredible,” District Superintendent Marcus Campbell said. “I think we hold it upon ourselves to do, once again, something bold that lays the foundation for the next 100 years.” 

The district plans to find funding for these projects primarily through philanthropic efforts of the ETHS Foundation. While projects for the next year are locked in, future endeavors depend on feedback and budgeting, and can change in future five-year plans. 

“We continually have a feedback mechanism for any one of the parts of the process of the project that we’re working on,” Dolter said. “We have the distinct phases during that, which will review the process, make sure that it accurately reflects the needs of the school and then understand what the budget is.” 

Starting in 2025

Work will start in the summer of 2025 in the Arts and Innovation Wing with some much-needed window replacements, masonry work and roof updates. 



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