Skokie School District 73½

Skokie School District 73½ is a grade school district in east central Skokie, Cook County, Illinois.

Skokie School District 73½
Address
8000 East Prairie Road
Skokie
, Illinois, 60076
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–8[1]
NCES District ID1710380[1]
Students and staff
Students1,043[1]
Other information
Websitewww.sd735.org

School District 73½ was created on August 15, 1930, from part of School District 73, giving 42% of the school funds to District 73½.[2] District 73½ immediately arranged for its children to attend school in District 69 with District 73½ paying tuition of $100.00 per student per year.[3] District 73½ then built a new school, the Cleveland Public School, dedicating it on November 24, 1931.[3] Cleveland School closed by 1986.[4] Cleveland School closed after the 1976–1977 school year.

Oakview Junior High School, at 8000 East Prairie Road at the corner with Oakton Street, was dedicated on November 15, 1959.[3] It was renamed "Oliver McCracken Middle School", after the retiring district superintendent, on March 23, 1987.[3]

The school at 8100 North Tripp Avenue at the corner with Keeney Street, opened in 1994, and was unofficially called simply "Tripp School" until it received the formal name "Elizabeth Meyer School", after an early pioneer,[5] on May 26, 1999.[3]

Schools
  • Oliver McCracken Middle School (grades 6–8)
  • John Middleton Elementary School (grades 1–5)
  • Elizabeth Meyer School (preschool-kindergarten)

See also

References
  1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Skokie SD 73-5". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  2. The People v. Barnett, 195 N.E. 449 (Supreme Court of Illinois 1935). Case originally 360 Ill. 67.
  3. "Chronology of Events: Village of Niles Center / Skokie, Illinois". Skokie, Illinois: Skokie Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  4. "Cleveland School Building Photograph, 1986". Illinois Digital Archives. 1986. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  5. Messenger, Janet; Frevert, Steven (February 11, 1999). "District 31 Candidates, Referendum Give Voters Voice On Building School". Chicago Tribune (online ed.). Retrieved 2018-01-13.
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