(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - November 2, 2018) Five elementary schools in North Shore School District 112 were rated “exemplary” on the 2018 Illinois School Report Cards under a new state accountability system that puts more emphasis on student gains than the percentage of students who are proficient.

(HP Patch - November 1, 2018) North Shore School District 112 Superintendent Mike Lubelfeld has adjusted his long-term planning recommendations to eliminate some of the more unpopular elements of his suggestions for the future of the district. Since taking the superintendent post this summer, Lubelfeld has convened an ad hoc committee to present recommendations to the board for the decade ahead.

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - November 1, 2018) Superintendent Michael Lubelfeld acknowledged Tuesday that the idea of creating optional school attendance areas in three neighborhoods has proven wildly unpopular with constituents in North Shore School District 112.

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - October 29, 2018) More than 500 apartments and townhouses could be built on a 28-acre site off Old Deerfield Road that straddles elementary school districts in Deerfield and Highland Park. Concerns that all of the property tax revenue could go to Deerfield Public Schools District 109 prompted Highland Park-based North Shore District 112 to seek an agreement specifying how tax revenue will be divided among the school districts.

(Landmark - October 26, 2018) Dozens of Highland Park parents and community members filled the Green Bay Early Childhood Center meeting room Tuesday night, urging the North Shore District 112 school board and superintendent to address long-standing boundary issues.

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - October 25, 2018) The number of eighth grade students in North Shore School District 112 who reported to the Illinois Youth Survey last February that they’d been bullied within the last year was higher than the number in 2016.

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - October 24, 2018) Some north Highland Park parents contend that a $75 million school renovation plan that increases Edgewood Middle School’s capacity to 950 students will perpetuate, if not deepen, educational inequalities between schools in the north and south ends of the district.

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - October 22, 2018)  Superintendent Michael Lubelfeld is proposing that North Shore School District 112 invest $75 million to modernize its two middle schools. The improvements would require the temporary relocation of students from Northwood Junior High, then Edgewood Middle School, to other facilities within the district.

(Landmark - October 18, 2018) In an effort to create cross-cultural partnerships, North Shore School District 112 welcomed visitors from Chinese schools throughout the classrooms of three schools Sept. 17. The delegation from China spent time at the district’s administrative center, for an introductory welcome, before touring Braeside Elementary School, Wayne Thomas Elementary School and Edgewood Middle School as part of a week-long visit in the United States.

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - October 2, 2018) A developer is asking the City of Highland Park for feedback on an early proposal to transform an industrial site in west Highland Park into a new residential community of 400 apartments, 101 townhouses and 12 homes.

(HP Patch - September 27, 2018) North Shore School District 112 Superintendent Mike Lubelfeld Monday convened the penultimate meeting of a committee tasked with preparing recommendations for the long-term future of the district. The Long Range Planning Committee was presented with the fifth draft of a boundary model for the district and a proposed seven-year plan since it began meeting in July.

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - September 19, 2018) A phone survey of 300 residents of North Shore School District 112 in August revealed conflicted feelings on the value of neighborhood schools versus the benefits of reorganizing the district with fewer school buildings.

(HP Patch - August 16, 2018) ... The first day of school in Highland Park is August 20 — and whether you and the kids are looking forward to the new school year or are dreading the end of summer, you'll want to mark the date on your calendar ASAP. The North Shore School District has released its 2018-2019 calendar for public schools.

(HP Patch - August 7, 2018) ... The North Shore School District 112 continues to seek community feedback about its plans for the future, including how to go about unloading unused school assets after closing two schools last year and vacating its Green Bay Road building next year...

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - August 7, 2018) North Shore School District 112’s property on Green Bay Road could fetch more than $5 million if sold for redevelopment as multi-family housing, according to one estimate. That may partly explain why school officials are eager to decide this fall on new locations for the district’s early childhood programs and   administrative offices....

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - August 3, 2018)... After a seven-month hiatus, North Shore School District 112 is again tackling the touchy topic of school reorganization. The district is floating three school configuration models that range from minimal change to ultimately closing two additional school buildings...

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - July 31, 2018) Edgewood Middle School will have three new leaders when school resumes Aug. 20 with the largest student body in years. Students who previously attended, or would have attended, Elm Place Middle School have been r

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - July 18, 2018) Superintendent Michael Lubelfeld said Tuesday he’s not looking to put a big-dollar referendum on the ballot to finance improvements to school buildings in North Shore School District 112.

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - July 3, 2018) .. Between now and July 15, North Shore School District 112 is collecting community feedback on school configuration using an online network and discussion tool from a service called Thought Exchange.

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - June 12, 2018) North Shore School District 112 will institute an electronic visitor identification system this summer to better identify and screen visitors entering school buildings or picking up children.

(Landmark - June 11, 2018) Eighth-graders from North Shore School District 112 collected their middle-school diplomas June 4 and said goodbye to Elm Place and Edgewood middle schools and Northwood Junior High, respectively.

(Landmark - June 6, 2018)  An educator who spent the last year at a fellow North Shore school district and a couple decades in the western suburbs has been hired in North Shore School District 112. 

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - June 7, 2018) North Shore School District 112 will need to spend a minimum of $100 million on its nine school buildings over the next 15 years, a figure that does not include any renovations to adapt the schools for modern learning, according to an architects’ tally of items expected to be due for replacement.

(Landmark - May 9, 2018)  Third period started like any other third period for at Northwood Junior High School social studies teacher Jon Mall. But then his class got a bit more crowded when it was interrupted by a balloon-toting, gift-bearing caravan that featured Principal JoAnne Dimitriou, his wife and two sons and members of the Highland Park Community.

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - April. 12, 2018) Just months after instituting a new mathematics series midyear for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, North Shore School District 112 is poised to adopt new reading and writing resources for use when teachers and students return to school in August.