(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - Feb. 4, 2019) Weather extremes like the recent polar vortex have prompted a few suburban school systems to rely on remote learning as an alternative to canceling class and giving students snow days.

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - Feb. 4, 2019) North Shore School District 112 will outsource before- and after-school child care next year to Innovation Learning, a for-profit enterprise that has pledged to operate in all seven elementary schools with no minimum enrollment.

(Landmark - Jan 30, 2019) After 15 years of Family Focus providing the before- and after-school activity program for North Shore School District 112, a new company will be providing this service for the 2019-2020 school year. At its Tuesday, Jan. 29 meeting, the North Shore School District 112 school board authorized entering into and signing a license agreement with Innovation Learning from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 with an option to extend the agreement on a year-to-year basis by mutual agreement of the parties.

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - Jan. 16, 2019) North Shore School District 112 officials have no objections to changing the location for the HP Community Early Learning Center from Kennedy Park to West Ridge Park if the preschool and the Park District of Highland Park can make the arrangement work.

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - Jan. 14, 2019) North Shore School District 112 plans to offer before- and after-school child care next year at all seven elementary schools . The chosen firm, Colorado-based Innovation Learning, will provide child care at no cost to the school system from 6 a.m. until the start of the school day, and from the end of the school day until 6 p.m.. 

(Chicago Tribune Highland Park News - November 28, 2018) A school board vote Nov. 27 to spend up to $75 million to renovate two middle schools in North Shore School District 112 has kicked off the next phase of preparations for securing funding and relocating students....

(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.