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As a resident of D86 for nearly three decades, I’ve seen lots of different school board elections. I know firsthand the challenges of running for elective office. One cannot ignore the huge impact that schools have on our children, I’ve had a son and daughter graduate from D86, as well the significant value of our homes are influenced by the quality of our schools. Partly because of what I’ve seen, I have tried to be active in the Clarendon Hills Caucus where I am confident we’re putting forth an excellent and unconte...
There are criteria I want to see in a D86 board candidate, which include experience, passion, focus, intelligence, time, energy and integrity. Catherine “Cat” Greenspon encompasses each requirement equally. Catherine works with both of our local high schools to understand needs of students and/or seeing what activity she can join, or create, to assist whenever possible. I share a value system with Catherine that includes extensive service work with our local and surrounding communities. It seems wherever I am relative to our...
As a parent of elementary students, I am concerned about the un-piloted changes to grading and curriculum in D86 under the current administration. It may take years to get our high school back on track. This is why I support Kay Gallo for the District 86 Board of Education. Throughout her campaign, Kay has been clear and has not wavered from her position on these critical issues impacting our district. Additionally, Kay’s unparalleled prior experience on the board makes her well positioned for the monumental task of hiring t...
Tuesday, April 4, ushers in an extremely important election for the board of education for Hinsdale Township High School District 86. This community cannot allow voter apathy (historically 15-17 percent turnout) to define this election. There is simply too much at stake! With three open seats and five candidates, in order to put this District back on track, vote 2-3-4 on the ballot to get the best candidates seated on the board of education: Kay Gallo, Catherine Greenspon and Andrew Catton. Each of these three candidates has...
I wholeheartedly support Catherine “Cat” Greenspon for D86 BOE. Although I just met Cat during COVID, it feels like we’re lifelong friends. Cat’s life exemplifies a passion for education. In her 20s, Cat created Computer Labs in Cabrini Green, not just for children, but to provide parents access to the internet to apply for jobs. Her Infinite Green Project provided Chicago area STEM students opportunities to partner with scientists at Argonne National Labs and explore renewable energy sources as global citizens. Activel...
After the upcoming April 4 election, the newly seated D86 school board will hire a new superintendent and assistant superintendent for the district. Hiring the most qualified top two administrators for our community’s high school students is extremely important. I am voting for Asma Akhras, because we are fortunate to have a candidate in Asma who is an expert in curriculum and education. Asma was a math teacher and a licensed principal. She has a master’s degree in education and she trains principals and implements cur...
I am writing to express my enthusiastic support for Kay Gallo and Catherine Greenspon, who are running for the District 86 school board. Our community is fortunate to have two such highly qualified, intelligent and effective individuals willing to serve on the Board. Kay and Cat will play key roles in restoring stability to the district, reversing downward-trending academic performance and returning transparency to administration decision-making and board governance. Both are strongly committed to re-invigorating the...
Kay Gallo would make an excellent addition to the D86 Board of Education. As a 38-year resident of Clarendon Hills, Kay has experience having served two terms on the D86 Board and one term for D60 elementary. Kay understands what it takes to be on the board and there will be no learning curve. From the day she announced her candidacy, Kay had a list of priorities and objectives that she has not deviated from — her message is both clear and concise. According to Kay, with the district’s new grading system, there is “an incre...
On behalf of the Hinsdale Central Boys’ varsity basketball team, we send the Red Devil Nation community our sincerest gratitude. Thank you for attending the games, cheering us on and making this season so incredibly memorable for all who participated on court and in the stands or home-streaming. Also a special shout-out to our 2022-23 sponsors: Hinsdale Bank and Trust, Spartz Sports, Breakaway Basketball, Hinsdale Inferno, Piemonte Auto Group, Vein and Vascular Centers SC, Reddy Dermatology SC, Midwest Sports Medicine I...
First-graders perform "The Rainbow Connection" during the Madison School variety show Sunday afternoon in the Hinsdale Central auditorium. More than 140 students participated in a mix of solos, duets, small groups and grade-wide acts. (photo by Steve Johnston for The Hinsdalean)...
Ann Grube didn’t intend to make history when she started volunteering with The Community House in 1983. She and her husband, John, had just moved to Hinsdale from Manhattan. “Someone said, ‘If you really want to meet people, you need to get involved at the Antiques Show at The Community House and you’ll meet hundreds of people,’ and that’s exactly how it began,” Grube recalled. Margaret Guido assigned her the job of public relations for the show, which used to be one of the...
“If you’re lucky enough to be Irish, you’re lucky enough,” the popular saying goes. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow — and with no disrespect to the Irish — we’d like to offer our own twist on the saying. “If you’re lucky enough to be a Hinsdalean, you’re lucky enough.” And so, we offer up the following reasons — an incomplete list, we admit — that Hinsdaleans have to feel the sun shining on their faces and the wind always at their backs. • the volunteers and philanthropists who are willing to share their time, talents...
Jane Galley Walker, 79, of Clearwater, Fla., passed away Feb. 26, 2023, in New Orleans after struggling for decades with a variety of serious illnesses. Jane grew up in Hinsdale and spent many summers at the Joy Camps in Wisconsin and Camp Green Cove in N.C., where she developed a deep and abiding love of nature. She was educated at Monticello Preparatory, The University of Wisconsin and Eastern Michigan University and enjoyed various careers as an educator, horticulturist...
Early voting will be available at 20 locations throughout DuPage County starting Monday, March 20. Hinsdale Village Hall, 19 E. Chicago Ave., will be available for early voting through April 1. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays to Fridays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. DuPage County voters also may cast paper ballots at the DuPage County Fairgrounds (Building 5), 2015 Manchester Road in Wheaton, just off County Farm Road, east of the county’s government administration buildings. Voting hours at the fairgrounds are 8 a.m....
Hinsdale's Grace Carstensen and the Nazareth Academy girls basketball team had an IHSA 3A state title in their sights, and winning their first five games by an average margin of nearly 38 points projected the unstoppable will of a champion. Then the Roadrunners met an actual champion in the form of Notre Dame Academy, two-time defending rulers of Wisconsin's hard courts. It didn't go so well. "After we had that one loss to Notre Dame, I think we all started to realize that we...
Bond was set at $500,000 Friday for a Chicago man accused of breaking into a Hinsdale home in the 400 block of Woodside on March 9. Franshawn Whittenburg, 50, of the 8400 block of South Peoria Street, is charged with one count of residential burglary, a Class 1 felony. Because of Whittenburg’s criminal history, if found guilty, he is subject to Mandatory Class X sentencing, which carries a sentence of six to 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. A neighbor alerted the homeowner about a vehicle backed into the h...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports March 15. Arrest for fraudulent plate Andrzej M. Masnik, 39, 14311 Lincoln Ave., Dolton, was arrested for driving an uninsured vehicle and unlawful display of registration at 2:46 p.m. March 10 at Ogden and Cass avenues. He was charged and released to appear in court. Hit and run incidents reported • A vehicle was struck by a black Nissan sedan driven by an unknown suspect, who did not stop, at 3:54 p.m. March 13 at 55th Street and County Line Road. No injuries were r...
The April 4 election will determine the next set of local officeholders, so what a perfect time to look back at Hinsdale's election history - with a note of gratitude to the Hinsdale Historical Society for opening its archives. After residents cast a majority of ballots to incorporate March 29, 1873, the freshly minted suburb needed to form a government. As Timothy Bakken chronicles in his book "Hinsdale," 44 residents - or about a third of those eligible - cast ballots and...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business March 9, board members: • agreed they would like to hire a search firm to help find a replacement for Chris Covino, assistant superintendent of academics, who will retire at the end of the school year. They expect to review a contract with an IASB search firm at their March 23 meeting. Seventeen superintendent and assistant superintendent openings currently are posted on the Illinois job bank, Superintendent Tammy Prentiss said. • listened to a presentation on the...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 23 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets www.d86.hinsdale86.org/boardofeducation Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 Hinsdale Public Library, 20 E. Maple St. www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda: internal controls review, closed session review of executive director, recommendation for ED annual review Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Thursday, March 16 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the...
Special delivery - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," is of the Hinsdale Post Office in 1894. "Established in 1867, the Hinsdale Post Office moved frequently about the downtown before settling at 53 S. Washington St. about 1894. Residents had to pick up their mail; home delivery did not begin until 1906, when carriers made three rounds daily throughout the village. The photograph shows the Washington Street location after it, but incredibly...
Two cars were involved in a collision March 6 on southbound Route 83. The crash caused one car to roll over near the Burlington Northern Railroad bridge, shutting down traffic on southbound Route 83. Firefighter/paramedics from Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills responded to the scene. Two patients were transported by Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills ambulances to area hospitals. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Recent assessment data on reading and math achievement indicates students in Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 are on a positive performance trajectory following the challenging COVID-impacted years. Results from Winter MAP testing in January shows that 76.1 percent of students were able to meet or exceed the benchmark 69th percentile in reading, Tracey Miller, director of assessment, instruction and evaluation, told board members at Monday night’s meeting. The figure was even better in math, with 80.1 percent m...
A new four-year contract for teachers in Hinsdale High School District 86 calls for a longer school day and a minimum of 28 early release Wednesdays. The school board voted 5-2 to approve the contract March 9, which had been ratified by members of the Hinsdale High School Teachers Association March 6. Several board members praised the move to a school day that runs from 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., with eight 50-minute periods, including a 50-minute lunch. “There is a very big need for time during the school day for students to a...
