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Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: Illinois School Report Card overview, 2023 tax levy estimate, approve program of studies for 2024-25, award bids for roof and railing replacements at Central Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public hearing on tax levy, Vine Street Station...
The property tax is largest single tax in Illinois and is the major source of revenue for Community Consolidated District 181 and Hinsdale High School District 86. The village of Hinsdale also relies on property taxes as a significant source of funding, as does the Hinsdale Public Library, although the village has several other revenue streams to support operations. Taxing bodies are required each year to file a levy, or a request for property tax revenue. Setting the levy...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.orgs On the draft agenda: 2023 tax levy resolution, math/ELA/ACE placement approval, fund balance strategy phase 1, full-day kindergarten financing update, inclement weather, fall MAP/School Improvement Plans/School Report Card presentations Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: Small...
District 86 released the following statement Friday afternoon about the doughnut fundraiser at the school. During the past week, a number of people have shared their thoughts and perspectives on the recent fundraiser at Hinsdale Central that was organized to raise money for humanitarian aid in Gaza. Those we have heard from have talked about the importance of using this situation to promote a greater understanding and appreciation for the diverse populations that make up our community. They have also expressed the desire to...
All public schools attended by Hinsdale students earned a designation of “Exemplary” or “Commendable” on the 2023 Illinois Report Cards released Monday by the Illinois State Board of Education. An exemplary rating was earned by Elm, Madison and The Lane elementary schools along with Hinsdale Central High School. Monroe and Oak elementary schools and Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills middle schools are listed as commendable. Further discussions of data will take place at school board meetings. Links to the full report cards a...
Help wanted: Hinsdale High School District 86 superintendent Qualifications: • Ability to help foster a healthy, constructive dynamic on the board of education that emphasizes respect and transparency along with a deft conflict resolution touch that dissuades elected members from resigning mid-term out of futility and frustration. The fresh case studies in quitting of Debbie Levinthal (Sept. 18) and Kay Gallo (Oct. 26), both capable and motivated but compelled to depart because of “toxic” practices on the part of board colle...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board special meeting 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: process to fill the board of education vacancy Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public hearing on properties for inclusion on Historically Significant Structures Property List, sign permit reviews, preservation incentive applications...
Following last week's Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting, Kay Gallo announced she had resigned from the post. Gallo had voiced concern during the meeting about the way meeting agendas were being prepared, which is within the purview of board President Cat Greenspon and the superintendent. Voters returned Gallo to the board last April after she previously served from 2009-17. Her departure comes less than six weeks after the sudden board resignation of Debbie...
Dr. Abed Rahman was appointed Oct. 26 to fill the vacancy created when Debbie Levinthal resigned Sept. 18. Rahman will serve the remainder of Levinthal's term, which expires in April 2025. "The board would like to thank Debbie for serving as a diligent board member for more than two years," board President Catherine Greenspon said. "We also want to congratulate Abed on his appointment to the board of education. We are delighted to welcome someone with his qualifications,...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board has rejected a set of proposed course changes to the district’s social studies offerings for 2024-23 school year, with three of the four recommendations not even garnering votes. Board members first voted 4-2 at the Oct. 26 board meeting against replacing World Cultures with Human Geography in the 2024-25 school year. Subsequent proposals to replace World Studies Honors and World History Honors with Human Geography Honors and approve the addition of AP Modern World History and W...
Perhaps one of the most frightening things to happen the week before Halloween is our annual enumeration of scary scenarios that we have imagined afflicting our fair village. As always, we offer the following words of caution to readers: Beware the sarcasm. • The village takes a closer look at the old, weathered copy of its articles of incorporation and discovers it is actually dated April 4, 1874, requiring officials to coordinate yet another year of sesquicentennial celebrations. • The Hinsdale High School District 86 Boa...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: approve HCHTA contract, school maintenance grant, full-day kindergarten update, math/ELA/ACE placement criteria, preliminary tax levy memo, summer program dates Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: approve 2024-25 course...
More than 20 candidates have applied to become the next superintendent in Hinsdale High School District 86, and board members now have a profile of what type of individual they should hire. The profile was developed with input from 157 people who participated in focus groups and 657 people who completed an online survey, according to Kevin O’Mara, president of School Exec Connect, the firm conducting the search. He and colleague Brian Barnhart met over two days with 20 different focus groups that included school board m...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Oct. 12, board members • unanimously approved a new math course called Geometry and Construction for the 2024-25 school year • voted 5-1 to postpone a vote on adding four new social studies courses and eliminating one until its next meeting on Oct. 26. Board member Peggy James said she needed answers to some questions before she would be comfortable voting. • decided to interview five to eight of the 17 individuals who applied to fill the vacancy. The board plans...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24 Hinsdale Public Library, 20 E. Maple St. www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda: FY23 budget review, FY23 tax levy max, interlibrary loan and public comment policies, by-laws update, 2024 closing and meeting dates, new time for committee of the whole meetings...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: superintendent profile for search, process to fill board vacancy, 2024-25 course proposals, changes to employee benefits plan Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: approve additions to Historically Significant Properties List, approve...
A new geometry in construction class and a standard freshman year geography class could be available to high school students in the fall of 2024. The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board heard proposals four new courses for the 2024-25 academic year at its meeting Monday. Geometry in Construction would be a two-period class taught by a certified math teacher and a woods teacher. “It is exactly as it sounds — a geometry course that will construct something,” said Eric Martzoff, assistant principal of instruction at Hinsdale...
CENTRAL TEENS ARE SEMIFINALISTS Twenty-two students from Hinsdale Central are among 16,000 high school students nationwide named Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. They are Yusuf Ahmed, Amal Arora, Atman Balakrishnan, Shivum Banerjee, Natasha Bhatia, Analise Burns, Godlyn D’Souza, Patrick Dugan, William Gaffney, Kiran Gitzlaff, Adele Groom, Levi Lillioja, Anya Raman, Alexander Rasmussen, Elizabeth Sessa, Joy Shen, Nathan Smith, Audrey Song, Nikolas Theotikos, Katherine Tschosik, Gabriela Veliz-Hernandez...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board is looking to fill the vacancy created by Debbie Levinthal’s resignation on Sept. 18. Based on a requirement to fill the vacancy within 60 days, the board intends to select the individual by its Oct. 26 meeting. That person will then serve until the new board is seated following the April 1, 2025, election. Residents who would like to be considered for the open seat must submit an application by 4 p.m. Oct. 10. The application form, which includes information about the search p...
In the Sept. 28 editorial, Hinsdale High School District 86 Board President Cat Greenspon was inadvertently misquoted. “I can ask for discussion so that everybody can provide feedback,” she said, not words to the contrary....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public hearing on Vine Street Station (125 S. Vine St.), public meeting on...
Before the April election, we hoped the addition of some new faces on the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board would create a more cohesive governing body with less dysfunction. How naive. The recent resignation of board member Debbie Levinthal highlights continuing problems on the school board. The argument could be made that Levinthal hasn’t been happy since Cat Greenspon became board president immediately after being newly elected. Levinthal clearly had hoped to be president herself and believed someone with e...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board is expected to approve a fiscal year 2023-24 budget Monday with anticipated revenues of almost $133 million and projected expenses of $142 million. Revenues in the tentative budget are less than 1 percent higher than the $131.9 million the district saw in fiscal year 2023. Local revenues are expected to increase $4.3 million or 3.6 percent due to increases in the consumer price index and new construction that applied to the 2022 levy, the district’s annual request for property tax r...
School Exec Connect invites residents to help develop a profile that will be used to identify strong candidates and ultimately select a new superintendent for Hinsdale High School District 86. This profile will highlight district strengths and potential areas for improvement and list the characteristics stakeholders believe the next superintendent should possess. A brief online survey (six questions) will be open until 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2. Participation in this process will be completely confidential. District residents...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the draft agenda: second public hearing on and adoption of FY 23-24 budget, process for filling board vacancy, course proposals for 2024-25 year, initial 2023 levy presentation Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: approve additions to Historically Significant...
