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For the fourth year in a row, The Hinsdalean was named the best large nondaily newspaper in the state in the Illinois Better Newspaper Contest. The paper earned the Will Loomis Memorial Trophy after receiving the most points in the Illinois Press Associations editorial contest. The paper also received the advertising sweepstakes trophy for mid-sized newspapers. The awards were presented at the IPA’s annual convention June 8 in Bloomington. “I’m so proud of our back-to-back-to-back-to-back victories,” said Jim Slonoff, publish...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business June 8, board members: • approved the appointment of Chris Biddix as the new director of equity and inclusion by a 5-1 vote, with Jeff Waters opposing the measure and Peggy James abstaining. Biddix has spent the last seven years at Pritzker College Prep, part of the Noble Network of Charter Schools in Chicago, where he served most recently as the assistant principal of academics and instruction but was previously the manager of school culture and community engagement. H...
Support staff, administrators and board members in Hinsdale High School District 86 hope a new three-year contract will help the district fill positions to support students. The contract, approved May 22 by the Hinsdale Township High School Support Staff Association and May 25 by the board, lists a new hire rate of $18.50 for paraprofessionals and student supervisors and $40 for 1-to-1 nurses. All current employees will have their pay increased to at least these rates. Negotiations took place a year early, as the previous...
The new board in Hinsdale High School District 86 has been busy. After almost 90 minutes in closed session at a special meeting May 24, board members voted 6-0 (Asma Akhras was absent) to affirm the “leave with pay” status of Superintendent Tammy Prentiss and designate of Chris Covino as acting superintendent. Prentiss’ leave was announced more than a week earlier on May 16, with no information available as to whether the leave was paid or unpaid or if board members had voted to place Prentiss on leave. Now we know they had n...
A new assistant superintendent of academics will work with a new academic committee in Hinsdale High School District 86, following board action at the May 25 meeting. The board approved hiring Jason Markey as the new assistant superintendent of academics, effective July 1. He will replace Chris Covino, who is leaving to become superintendent in La Grange Elementary District 102. Markey, who attended the meeting, told board members he has admired the district from afar for some time and acknowledged its proud tradition....
Physicians Named 2023 top docs Five UChicago Medicine AdventHealth physicians have been recognized as Top Cancer Doctors in the Chicago area according to a study conducted by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a healthcare research and information company, and published in Chicago Magazine. On staff and practicing at UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale and UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Cancer Institute Hinsdale, the oncologists named to the list are doctors: • Jay Dalal, medical oncology/hematology • Rekha Harting, med...
A new model of intervention introduced at Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South last year has helped struggling students. At the May 11 Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting, Patrice Payne, director of instructional equity, told board members that students qualified for the intervention program if they met two of three criteria: two or more failing grades, less than 90 percent average daily attendance and below grade level scores on standardized tests. Students who met the criteria (and others identified by the...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board special meeting 6 p.m. Thursday, May 25 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the agenda: closed session meeting, approval of assistant superintendent of business and operations employment agreement, personnel items Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, May 25 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: hire assistant superintendent for academics, approve...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, May 25 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Plan Commission special meeting 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 22 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public meeting on 19 E. Chicago Ave. (Memorial Building patio) and findings and recommendations on the project Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 23 Hinsdale Public Library 20 E. Maple St....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Superintendent Tammy Prentiss has been on a leave of absence since Tuesday, according to a statement emailed by the district at 3 p.m. that afternoon. “Out of respect for Superintendent Prentiss’s privacy and confidentiality rights, the board of education will make no further comment at this time,” the release stated. Assistant Superintendent Chris Covino will serve as acting superintendent during her leave. His last day in the district is June 30, after which he will assume the post of super...
For the third year in a row, Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members have disagreed about who should lead the board. In 2021, board members spent 2 1/2 hours and took 10 votes before electing Terri Walker president. In 2022, Erik Held was elected president in a split 4-3 vote. And last week, the board chose newly seated board member Cat Greenspon as its leader, with four members voting for her and three voting for Debbie Levinthal. Board member Peggy James nominated Greenspon at the May 3 reorganization meeting. Kay...
Community Consolidated School Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, May 15 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: kindergarten update, middle school language arts resource recommendation, approval of tentative budget, board committee assignments Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, May 17 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, May 11 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, May 11 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public meeting on 5700-5717 Foxgate Lane (new entrance gate for Foxgate subdivision); sign permit...
Enrollment at Hinsdale South High School is forecast to continue declining in coming years, raising the potential of changing attendance boundaries to address the growing imbalance between South and Hinsdale Central. At the April 27 Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting, board members discussed a report from demographer John Kasarda projecting that South’s enrollment could dip from its current 1,362 students to 1,100 by the 2028-29 school year if housing turnover and arrival of younger families is sluggish. K...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, May 1 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: recognize outgoing board member, seat new board members, elect board officers, approve 2023-24 board meeting calendar with reception, retiree recognition and D181 Foundation recognitions preceding meeting from 5-7 p.m. Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 27 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 25 Hinsdale Public Library 20 E. Maple St. www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda: window project RFP, bylaws revision, alternate work schedule practices...
Hinsdale Central High School will soon welcome a new assistant principal to campus. At their April 13 meeting, Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members approved the hiring of Christopher Cirrincione to serve as Hinsdale Central’s assistant principal for curriculum and instruction. Cirrincione has served as assistant principal at Palatine High School for the last two years. Prior to that he was a social studies and Spanish teacher in Prospect and Elk Grove high schools for six years. He also was an adjunct professor a...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, April 17 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: assessment calendar, world language resource approval, final school calendar 2022-23, science pilot, CSCI result, application for waiver or modification of state board rules and or school code mandates for the ASA Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 13 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.d86.hinsdale86.org/boardofeducation On the a...
After watching the margin between herself and fellow District 86 school board candidate Andrew Catton widen, Asma Akhras declared victory late Friday, three days after the election. “I can tell I’m still absorbing it,” she told The Hinsdalean Tuesday. “There’s a celebratory aspect. There’s a relief aspect — it was a tough campaign. There is an excitement aspect.” Unofficial election results on April 5, the day after the election, showed Akhras in the lead by 195 votes over...
In the decades we’ve been covering elections, we’ve rarely seen an election like this one. The worst had been the race for village president in 2009, when someone sent out a juvenile email about then candidate Tom Cauley. The stunt obviously didn’t do Cauley any harm, as he won that election — and three more since then. In 2023, smear campaigns seem to find their home on Facebook more than email inboxes, where people are free to say whatever they want about the candidates and the volunteers who are supporting them. We’ve c...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 13 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets www.d86.hinsdale86.org/boardofeducation Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org/pr Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public meeting on exterior appearance and site plan review and sign permit review for 36 E....
Kay Gallo and Cat Greenspon appear to have won two of the three open seats on the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board. Gallo received 6,702 and Greenspon 6,615, according to unofficial totals in DuPage and Cook counties Wednesday. "I am surprised, Gallo said. "It's so hard to know how it goes. I wasn't going anywhere yesterday. I just stayed home because I've been with a group where people didn't make it and that's really sad." Less than 200 votes separated Asma Akhras and...
Hinsdale Central High School senior Meghna Mitra will serve as liaison to the Hinsdale District 86 school board for just a few more months, but it's a job that she said will follow her into college and beyond. "I'm interested in studying public policy and politics on the pre-law track," she said. One day, she hopes to use all that she's learned to affect health and environmental policy. As the liaison between the Hinsdale Central Student Council and the school board, Mitra...
Reid McCollum created a fake website appearing to belong to Hinsdale High School District 86 board candidate Andrew Catton. The page was misidentified as a Facebook page in a March 23 article. Asma Akhras has 20+ years of experience in education. The number was listed incorrectly due to an editing error in a March 23 letter to the editor....
The new aligned social studies curriculum that will be rolled out over the next few years in Hinsdale High School District 86 is aimed at helping students “see themselves” in the content, educators submit. But some district board members questioned the wisdom of doing away with popular courses like AP European History in pursuit of creating “global citizens.” At the March 23 meeting, members of the District 86 Social Studies Alignment team laid out the plan to, as detailed in the presentation, “create a single program o...
