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Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their April 14 meeting, board members: • agreed to continue holding committee of the whole and regular business meetings the second and fourth Thursdays of most months, respectively • decided to have the committee working on the master bell schedule address the issue of scheduling alternatives for students who have a conflict with a course they want to take. Board members Jeff Waters and Debbie Levinthal will be added to the committee in order to participate in...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 28 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26 Hinsdale Public Library 20 E. Maple St. https://www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda: electric lighting proposal, emergency operational changes, executive director annual review, library open May 29 Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. https://www...
Thirty-six Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 35 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported one new case. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,715, compared to 3,679 last week. AdventHealth Hinsdale is no longer reporting on cases. Hinsdale High School District 86 reported two positive cases as of April 15, both involving staff members. Community Consolidated School District 181 reported 33 cases...
This past year it has been disheartening to see the District 86 BOE led by a board president who showed a lack of integrity to her campaign promises and abused her position to silence board member dialogue. What was even more disappointing was the silence from the other three board members that form the majority, when agenda items were voted off or voted on by a show of hands without full discussion. It seemed like they had reached consensus outside of open session. Ms. Walker clearly didn’t show respect for her position o...
In a series of 4-3 votes, the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board elected a new president, vice president and secretary at its April 14 meeting. Eric Held will serve as president, Kathleen Hirsman as vice president and Terri Walker as secretary. All received support from Held, Hirsman, Walker and Cynthia Hanson. Jeff Waters nominated Peggy James for all three offices. She received three votes for each office from herself, Waters and Debbie Levinthal. Levinthal spoke up after the first two votes were complete and...
Equity work is definitely needed in Hinsdale High School District 86, Patrice Payne told board members at their April 14 meeting. Payne, who has served as director of instructional equity in the district since July 1, pointed to data and conversations with students as evidence. Research shows the powerful impact implicit bias has on students’ ability to learn, she said. It can affect special education placements, disciplinary referrals, teacher mindsets and beliefs, tracking and the dominant discourse. “What you will see is...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, April 18 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: math resource recommendation, officer elections, 2022-23 board meeting calendar, elementary music and world language pilots, district office building update, celebration of award winners (6 p.m.) Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 14 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda:...
Twenty-five Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 22 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported three new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,679, compared to 3,654 last week. AdventHealth Hinsdale is no longer reporting on cases. Hinsdale High School District 86 had four positive cases as of April 8 — one student at Hinsdale Central, one at Hinsdale South and two staff members. Community C...
Hinsdale High School Dist. 86 Board special meeting 8 p.m. Thursday, April 7 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: audience comments, closed session Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 14 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale Village Board special meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 12...
Two Hinsdale ministers have said claims that District 86 Superintendent Tammy Prentiss contacted clergy to rally their support are inaccurate. The Zoom conference call Prentiss had with several clergy members Feb. 8 were initiated by clergy, according to Mike Solberg, senior minister of Union Church of Hinsdale, and Pamela Rumancik, minister of the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale. Both said they are interested in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in the community as a whole. “The topic was not about the criticism of t...
Newspapers have been a great vehicle over the decades for those looking to have some fun April 1. In 1977, The Guardian published a seven-page special section devoted to San Serriffe, a small group of semicolon shaped islands in the Indian Ocean. The two main islands were Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse, and the islands’ leader was General Pica. Phones rang all day with readers seeking more information about this idyllic holiday spot. Only a few noticed that everything about the islands was named after printer’s ter...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members have approved an increase in staffing levels for the upcoming school year, driven primarily by the addition of a biology-first science sequence at Hinsdale South. At its March 24 meeting, the board unanimously voted in favor of the administration’s recommendation of 342.1 licensed staff full-time equivalents for the 2022-23 year, a net increase of 1.3 FTE over the current year. Bumps at South of 2.9 FTE and the Transition Center of 1.2 FTE are partially offset by a decrease at H...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 24 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: staffing for 2022-23 school year, dismissal of probationary/part-time teachers, future agenda items processes, first reading of policies, athletic fee increase, new curriculum materials (algebra, biology and Latin), vendor contract approvals...
Hinsdale Central students would get out of school by 1 p.m. Wednesdays most weeks during the year under recommended changes to the district’s calendar. At the March 10 Hinsdale High School District 86 committee of the whole meeting, board members discussed a proposal from the district’s calendar committee to replace the current mix of late-start Mondays and flex-learning Wednesdays with early-release Wednesdays. Central Principal Bill Walsh said the shifting rhythms to make time for professional development resulted in con...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 24 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 22 Hinsdale Public Library, 20 E. Maple St. https://www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda: confidentiality of records, PCI security, behavior and room use policies, funds transfer resolution, staff recognition expenses...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business March 10, board members: • discussed the three-minute pitch process that the board has been using to determine future agenda items and potential creation of a new process for determining future agenda items that would replace the pitch. Some board members think they should not need a majority of board members to agree to add an item to the agenda as is now required. Consensus was not reached, and board President Terri Walker recommended that the topic be revisited a...
Ashley Principe was pictured working with a student on his resume in a photo than ran with a March 10 story on the District 86 Transition Center. She was misidentified in the caption....
Xitlali Garcia was hunched over a light table Monday morning, painstakingly peeling off pieces of a transfer sheet that later would be pressed onto a St. Patrick's Day T-shirt. Garcia doesn't mind the attention to detail required. She enjoys working for Threads, a micro business that is part of the new District 86 Transition Center. She is one of about 80 to 90 Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South graduates who attend the new center, which is tucked into an office building on...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, March 14 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: math resource recommendation, Rising Star Extended Day pilot recommendation, 2021-22 assessment calendar update Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 10 Hinsdale South High School,7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: preliminary staffing recommendation for 2022-23 school year, three-year calendar...
Administrators have offered a first look at how changes to the grading system in Hinsdale High School District 86 affected first semester grades More students are earning A’s and many F’s are being replaced by incompletes, said Chris Covino, assistant superintendent for academics, at the Feb. 24 board meeting. “The intent was not to try to create more A’s,” he said. “We have very strong academic students and moving grades to be more summative in nature is a clear indication we have a strong sense of work ethic and academi...
Fifteen Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 15 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported two new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,590, compared to 3,575 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had two confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported no positive cases as of Feb. 25. The district is no...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 10 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 9 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: findings and recommendations for 5837 S. Madison St. (Hinsdale Discount Tires and Automotive) and 137 S. Garfield Ave. (Union Church parking lot lighting), sign permit review for 114 S. Washington St. (Sauced Pizzeria) and 16 W. Hinsdale Ave. (Silver...
For the first time this school year, Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South students were not required to wear masks this week. The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Friday voted unanimously to make masking optional for students, staff and visitors. Close contact exclusions and testing exclusions also were shifted from required to strongly recommended, but not enforced. The vote came after the board met in closed session. In a subsequent statement, board President Terri Walker and Superintendent Tammy Prentiss said the...
I am a former board member (and president) of school District 86. I recently posted a petition on www.Change.org/StopPrentiss, which gathered over 800 signatures in a few days. It calls for the removal of Superintendent Prentiss because of board policies I believe she has failed to uphold and because she has broken the trust of our community. By contract, Superintendent Prentiss must abide by policies approved by the elected members of the BOE; however, she has failed to uphold this obligation. Policy 3:40 states:...
Fifteen Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 15 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department has indicated five previously reported cases were not COVID-19. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,575, compared to 3,565 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had one confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported two positive...
