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The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting Feb. 10 prompted two responses: hope and disgust. We saw many things to appreciate — audience members who were brave enough to say they believe equity work is important work for the district to do, board member Peggy James’ call for her colleagues to be more willing to talk about issues and audience members who presented their comments thoughtfully and professionally. We are particularly inspired by the Hinsdale Central junior who had the courage to stand up and make an emo...
Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Board 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org...
Community Consolidated District 181 Board Among other business Monday, board members: • approved a $6.1 million abatement of bond and interest funds for the 2021 tax levy year to reduce the debt service portion of the community’s tax bills. The move follows the board’s abatement strategy that any amount in fund balances over 50 percent of operating expenses should either be restricted for district approval and/or be abated. • approved awarding contracts for summer projects totaling nearly $1.35 million, $304,000 of which w...
Forty-seven Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 47 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported no new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,565, compared to 3,518 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had six confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported two positive cases, 12 in isolation and no one in qu...
Some three dozen speakers offered about 2 1/2 hours of public comment during the Feb. 10 Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting at which board members voted 5-2 to continue the COVID-19 mitigations approved in August. Many speakers offered impassioned pleas for the board to lift the mask mandate, including several Hinsdale Central students. "We are exhausted from being manipulated and exploited into wearing masks," Central student Sydney Pjesky said. "It's time to...
As Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members plan to discuss COVID-19 mitigations at tonight's meeting, parents are upset with the way district leaders have responded to a court's temporary restraining order invalidating the mask and vaccine mandates for public schools. Parents and staff received an email Sunday from Superintendent Tammy Prentiss and board President Terri Walker in response to Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow's decision on the suit, which names some...
As a 30-year resident of Hinsdale High School District 86 who raised three graduates, I am grateful for the great educations that they received from kindergarten through 12th grade. We all made wonderful, life-long friends, too. However, my adult children have told me that their friends of color had some negative experiences in school and that the curriculum omitted history about marginalized peoples. My kids lament the lack of diversity in our schools and community. It does not reflect the world that they live and work in...
Sixty Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 58 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported two new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,518, compared to 3,458 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had nine confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported six positive cases, 12 in isolation and two in...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: property tax abatement amount, increasing substitute pay, FY 2022 update, 2022-23 and 2023-24 school calendars, five-year forecasting Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: Restaurant Week 2022, spring business highlights Hinsdale High School Dist...
Racism isn’t always blatant. Sometimes it’s very subtle. The perpetuation of stereotypes about physical traits associated with certain ethnicities. A repeatedly mispronounced name. Slight differences in treatment. An assumption about where a person of color lives. This type of racism still exists in the world and, from everything we’ve heard, in Hinsdale High School District 86. Dozens of stories on Hinsdale’s Black Lives Matter webpage offer examples. And at last week’s school board meeting, one brave mom stood up and share...
Eighty-one Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 77 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported four new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,458, compared to 3,377 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had six confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported eight positive cases, 11 in isolation and one in...
Hinsdale High School District 86 residents filled the Hinsdale South library at last week’s school board meeting, angry with the handling of the withdrawal of an anti-racism consultant a couple of weeks earlier. Much of the speakers’ ire was directed toward Superintendent Tammy Prentiss. Prentiss was repeatedly criticized for reading the withdrawal letter from North Carolina-based Valbrun Consulting at the Jan. 13 board meeting. In it, owner Valda Valbrun wrote “(I) really think Hinsdale is a dangerous place and would not b...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10 Hinsdale South High School, 55th and Grant streets https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: KLM park bench donation, Hinsdale Swim Club license renewal, pool concessions contract renewal Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public hearings on special use permit for 5837 S. Madison...
Hinsdale High School District 86 is not an environment in which Valda Valbrun of Valbrun Consulting wants to work. Superintendent Tammy Prentiss read a letter at the Jan. 13 school board meeting from Valbrun, indicating she was withdrawing her firm’s name from consideration. Valbrun had been recommended by the district’s Culture and Equity in Leadership Team, which seeks to hire a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant to work in the district. In her statement, Valbrun cites her treatment when she came to Hinsdale for...
Two hundred and twenty-two Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 216 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported six new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,377, compared to 3,155 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had 16 confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported 31 positive cases, 10 in isolation...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27 Hinsdale South High School, 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: 2022 summer school program, award Phase 3 bid period 4G project, approve contract with Finalsite, complaint against employees Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public hearing on demolition of 720 S. Elm St., public meeting on new construction at 444 E. Fourth St.,...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Superintendent Tammy Prentiss is seeking current District 86 students and current or future District 86 parents/guardians who are interested in helping advance the work of the district’s strategic plan by serving on a steering committee. One committee will be charged with developing the profile of a District 86 graduate. This profile will feature the qualities and characteristics students should possess when they leave the district. It also will guide the district’s efforts to ensure stu...
Whether Hinsdale High School District 86 ultimately will hire a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant and how much it might spend to do so are unclear following the Jan. 13 school board meeting. The firm recommended by the Culture and Equity in Leadership Team, Valbrun Consulting, withdrew from consideration (see accompanying story). After reading a statement Valda Valbrun sent to the district, Superintendent Tammy Prentiss said the CELT committee will meet in February to discuss the next steps. Several audience members...
Men behaving badly. That admonishment is essentially the conclusion of investigation into an October parking lot incident between board members Erik Held and Jeff Waters. The attorney hired to conduct it, Dana Crumley of Franczek P.C., presented her findings at last week’s Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting. We’re not sure how much the district will have to pay for this ruling, as the firm has yet to submit a final invoice. Whatever the amount, it’s too much. We’re not suggesting the district should have ignored...
District 86 is partnering with Jewel-Osco to host a COVID-19 vaccine and booster shot clinic in the auditorium at Hinsdale Central from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24. This event is open to community members who are 12 or older, District 86 employees and their family members, and employees from feeder districts and local villages and their family members. The Pfizer vaccine and booster are the only ones that will be offered during this event. Those who wish to receive the booster shot must have completed the two-dose series of t...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: CSCI results, Illinois School Report Card Results, resolution to prepare tentative budget Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25 Virtual meeting, https://www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda:...
One hundred and twenty-three Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 117 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported 6 new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,155, compared to 3,032 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had 36 confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported 44 positive cases, 8 in isolation...
An angry exchange between Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members Erik Held and Jeff Waters after a meeting was a “bad moment” and should underscore the importance of public officials behaving respectfully toward one another, according to an investigation into the Oct. 28 incident. In presenting the report of the investigation at the district’s Jan. 13 school board meeting, attorney Dana Crumley of the law firm Franczek P.C. said the intent was to “give everyone a bit of grace.” She said board policy had not been viol...
Teachers in Hinsdale High School District 86 now have a contract through June 30, 2023. The current contract was set to expire June 30, 2022. The extension was ratified by Hinsdale High School Teachers Association members the week of Jan. 3 and approved by the school board Jan. 13. The board, administrators and teachers union representatives have had a positive dialogue about the future of the contract, according to a joint statement released last week. “While that dialogue has reinforced our commitment to working toward a...
The recent surge in COVID-19 cases is evident everywhere you look in town, from the hospital to the schools to the central business district. Saying Amita Adventist Hinsdale Hospital is stressed is an understatement, said Dr. Bela Nand, chief medical officer of Amita Adventist Medical Centers Hinsdale and La Grange. "Our numbers are steadily increasing and what's even worse, they are occupying ICU and are getting ventilators," Nand said. While patient counts are rising, the...
