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IAEA HONORS STAFF IN DISTRICTS 181, 86 Several individuals in Community Consolidated School District 181 and Hinsdale High School District 86 have received awards from the Illinois Art Education Association. Meg Cooper, executive director of the D181 Foundation, was named as an honoree in Distinguished Service to Art Education. Susan Tiemstra, recent District 181 retiree, was named a 2021 IAEA Educator of Distinction. Theresa McGee, Hinsdale Middle School art teacher, was the 2021 Presidential Award Recipient. HMS was...
Thirty-four new Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 32 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported two new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,986, compared to 1,952 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had six confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokesman said. Hinsdale High School District 86, reported six positive cases, 42 in isolation and 10...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16 Hinsdale South High School, 55th and Grant streets https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: FY22 budget hearing and approval, supporting students in quarantine and isolation, food service program for 2021-22, contract for on-site COVID-19 testing Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21 Hinsdale Public Library, 20 E. Maple St. https://www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda: appoint and swear in new trustee, COVID-related operational...
MEMBERS JOIN D181 COMMITTEES Several community members were selected to fill open seats on three board committees in Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years. Virginia Malinas, Ryan Trombly, Lois Mejdrich and Ronne Malham will serve on the Academic Success Committee, which is led by board members Bill Cotter and Grace Shin. Nathan Lucht, Rich Giltner, Asim Aleem, Chris White and Jerry Mejdrich will serve on the finance committee, which is led by Sinead Duffy and Michael Martin....
Sixteen new Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 14 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported two new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,952, compared to 1,936 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had 12 confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokesman said. Hinsdale High School District 86, reported 14 positive cases, 35 in isolation and 11 in...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. On the draft agenda: FY22 update, summer program review, curriculum update and opening week highlights, Development Assets Profile, summer facilities master plan update, investment strategy Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14 Memorial Building 19 E....
Hinsdale High School District 86 plans to take in about $124 million in revenue during fiscal year 2022 to cover some $123.9 million in expenses. The district will spend an additional $43.6 million as part of the Future Ready Facilities initiative, which voters approved funding for in an April 2019 referendum. Because the district sold almost $58 million in referendum bonds during the last fiscal year, revenues are down in the 2022 budget by almost 31 percent. But property tax revenue, the district’s largest source of i...
Support staff in Hinsdale High School District 86 have a new three-year contract. The District 86 board voted 6-0 Aug. 26 to approve the deal, which provides for annual hourly rate increases of 2.3 percent for 2021-22 and 2 percent for 2022-23. The hourly rate for support staff this year will range from $15.77 for a new hire to $44.64 for an experienced school nurse. The district has almost 100 support staff members, including school nurses, paraprofessionals, student safety team members and other employees. The increase for...
Gov. JB Pritzker’s mandate for universal masking in schools is not sitting well with several parents who spoke out against it at the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting Aug. 26. Among them was state Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-47, Elmhurst), who criticized the governor and other Democrats. “I’m here tonight to warn you that you cannot count on the majority party in the legislature in Springfield to protect you from executive overreach,” she said. “The data in DuPage and in this district in particular did not justify t...
Twenty-one new Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 16 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported five new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,936, compared to 1,915 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had eight confirmed COVID-19 patients and three patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokesman said. In Hinsdale High School District 86, the positive count has yet to be updated...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Aug. 26, board members: • listened to a presentation from Josh Stephenson, chief financial officer, on the final 2021-22 budget. The plan estimates $124.2 million in revenues and $167.5 million in expenses. If referendum projects are removed from the total, since revenue was received in the previous fiscal year, the $43.4 million deficit becomes a $200,000 surplus. A public hearing on the budget is set for Sept. 16. • permanently tabled a resolution that would hav...
In the wake of Gov. JB Pritzker's indoor mask mandate that took effect Monday to address rising COVID-19 cases, Hinsdale businesses say the impact has been minimal. Ryan Moore, manager of Fuller House, said the restaurant had one of its busiest lunch crowds in recent weeks on Tuesday. "If the reopen, shutdown, reopen, showed us anything, it's that the people of Hinsdale are more than willing to come out and enjoy themselves still," Moore said. Having ample outdoor dining space...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: closed session from 5 to about 6:30 p.m., new contract with HTHSSA, budget for fiscal year 2022, temporary leave cover for Hinsdale Central athletic director Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public hearing on demolition request for 319 E. Third, public meeting on new...
Hinsdale High School District 86 schools will open next week with a variety of COVID-19 mitigation strategies in place, including universal masking. The district's goal is to maximize consistent, full-time, in-person instruction, Superintendent Tammy Prentiss said in introducing the plan. "All of these strategies matter and we use them," she said. "Working together, they provide the best defense." In addition to wearing masks, as mandated Aug. 4 by Gov. JB Pritzker, students w...
Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. https://www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org...
Students head back to school next week in Community Consolidated School District 181 and Hinsdale High School District 86. We’ve already written about the importance of getting vaccines for teens who are eligible and wearing masks. But there is something else we can do as adults to help protect kids this school year. We can pay an extra bit of attention to our driving habits. Heading back to class is always a change in routine for kids on their way to and from school. That means they might not always be paying as much a...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: start of the year plan, safety and crisis informational update, memo of understanding with HCHTA approval Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12 Hinsdale South High School,7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: opening school plan, community engagement plan next steps, agreements with Anew Collective...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public hearing on 149 E. Ogden Ave. (The Pride of Hinsdale convenience store), public meeting on 531 N. Oak St., sign permit review for 137 S. Garfield Ave. (Union Church) Hinsdale Village Board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave....
In the span of six weeks, the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board voted to dismantle plans that had been in the works for months or even years. Board members voted in June to halt the shift to an integrated math curriculum and then in July rejected “physics first” as the appropriate science sequence for all students. We wonder what they will tackle next. The board majority, which consists of four newcomers who beat out three incumbents in the April election, has been operating under the rallying cry that it is doing the...
Hinsdale High School District 86 students will have some latitude in choosing science classes starting in the 2022-23 school year under a compromise plan. After more than two hours of discussion on the contentious issue of science sequencing at the July 22 meeting, board members came to consensus. They directed administrators to plan to offer the previously approved physics-chemistry-biology model while also allowing students to take the newly developed courses in the traditional biology-first order. “I want to see students a...
In May, Hinsdale High School District 86 began creating weekly video updates about its Future Ready Facilities projects. Links to the videos are available at https://d86.hinsdale86.org/Page/1806. In the latest video posted July 23, Jeff Dvorak from Pepper Construction talks about the work being done on the following renovation projects happening at Hinsdale Central: • installation of stadium bleachers in the new natatorium along with a glass railing for the bleachers • installation of a video board and lighting over the poo...
July talk of returning to the classroom may seem premature — even cruel — for some. But school administrators, as they have since March of 2020, are working to navigate COVID-19 waters that have suddenly turned choppier, reminding all of us that the pandemic is not over. In just 10 days this month, the average test positivity rate in DuPage County more than doubled, increasing from 1.7 percent on July 14 to 3.7 percent on July 24. While the availability of ICU beds remains relatively stable, the average number of pat...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business July 21, board members: • listened to the district’s attorney, Steven Richart, discuss the determination by Illinois Attorney General Office’s Public Access Counselor that the board improperly took final action on an adaptive pause at a meeting last year. Maryam Judar of the Citizen Advocacy Center asked the PAC to review the board’s informal vote during its Nov. 19, 2020, meeting on Superintendent Tammy Prentiss’ proposal to take an adaptive pause, though the matte...
The Tokyo Olympics — which start Friday — will feature 11,000 athletes competing in 339 events across 33 sports over 17 days. The 621 members of Team USA hope to capture their fair share of the 5,000 medals available (made out of 79,000 tons of recycled electronics). NBCUniversal will air more than 7,000 hours of Olympics coverage on TV and streaming video, starting at 6:55 a.m. Friday with a live broadcast of the opening ceremony. After waiting for almost a year for these Summer Games, we’re more than ready. We’re so exci...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, July 22 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: discuss offering multiple science pathways at both schools, approve protocols established through Starting Right workshop, hear updates on return to school and strategic plan goals 2 and 3...
