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After months of objecting to Clarendon Hills’ plan to create a tax increment financing agreement along 55th Street, Hinsdale’s two public school districts have reached an agreement with that village. Community Consoli-dated Elementary District 181 Board members Monday approved an intergovernmental agreement with Clarendon Hills that dramatically reduces the amount of tax revenue the district could potentially lose under the TIF. “It’s been a journey,” said Mindy Bradford, assistant superintendent for business and operation...
How did you start your nonprofit? Eighth-graders Saira Joshi and Madison Marshiano were elementary school students when they decided to do something good for their community. Today, the hands that build Small Hands Big Impact aren't so small anymore, and the impact of the nonprofit founded by these two friends keeps on growing. "Two besties doing our part to make a positive change in the world!" is how Saira, a Hinsdale Middle School student, and Madison, who attends Latin...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: 2024 tax levy, 55th Street TIF intergovernmental agreement, school calendars, district office building supplemental bid, annual financial report, updates on full-day kindergarten and ELA pilot Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org...
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.” — Cicero As we sit at the table on Thanksgiving, many will take time to list all the things for which they are grateful. In what has become an annual tradition at the paper, we dedicate this space today to name all the things for which we — and all Hinsdaleans — can be thankful, one for each day leading up to and including the holiday. Nov. 1 — the loved ones we’ve lost and remember today, All Saints’ Day Nov. 2 — anyone who had th...
Hinsdale High School District 86 and Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 would feel much less financial impact from a proposed tax increment financing district along 55th Street in Clarendon Hills under a new deal put forward. At the Clarendon Hills Village Board meeting Monday night, trustees approved by a 6-1 vote an intergovernmental agreement with the districts that significantly scales back the scope of the TIF by removing the Jewel-Osco and PNC properties and...
Hinsdaleans will cast consequential votes in several contested local races when they head to the polls next spring. The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board race has the most crowded field in the April 1 consolidated general election with eight candidates vying for four four-year seats. Terri Walker of Hinsdale is the sole incumbent running. She is joined by challengers Warren Ali, Andrew Catton, Bobby Fischer, Jenny Gannon, Baron Leacock and Mary Satchwell of Hinsdale and Liz Mitha of Darien. Mitha and Satchwell have...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: tax levy presentation and resolution, fall MAP and school report card presentation, disposition of surplus property, math/ELA/ACE placement approval, superintendent succession plan, fund balance strategy Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6...
The 2024 Illinois Report Cards were released last week, and administrators already are examining the data and considering how to use it to help students. Community Consolidated Ele-mentary District 181 and Hinsdale High School District 86 continue to perform well, according to standards set by the Illinois State Board of Education, which issues the report cards. Six District 181 schools and Hinsdale Central were ranked as exemplary for performing in the top 10 percent of...
Just a cursory survey of a Hinsdale tax bill reveals where the largest chunk of those proceeds go: Community Consolidated Elementary District 181. Mindy Bradford, assistant superintendent of business and operations, said that’s because they are by far the district’s single largest source of funding. “If I look at our overall revenue stream, about 95 percent comes from local revenue sources. Of that, 90 percent is from property taxes,” Bradford said. “It’s vitally important.” The district is projected to take in $77.7 million...
How do you plan the Community Speaker Series? Several years ago Hinsdale's Megan Mikhail attended a local presentation by Jessica Lahey, author of the bestselling book "The Gift of Failure." It was part of the annual Community Speaker Series, and Mikhail left illuminated. "It taught me as a parent that it's very good for my children to have what she called 'soft fails' so that they can learn and grow and (I will) not be scared of them failing," Mikhail recalled. Mikhail and...
Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Among other business Monday, board members: • selected BWP & Associates to conduct the search for a new superintendent after Hector Garcia retires at the end of the 2025-26 school year. The board heard presentations from three firms two weeks ago and selected BWP in large part because of its familiarity with the district. A contract, including the cost of the search, has yet to be finalized. • reviewed the preliminary tax levy memo, which estimates the December levy, or ann...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: preliminary tax levy memo, facilities master plan recommendations, superintendent search firm selection, district office building bid award, math/ELA/ACE placement criteria, SEL update, inclement weather, maintenance grant approval Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www...
Work to ready schools in Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 for full-day kindergarten next school year is continuing on schedule and on budget. At Monday’s school board meeting, Mike Duggan, facilities director, told board members that construction projects at the six elementary schools began after classes let out May 31. At Oak School, remodeling of the main office, related services office and two classrooms was completed in time for the beginning of school. Crews will continue building a four-room addition, whic...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: full-day kindergarten update, summer capital projects summary, district office building update, enrollment report, summer 2024 programs review, 2024-25 curriculum and professional learning highlights Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the...
Have you looked at your tax bill lately? The answer might be yes, if you’ve paid the second installment of property taxes in DuPage County recently. Or it might be no, if your taxes are rolled into your monthly mortgage payments. Tax bills contain a lot of information. On the right hand side is a column listing the fair cash value of your home, its assessed and equalized value and ultimately its net taxable value, to which the total tax rate is applied. That total tax rate is the sum of individual tax rates for the 13 t...
This fall’s presidential election is still two months away, but some candidates already are gearing up for the spring 2025 consolidated election. A total of 16 seats will be up for election among the four main Hinsdale taxing bodies — four each on the Hinsdale Village Board (including village president) and the Hinsdale Public Library Board, three on the Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Board and a historic five on the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board. Tom Cauley’s fourth term as Hinsdale village president...
D181 WELCOMES NEW STAFF Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 welcomed several new staff members for the 2024-25 school year. “These talented individuals bring a wealth of experience and fresh perspectives to our educational community,” Gina Herrmann, assistant superintendent of human resources, wrote in a memo to the board. “We are confident their contributions will enhance our students’ learning experiences and support our district’s ongoing success.” Administrator Erica Ekstrom, assistant superintend...
We typically don’t write editorials about taxing bodies we don’t cover. But with all that has transpired concerning the proposed TIF district along 55th Street in Clarendon Hills — and its potential impact on Hinsdale school districts — we feel compelled to share a few observations. First, a tax increment financing district — or TIF — is a complicated mechanism Illinois law allows local governments to use to redevelop a certain area to eliminate blight or prevent its onset. Without going into all the details here, the T...
Even though the Clarendon Hills Village Board continued a public hearing on the proposed 55th Street TIF until September, trustees allowed residents who attended the meeting to speak for about an hour during the public comment portion of the agenda. All but two of the 17 residents — from Clarendon Hills, Hinsdale and Westmont — objected to the tax increment financing district proposed for 55th Street from Western Avenue to Holmes Avenue. They questioned whether the area qualifies for a TIF and how it will impact local sch...
Citing many unanswered questions, Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Board members officially registered their opposition Monday to a proposed tax increment financing district in Clarendon Hills. The joint review board, comprised of a member of each affected taxing body and one member of the public, followed up with its own vote to recommend rejection of the TIF Wednesday afternoon. Without the board’s support, the Clarendon Hills Village Board needs a supermajority vote, or 60 percent, to enact the TIF. H...
Katharine "Bonne" Strauch, 94, of Hinsdale, died July 31, 2024. Bonne is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where she studied teaching and was an active member of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She then taught the third and fourth grades. Bonne was an avid tennis player and later continued teaching as a substitute teacher in Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 in Hinsdale. She was a great advocate for children with special needs. She was preceded in death by...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: construction update, end-of-year budget highlights, safety update, D181 collaboration, new staff, Clarendon Hills TIF proposal Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: PaCE Framework introduction, SAT to ACT transition and...
After two women challenged 11 books available in Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 libraries at an April school board, The Hinsdalean decided to do its own review of the materials. The 11 books range from picture books including "Julian is a Mermaid" and "Ogilvy" to graphic novels like "Drama" and "The Cardboard Kingdom" (see sidebar for full list). According to the American Library Association, the number of books challenged in libraries across the country was...
The greatest athletes in the world have assembled in the French capital to compete for gold at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games. In anticipation of the pomp and pageantry of the opening ceremony and the emotional roller coaster tracking the exploits of Team USA, we couldn’t help but let our imaginations run wild with the notion of what an Olympics might look like right here in Hinsdale. Granted Salt Creek may be a bit tighter to navigate than the Seine River for water sports events, and the carillon cupola atop the M...
The Hinsdale Village Board, Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Board and Hinsdale High School District 86 Board are not scheduled to meet the week of July 29 to Aug. 2....
