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Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11 District office, 115 W. 55th St., Clarendon Hills https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: district office space update; first semester community service; 2021-22 and tentative 2022-23 school calendars; updates on COVID-19, inclement weather, communication and cyber security Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12 https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: park survey review, proposed changes to preferred vendor...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: COVID-19 update, fall MAP and school improvement plans, November institute day update, district office action plan, fund balance strategy, tax levy presentation and resolution Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Board 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, https://www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: ice rink options,...
D181 STAFF EARN ISBE AWARDS Four staff members in Community Consolidated District 181 were honored among some 100 educators statewide recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education in its 2021 Teacher of the Year and Those Who Excel categories. Classroom teacher Carrie Fitzgerald earned a meritorious service award. She is an early childhood education teacher for the special education class in the D181 Neighborhood Preschool. Lisa Hendrix received an award of excellence for administrators. She is a pupil service administr...
With the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board set to approve a new math sequence this month, board members in Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 made it clear Monday night they do not support the move. The new integrated math curriculum would weave algebra 1, geometry and algebra 2 into three courses titled Math 1, 2 and 3. “D181 is not really on board with the current changes,” said District 181 Board member Sheetal Rao, who chairs the academic success committee. “It’s important for our community to know that....
Four students in Community Consolidated District 181 have tested positive for COVID-19 since in-person classes resumed Sept. 8. A student at Hinsdale Middle School was listed as the first case on the district website on Friday. The student, an eighth-grader, has not been at school while possibly contagious since Sept. 14, according to the notification sent to HMS families. Another three students reported they had tested positive on Monday, Jamie Lavigueur, district...
Some students will be back in the buildings at Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South high schools this month, with in-person classes set to resume until Oct. 5. Even then, only 25 percent of each school's enrollment will return, with plans to bring more teens back to campus in the weeks that follow, Superintendent Tammy Prentiss told Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members at their Sept. 10 meeting. The roughly 100 parents and students who gathered at a "We Stand for the...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14 https://www.d181.org On the agenda: 2020-21 budget approval, 2020-21 revised assessment calendar, sixth-day enrollment report, ad hoc health committee update, HMS update Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: strategic plan Goal 1 update, issue $46 million general obligation school building bonds, return to school update, final budget FY 2021 Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m....
Ly Hart Hotchkin, 95, a community activist for more than 50 years, died peacefully Aug. 23, 2020. Ly attended Chicago Public Schools and the University of Chicago, Class of 1947. She was employed as executive director of The Community House in Hinsdale for 37 years. She was elected to two terms to the Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Board and the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board. The Hinsdale Central High School Foundation inducted her into its Hall of Fame in 1999. Ly served on the following boards:...
Hinsdale High School District 86 students expecting to have their first in-person classes today since the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools in March will instead be learning from home, the district announced last week. Frustration levels were high at the district's board meeting Aug. 13 as Superintendent Tammy Prentiss informed the board of education that, due to more stringent return-to-school guidance issued Aug. 12 by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24 https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: 2020-21 reopening plan safety protocol, 2020-21 amended school calendar Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26 https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: fall/winter events (Wine Walk, Holidays in Hinsdale), Shop Local/Welcome Back Week review and survey results, new liaison Nathan Parce Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27...
I asked Ken yesterday what happened at the Hinsdale Village Board the previous night. "They're going with a hybrid model," he replied dryly. "Tom, Laurel and Jerry will attend the first meeting of the month. Scott, Neale, Matt and Luke will attend the second meeting." He jests, of course, but the "hybrid model" is on our minds. We've spent a lot of time learning and writing about hybrid plans for Hinsdale students to return to school. First I "attended" (i.e. watched online)...
Despite pleas from parents to reverse last week’s decision and return to a five-day in-person plan for reopening schools, District 181 will continue work to refine a hybrid model for the start of the 2020-21 school year. Educators have spent the last week working on a hybrid plan that ensures students can remain six feet from one another in the classroom, Superintendent Hector Garcia said. The goal is to maximize in-person core instruction and coverage of the core curriculum. The 28 elementary school staff members who were i...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, https://www.d181.org On the agenda: approval of the 2020-21 school reopening plan hybrid model Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13 https://www.d86.hinsdale86.org/virtual On the agenda: approve memo of understanding with HHSTA, approve additional staffing due to COVID-19 pandemic, return to school update, committee participation and meeting schedule update Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 Hinsdale...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, https://www.d181.org Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, https://www.hinsdale86.d86.org Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, https://www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Village Board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, https://www.villageofhinsdale.org...
District 86 students will start the school year with a hybrid schedule that combines two days a week of in-person classes with three days a week of remote learning. “The students are at the center of our planning effort, but the decisions are based on the health and safety of the entire community,” Superintendent Tammy Prentiss said at the July 23 Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting. “Our ultimate goal is to return to 100 percent in-person instruction, but it is not possible at this time due to the guide...
THREE RECEIVE MERIT AWARDS Hinsdale Central High School students Daniel Leung and Alyssa Lee, along with Fenwick High School’s Elizabeth Rogowski of Hinsdale, have each received $2,500 National Merit scholarships. Scholarship winners are the finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors. These...
To help outfit local health care workers with the personal protective equipment needed to treat COVID-19 patients, the Hinsdale Public Library and community school media resource centers have teamed up in a special dimension. In response to a request from AMITA Hinsdale Hospital, the library and schools this week began using their 3D printers to produce band components for the face shields being worn by frontline workers. Ridgeway Burns, the library's youth and young adult...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, March 23 District office 115 W. 55th St., Clarendon Hills https://www.d181.org On the agenda: update on e-learning progress, award of oak roofing project contract, placement appeals process, summer bridge recommendation, middle school scheduling Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 19 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets https://www.d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: preliminary certified staffing recommendation for...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, March 16 District office 115 W. 55th St., Clarendon Hills On the draft agenda: Neighborhood Preschool special education spotlight, internet safety and filtering, staffing report, fund balance strategy discussion, Oak roofing project bid award, placement appeals process, math bridge, middle school scheduling, data cable and route/switch upgrade, action to dismiss and nonrenew probationary teachers Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 17 Hinsdale...
COLLEGE STUDENTS MAKE DEAN’S LIST Several Hinsdale students have earned a place on the dean’s list or equivalent at their respective colleges and universities for the fall 2019 semester. Claire Callahan, Tufts University Jared Callaway, Columbia College Elizabeth Cash, Drake University Andy Evans, Miami University Alex Kerekes, Elmhurst College Dylan Lovelace, Miami University Greta Garber, Miami University Richie Lozanoski, Miami University Jimmy McKay, Miami University Kelly Melin, Tufts University Samantha Usher, Miami Uni...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board and board President Nancy Pollak are the targets of a lawsuit brought by district residents last week alleging both their First Amendment rights and the Illinois Open Meetings Act were violated when they were prevented from reading a letter at December board meeting. In their complaint filed in the U.S. District Court — Northern District of Illinois, plaintiffs Meeta Jain Patel, Kara Kuo and Kim Notaro state that the board and Pollak were wrong to invoke the “respect and civ...
REDDY TAPPED to serve on STATE medical BOARD Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has appointed Dr. Sreenivas Reddy of Hinsdale’s Vein and Vascular Centers to the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Board. Reddy, a board-certified vascular interventional radiologist and founder of Vein and Vascular Centers, has academic affiliations with Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital and is an adjunct assistant professor of radiology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is a trustee of the Chicago Medical Society, president of t...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 District office 115 W. 55th St., Clarendon Hills On the draft agenda: special education mid-year report, CPI report, FY19 year-end revenue and expense analysis, CSCI survey results, tax abatement, new electrical supply purchase agreement, approval of school fees Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Board 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 Hinsdale South High School 7401...
A mild winter has allowed crews to continue to work this month on the village-owned parking deck near Hinsdale Middle School. “The parking deck is going very well,” said Brad Bloom, assistant village manager. “I’m really pleased with how it’s coming together. The precast looks good.” Precast concrete delivery began the week of Dec. 9, and all 215 pieces have been assembled. “It was something to watch,” Bloom said. “The majority of the structure is up. Now it’s just the smaller parts — adding the electrical, adding th...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13 District office, 115 W. 55th St., Clarendon Hills On the draft agenda: special education spotlight, STEAM iLab update, math ELA placement with math trajectory, one-to-one classroom management tool, recommendation to purchase CLEAR services Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On...
