Hinsdale High School District 86
Among other business Nov. 21, board members:
• discussed a proposed intergovernmental agreement with the village of Clarendon Hills regarding the proposed tax increment financing district along 55th Street. The Jewel-Osco and PNC bank are no longer part of the TIF, according to a plan the Clarendon Hills Village Board approved Monday night. The district will have its legal team review the IGA, which provides the district with some TIF revenue, and the board will discuss it again at its Dec. 19 board meeting.
“We can decide if we want to accept their IGA or not, which would then give us some revenue, or we could say, ‘No, we don’t want this IGA,’ and then we don’t get that revenue but the TIF keeps going regardless of what we do,” Superintendent Mike Lach said.
• voted to sunset the German program at both high schools due to declining enrollment and difficulty finding staff. Current freshmen are the final class that will be able to enroll in German 1. The board also voted to add American Sign Language, which is taught at Hinsdale South, at Hinsdale Central.
• voted to add an “earned honors credit” option to four electives that will no longer have an honors option (three journalism classes and the tech support internship) and to five electives that have not had an honors option (two acting classes, child care and development, culinary 2 and marketing) for the 2025-26 school year
• heard a brief report on the Illinois School Report cards from Jason Markey, assistant superintendent for academics. Report cards are available through a link on the district’s website at http://www.hinsdale86.org/departments/academics.
• listened to a report from Scott Duenser of Wipfli LLP, the district’s auditor, indicating his firm gave a clean opinion on the district’s annual comprehensive financial report.
“The district goes above and beyond in putting this report together,” he said.
• heard an athletic performance participation report for Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South high schools, At Central, 32 percent of students were on a fall athletic team, and 43 percent of freshmen chose to play a sport.
“It’s really great to see our kids involved,” athletic director Mike Jezioro said.
• voted 6-1 to approve the 2025-26 program of studies. Board member Jeff Waters voted no because it does not include an honors world history class at Hinsdale South.
