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A new geometry in construction class and a standard freshman year geography class could be available to high school students in the fall of 2024. The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board heard proposals four new courses for the 2024-25 academic year at its meeting Monday. Geometry in Construction would be a two-period class taught by a certified math teacher and a woods teacher. “It is exactly as it sounds — a geometry course that will construct something,” said Eric Martzoff, assistant principal of instruction at Hinsdale...
CENTRAL TEENS ARE SEMIFINALISTS Twenty-two students from Hinsdale Central are among 16,000 high school students nationwide named Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. They are Yusuf Ahmed, Amal Arora, Atman Balakrishnan, Shivum Banerjee, Natasha Bhatia, Analise Burns, Godlyn D’Souza, Patrick Dugan, William Gaffney, Kiran Gitzlaff, Adele Groom, Levi Lillioja, Anya Raman, Alexander Rasmussen, Elizabeth Sessa, Joy Shen, Nathan Smith, Audrey Song, Nikolas Theotikos, Katherine Tschosik, Gabriela Veliz-Hernandez...
In the Sept. 28 editorial, Hinsdale High School District 86 Board President Cat Greenspon was inadvertently misquoted. “I can ask for discussion so that everybody can provide feedback,” she said, not words to the contrary....
Before the April election, we hoped the addition of some new faces on the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board would create a more cohesive governing body with less dysfunction. How naive. The recent resignation of board member Debbie Levinthal highlights continuing problems on the school board. The argument could be made that Levinthal hasn’t been happy since Cat Greenspon became board president immediately after being newly elected. Levinthal clearly had hoped to be president herself and believed someone with e...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board is expected to approve a fiscal year 2023-24 budget Monday with anticipated revenues of almost $133 million and projected expenses of $142 million. Revenues in the tentative budget are less than 1 percent higher than the $131.9 million the district saw in fiscal year 2023. Local revenues are expected to increase $4.3 million or 3.6 percent due to increases in the consumer price index and new construction that applied to the 2022 levy, the district’s annual request for property tax r...
School Exec Connect invites residents to help develop a profile that will be used to identify strong candidates and ultimately select a new superintendent for Hinsdale High School District 86. This profile will highlight district strengths and potential areas for improvement and list the characteristics stakeholders believe the next superintendent should possess. A brief online survey (six questions) will be open until 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2. Participation in this process will be completely confidential. District residents...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the draft agenda: second public hearing on and adoption of FY 23-24 budget, process for filling board vacancy, course proposals for 2024-25 year, initial 2023 levy presentation Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: approve additions to Historically Significant...
School Exec Connect invites residents to help develop a profile that will be used to identify strong candidates and ultimately select a new superintendent for Hinsdale High School District 86. This profile will highlight district strengths and potential areas for improvement and list the characteristics stakeholders believe the next superintendent should possess. Residents have two opportunities to participate. They can take a brief online survey (six questions, 10 min) that will be open from Sept. 22 until 4 p.m. Oct. 2....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their Sept. 14 meeting, board members: • listened to an update on the Academic Committee, including a discussion of revised administrative procedures for curriculum development. The new process, which is still under discussion, will include more opportunities for district residents and board members to provide input. • heard a presentation on the tentative budget for fiscal year 2023-24. The spending plan shows estimated revenues of almost $125.4 million, up 3.6...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26 Hinsdale Public Library 20 E. Maple St. www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda: 2022 financial audit, space audit proposal, compensation benchmarking study, designating public depository resolution, policy approval...
Debbie Levinthal resigned this week from the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board. She addressed several topics in her resignation letter, which she emailed to The Hinsdalean Tuesday morning. She opened with words of support for Interim Superintendents Linda Yonke and Ray Lechner. “The district is in excellent hands under the leadership of Drs. Yonke and Lechner,” she wrote. “Their collective wisdom, along with the wisdom of member (Kay) Gallo at the board table, can optimally guide this district through this trans...
The Hinsdale Central Hall of Fame will induct six new members tonight, Sept. 21, at its dinner at Ruth Lake Country Club. The event has taken place every year since the inaugural class was inducted in 1997. Following are brief bios of members of the Class of 2023. Stephen Cashman Class of 1978 A National Merit Scholar, Cashman was a member of the National Honor Society, Latin Club and gymnastics team. He was part of the 1978 team that won sectional and regional championships en route to taking fifth at the state. He had...
Hinsdale trustees are poised to approve a three-year extension to the village’s contract with Republic Waste for the collection and disposal of garbage, landscape waste and recyclables when they meet Tuesday, Sept. 19. “Republic Services has been a longstanding provider of this service, dating back to 2007,” Trustee Neale Byrnes said at the Aug. 15 village board meeting, when trustees first discussed the proposal. The last extension was approved in 2018 and runs through Nov. 1. At that time, the standard form of colle...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: review of summer capital projects and summer programs; updates on SEL Satchel Pulse, science pilot, district office building Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: 2023-24 budget presentation, safety overview, revised administrative...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings...
Open forums, focus groups and an online survey are tools the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board will employ over the next several weeks at it seeks community input in the search for a new superintendent. At the Aug. 24 meeting, representatives from search firm School Exec Connect laid out the timeline for hiring a top district administrator by the end of the year. The first phase, slated for late September, will involve two open forums — one for the public and another for school staff — and more targeted focus group ses...
Hinsdale Central classrooms got a makeover during the summer, complete with upgrades officials hope will enhance students' educational experience in the school year just underway. Assistant Principal Ryan Maita last week showed The Hinsdalean several of the 86 renovated classrooms across the campus. He said the improvements were comprehensive. "We did flooring, ceiling, lighting, walls, new tech, projectors, projector screens, 21st-century student desks and new teacher work...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: superintendent search planning workshop...
Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: full-day kindergarten, summer program and facilities updates; start of year information Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members have hired a superintendent search firm that could help them find a new district leader by the end of the year. School Exec Connect was one of five firms the board approached about conducting the search and one of two that made a presentation to the board at a special meeting July 20. “Our record is unmatched in this industry,” company President Kevin O’Mara told board members at that meeting. “Every single search that we have ever done has been on time and within budget....
We’ve written a number of editorials about areas of improvement for the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board. So we thought it only fair to highlight a handful of shining moments from the last regular board meeting July 27. 1. A 7-0 vote to hire School Exec Connect to help the board find a permanent replacement for Superintendent Tammy Prentiss, who is on paid leave through March 31. Two firms made presentations to the board July 20. All seven board members not only agreed on which firm to hire, they chose the firm The H...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: sign permit review for 22 W. First St. (Images Med Spa), findings and recommendations for 830 N. Madison St. (Salt Creek Club), scheduling a public hearing for 125 S. Vine St. (Vine Street Station...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board At their July 27 meeting, board members: • listened as Hinsdale Central Principal Bill Walsh called for a moment of silence in memory of 14-year-old Sean Richards, who was hit and killed in a July 20 accident on Lincoln Street between Fuller’s Car Wash and Fontano’s Subs. Walsh also wished a speedy recovery to others injured in the accident. “We have not forgotten the driver of the vehicle. May the Hinsdale Central family wrap their arms (around) and share their heavy hearts with hi...
Hinsdale High School District 86 will spend $312,000 for two interim superintendents to work a total of 240 days between now and June 30. The board voted 5-0 July 20 to hire Linda Yonke and Raymond Lechner to work 120 days each at a cost of $1,300 a day, starting July 24. "On behalf of the board, I want to congratulate Dr. Linda Yonke and Dr. Raymond Lechner on their appointment as co-interim superintendents for District 86," board President Cat Greenspon said in a written...
