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Hinsdale Village Board Among other business at their Tuesday meeting, trustees: • discussed parking changes at several locations in the village. Daily rates of $3 to $3.50 will be offered in the village lot, Highlands station, West Hinsdale and Chestnut. Commuter permits will no longer be limited to Hinsdale residents in main commuter lot. These and other changes will be up for a vote at the board’s Oct. 4 meeting. • expressed support for Mouse Motors to open a McLaren Dealership at 2 Salt Creek Lane. The company would need...
Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Among other business at their meeting Monday, board members: • voted unanimously to join the Lincoln Way Area Affiliation of Participating School District Cooperative to help control insurance costs for the 2023 calendar year. Despite an initial $300,000 cost to join and a $200,000 set aside to run out current claims and an increase in premiums, the move will save the district $100,000. • learned district enrollment this year is 3,608, down from 3,671 last year. Enrollment has...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Aug. 25, board members • learned that the same COVID-19 mitigations that were in place at the end of the 2021-22 school year will be in effect when school resumes next week. The district will continue to have Northshore Clinical Labs onsite to conduct rapid antigen and PCR tests for any students and employees who want to participate. Employees who are not vaccinated will be required to test weekly. • heard Superintendent Tammy Prentiss offer an update on changes to...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their July 28 meeting, board members: • listened as Superintendent Tammy Prentiss said a preliminary look at recently released AP scores shows significant improvement in the district after a dip of about 10 percent last year. The district saw an 8-percent increase in the passing rate for a return to 2018 levels. A full report will be presented in October. • voted unanimously to put the fiscal year 2023 tentative budget on display on the district website and at...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business at their June 14 meeting, trustees: • unanimously voted to grant the home at 121 S. County Line Road — commonly known as The Bagley House — local landmark designation, as recommended unanimously by the Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission. The home, built in 1894, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The property owners have indicated they are interested in using the property tax freeze offered by the state to encourage historic preservation. Former Trustee Bob Lennox said...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business June 2, board members: • voted 6-1, with Jeff Waters voting no, to approve a memorandum of understanding with the Hinsdale High School Teachers Association for 13 early release Wednesdays during the 2022-23 school year. Waters said his vote did not indicate a lack of support for teachers but his opposition to the early release program. • unanimously approved a three-year contract with SchoolLinks, which will replace Naviance, to provide college and career guidance ser...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business April 28, board members: • decided against pulling the public Freedom of Information Act request log, which includes documents supplied in response to those requests, off the district’s website. District attorney Steve Richart had recommended the board release documents only to the individuals who had made the FOIA request rather than posting them online to reduce the district’s liability. He said District 86 is the only district he is aware of who posts all respo...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Thursday, board members: • asked Chris Covino, assistant superintendent of academics, to come back with a plan for no more than 12 early release Wednesdays for the 2022-23 school year. The days are designed to give teachers time to collaborate and to create a more consistent schedule by eliminating late start days, Covino said. The recommended plan for 15 days would have provided students with 1,003 hours of instructional time and teachers with 23 hours of c...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their April 14 meeting, board members: • agreed to continue holding committee of the whole and regular business meetings the second and fourth Thursdays of most months, respectively • decided to have the committee working on the master bell schedule address the issue of scheduling alternatives for students who have a conflict with a course they want to take. Board members Jeff Waters and Debbie Levinthal will be added to the committee in order to participate in...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • heard Village President Tom Cauley report that Ryan Companies had withdrawn its latest proposal for redeveloping the Institute for Basic Life Principles site at Ogden Avenue and Adams Street with a senior living facility. The plan, like previous iterations from Ryan, was strongly opposed by residents of the adjacent Fullersburg neighborhood for being its dense and anticipated affect on traffic. • approved the creation of three-hour parking limit zone for the...
District 181 Board Among other business at their Monday meeting, board members • approved the Rising Stars Extended Day pilot for 60 kindergartners in need of additional academic support. The program will be offered in the mornings and afternoons at three buildings for the 2022-23 school year. Incoming kindergartners will be screened May 31 and June 1. The pilot could cost up to $542,000, depending on how many students require transportation. • agreed to spend $215,014 for 500 Chromebooks for middle school students and $31...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business at their March 15 meeting, trustees: • learned Ryan Companies asked to have its proposal for a senior living development at Ogden Avenue and Adams Street pulled from the agenda. Village President Tom Cauley said he had individually polled trustees and determined there would have been a unanimous vote against the plan for a 180-unit senior living facility and 20 senior living duplex villas on the 32-acre site. “When the developer was apprised of that, he asked to have time to det...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business at their March 15 meeting, trustees: • learned Ryan Companies asked to have its proposal for a senior living development at Ogden Avenue and Adams Street pulled from the agenda. Village President Tom Cauley said he had individually polled trustees and determined there would have been a unanimous vote against the plan for a 180-unit senior living facility and 20 senior living duplex villas on the 32-acre site. “When the developer was apprised of that, he asked to have time to det...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business March 10, board members: • discussed the three-minute pitch process that the board has been using to determine future agenda items and potential creation of a new process for determining future agenda items that would replace the pitch. Some board members think they should not need a majority of board members to agree to add an item to the agenda as is now required. Consensus was not reached, and board President Terri Walker recommended that the topic be revisited a...
Community Consolidated District 181 Board Among other business Monday, board members: • approved a $6.1 million abatement of bond and interest funds for the 2021 tax levy year to reduce the debt service portion of the community’s tax bills. The move follows the board’s abatement strategy that any amount in fund balances over 50 percent of operating expenses should either be restricted for district approval and/or be abated. • approved awarding contracts for summer projects totaling nearly $1.35 million, $304,000 of which w...
Community Consolidated District 181 Among other business Monday, board members: • heard a report on Illinois School Report Cards from Tracey Miller, director of assessment, instruction and evaluation. Because districts across the state were allowed to administer standardized tests at different times due to COVID-19, statewide comparisons won’t be available until April 22. Report cards are available on the district website at https://www.d181.org/our-district/state-report-cards. • voted unanimously to extend Super...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Dec. 16, board members: • approved a final levy of $89.7 million for operations and $12.2 million to pay off debt. The levy for funds controlled by the tax cap is 2.2 percent higher than it was last year. • approved a revised 2021-22 school calendar that reflects the decision to hold graduation ceremonies for Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South on the same date (May 26, at 7 p.m.) and the finalization of spring testing dates (April 13-14). • listened to an update on...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business at Tuesday’s meeting, trustees: • passed a resolution setting the amount of money to be raised through property taxes at $11.1 million, including an estimated $3.3 million for the library levy. The village board is required by state law to pass this resolution requesting the levying of property taxes prior to adopting the annual tax levy ordinance in November. • approved the addition of stop signs at three Ninth Street intersections. A two-way stop will be installed at Thurl...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business at Tuesday’s meeting, trustees: • agreed to award the 2021 50/50 sidewalk project to Suburban Concrete in an amount not to exceed $84,860. The board will take an official vote on the contract Oct. 5. • agreed to spend up to $169,854 with George’s Landscape for the Irma Butler Tot Lot rebuild, pending an official vote at the Oct. 5 meeting. The tot lot is located in the southwest corner of Robbins Park. • awarded design and construction observation engineering services to HR Green in...
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...
Community Consolidated District 181 Board Among other business Monday, board members: • listened to concerns from a handful of parents about the bus service on Route 6, which has experienced problems since the first week of school, and the district’s communication with families who live on the route • approved a salary and benefits report as required by the state. The report lists the position, base salary, vacation and sick days, bonuses and other benefits for teachers and administrators. • listened to a report on five su...
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...
Community Consolidated School District 181 Board Among other business Monday, board members: • heard a presentation on ALICE, a training course for staff and students on strategies for survival in the event that a school intruder enters the building with intent to do harm. The training focuses on cases where, in addition to a lockdown, the teacher and students may take extra precautions to barricade the entrance of the classroom and/or to evacuate the building. The cost for the program is approximately $12,000 to $14,000, whi...
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...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other action at their July 13 meeting, trustees: • agreed to issue almost $3.1 million in general obligation bonds to refinance a $5 million 2012 bond issue at a lower rate, saving residents an estimated $154,875 • listened as Village President Tom Cauley read a proclamation declaring July Parks and Recreation Month, noting that “parks and recreation are vitally important to establishing and maintaining the quality of life in our communities, ensuring the health of all citizens and contr...
