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Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their Feb. 23 meeting, board members: • listened to Superintendent Tammy Prentiss present a strategic plan milestone report, highlighting the district’s accomplishments and steps that remain. In the fourth year of the five-year plan, the district has achieved 96 specific accomplishments in eight goal areas. • approved the purchased of $1.05 million worth of classroom furniture for renovated spaces at Hinsdale Central, down from the $1.5 million anticipated expen...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board Among other business Monday, board members: • approved the abatement of $5.9 million of the 2022 tax levy’s debt service fund in connection with the district’s strategy to abate, or not collect, any amount that would push operating fund balances over 50 percent. The purpose of the abatement is to reduce the debt service portion of the community’s tax bills until the district’s annual debt service requirements are lower. Rick Engstrom, assistant superintendent of business...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday night, trustees • referred to the village’s plan commission a map amendment and concurrent exterior appearance and site plan review applications for the development of a McLaren car dealership at 2 Salt Creek Lane. Applicant Mouse Automotive wants to build a two-story, 38,367-square-foot facility on the 2.2-acre property. Trustees signaled support for the project but noted an allowance will have to made concerning the amount of parking proposed for the site. • discu...
Community Consolidated District 181 Board Among other business at the meeting Monday, board members: • unanimously approved an estimated tax levy of $73.5 million. A public hearing on the levy and its adoption are slated for the board’s Monday, Dec. 19, meeting. • discussed the factors that are considered when inclement weather is anticipated and the remote school schedule students would follow if the buildings are closed • learned a new investment strategy is yielding 2.56 percent for short-term investments (compar...
Hinsdale Village Board At their special meeting Nov. 3, Hinsdale trustees: • heard Village President Tom Cauley invite residents to complete a survey on the Hinsdale Community Pool, available online at www.villageofhinsdale.org. • discussed awarding a contract not to exceed $88,211 to HR Green for design and construction observation services for the 2023 resurfacing program. Resurfacing work will be done on Lincoln from Third to Eighth, Second from Grant to Lincoln, Third from County Line Road to Hillcrest, and Vine to Gra...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business at their Oct. 6 meeting, board members: • listened as board President Erik Held thanked administrators and area law enforcement for their professional handling of a Sept. 29 incident in which a threat was found written on a bathroom stall. • heard a summer school report from co-directors Sue Grady and Jordan Stob. The district offered credit recovery courses, academic intervention and enhancement courses over two, three-week semesters at a cost of $7,672 to the dis...
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...
