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Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business June 23, board members: • approved a tentative budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year in the amount of $123.9 million, an increase of $5.3 million, or 4.5 percent, over last year’s budget. Revenue is forecast to be $124.2 million. The spending plan does not include the $47.5 million in Future Ready Facilities work scheduled, which is paid for by proceeds from the bond sale passed by voters in a 2019 referendum. A copy of the tentative budget will be posted on the distric...
Community Consolidated District 181 Board: Among other business at their meeting Monday, board members: • listened to an update on spring MAP scores. Despite the many changes that occurred during the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students in first, second, third and fifth grade showed more than expected growth in reading since the fall MAP test was given. Students in first through fourth grade showed more than expected growth in math. “I know you’re going to be working hard to have our students fill those gaps next...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business May 26, board members: • held a public hearing on and unanimously approved an amended budget for fiscal year 2020-21. The amended budget includes property tax and corporate replacement tax revenue increases to reflect actual amounts, tranfers from the operations fund to the capital projects fund to pay for summer construction and filling in the pool at Central and salary adjustments required by new contracts approved with two district unions, among other items. • lis...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business April 22, board members • potsponed a decision on whether to spend $500,000 out of $3.2 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund money to fill in the existing pool at Hinsdale Central to create a flex space. The 6,500-square-foot space could be used for lunch periods to maintain six feet of social distance when all students return to school in August. Some board members said the money should be used solely to meet students’ academic and soc...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • unanimously approved spending up to $771,600 with Schaefgas Brothers for improvements to the Hinsdale Community Pool. Phase 1 includes replacing the lap pool deck, repairing ground joints, replacing grout under the perimeter gutter and repainting the main pool. Phase 2 includes replacing four pool filters. The village received a $400,000 Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Grant and is required to spend at least $800,000 on the project. • voted 6-0 to...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business March 25, board members: • approved the staffing recommendation for the 2021-22 school year, which will keep district staffing flat. The recommendation, which was reviewed and discussed by the district’s human resources committee, came under criticism from some students and families for creating “stacked” classes at Hinsdale South, in which different levels of German courses and Latin courses are combined into one due to low enrollment for the individual courses. Distric...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business March 11, board members: • listened to a presentation from members of the strategic plan team examining student growth and achievement on developing a common grading scale in the district. Among the items advanced was eliminating “zeros” out of concerns that they promote inaccuracies and misconceptions about student understanding. Students would instead be assessed a failing grade for not doing work, but encouraged to persist with coursework after an assignment is misse...
Community Consolidated District 181 Board Among other business at their meeting Monday, board members • awarded about $1.7 million in bids for summer capital projects. Two of the larger projects are floor replacement at Clarendon Hills Middle School for $665,000 and gym floor replacement at Madison, Prospect, Oak, The Lane and Monroe for $390,720. • reviewed scores from the winter MAP tests, which students took Jan. 11-29. In reading, 77.3 percent of in-person students are meeting or exceeding expectations, and 77.6 per...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday night, trustees: • indicated support for converting the two-way stop at Maple and Washington streets to a four-way stop. The item will be on the consent agenda at the March 16 village board meeting. • heard Mark Margason ask them to revise the policy regarding memorial ribbons on trees to give it more teeth. He said he and other residents in his group would like ribbons to be tied only on trees at the Memorial Building. They also believe residents should have to fill out...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business at their meeting Tuesday, board members • heard an update on attendance for hybrid students and learned that district families will receive a survey this week asking students to choose hybrid or remote for the rest of the school year starting March 8. The district will offer a four-day schedule if numbers allow. Hybrid students who have three unexcused absences after March 8 will be moved to full remote. • listened to finance committee Chairman Erik Held provide a bri...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business at their Feb. 11 meeting, board members: • learned that 3,000 COVID-19 vaccines were administered over four days the previous week to staff from the district, its feeder districts and the La Grange Area Department of Special Education along with community members. The district will serve as a vaccination site for second doses for four days in March. • agreed to put proposed new textbooks and other materials for the 2021-22 school year on display at the administration cen...
Community Consolidated District 181 Among other business Monday, board members: • voted to abate the operating fund in the amount of $311,100 and the bond and interest fund in the amount of $6.44 million. This would save the average Hinsdale home (market value $858,775) $621 in taxes. Rick Engstrom, assistant superintendent of business and operations, told board members the abatement was a credit to sound financial planning. “We’re especially pleased to share the news of an abatement during a time when many families have...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business Jan. 28, board members • voted 7-0 to approve a new five-year contract with SEIU, which represents 30 district employees who work in buildings and grounds, custodial and maintenance. The agreement provides an average salary adjustment of 15.5 percent the first year, to make salaries more competitive with the market, Josh Stephenson, chief financial officer, said. After that, employees will receive an annual 1.8 percent increase. The contract is retroactive to June 2020, w...
Community Consolidated District 181 Among other business Monday, board members: • listened to an update on possible locations for a district administrative center. The finance and facilities committee was set to further discuss the two options — 125 S. Vine St. and 211 W. Chicago Ave. — at its meeting Tuesday night. The district currently rents office space on 55th Street in Clarendon Hills, which is not within district boundaries. • voted 7-0 to approve a calendar for the 2021-22 school year. The district’s winter break will...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • approved the use of Motor Fuel Tax Funds to pay for infrastructure improvements. The actions include using $995,000 to pay for the reconstruction of Eighth Street from Garfield Street to County Line Road; the use of $398,000 to partially fund the 2021 Chicago Avenue Resurfacing Project, with a total cost estimate of $930,000 (the remaining $532,000 will be paid for with federal Surface Transportation Fund; and the use of $400,000 to partially fund the 2021 M...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Dec. 17, board members: • approved the 2020 tax levy in the amount of $87.8 million for the district’s capped funds. This amount does not include debt service levies on existing bonds totaling about $12.1 million. • listened to administrators update the district’s return to school plan, including the expectation that students be on-screen when they are learning from home unless given special dispensation and announcing the formation of a task force to help plan an...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesdays, trustees: • passed a resolution pausing the processing of applications to construct small wireless facilities related to 5G due to the state of emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Village officials reported that no permit applications have yet been received to build 5G facilities but said the action was needed to avoid burdening a short-handed village staff. • approved the use of $995,000 in motor fuel tax funds for the reconstruction of Eighth Street from Gar...
Community Consolidated District 181 Among other business at Monday’s meeting, board members: • unanimously adopted a 2020 property tax levy of $67.1 million. Board members plan to abate a portion of residents’ taxes at their Feb. 8 meeting. “Even though we’re adopting tonight, we will be giving money back in February,” said Rick Engstrom, assistant superintendent of business and operations. • listened to a report on the Illinois School Report Cards, which are now posted on the district’s website at https://www.d18...
Community Consolidated School District 181 Among other business Monday, board members: • approved the summer 2020 facilities master plan projects with an estimated total of about $2.6 million. Projects include moisture mitigation and flooring replacement at Clarendon Hills Middle School for $925,915; sitework at The Lane School for $352,000; Taraflex gym flooring replacement at Madison, Prospect, The Lane, Monroe and Oak schools for $288,500; LED retrofit/conversion work at Elm, Madison and Oak schools for $270,000: and t...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Nov. 3, trustees: • adopted a 2020 property tax levy of $10,882,381 • awarded the design and construction observation engineering phases of the 2021 Eighth Street reconstruction project to Rempe-Sharpe in an amount not to exceed $127,748. Eighth Street will be reconstructed in asphalt from Garfield Avenue to County Line Road as part of the Master Infrastructure Plan. The water main between Oak Street and County Line Road also will be replaced. • approved the $36,573 purchase of on...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday night, trustees: • extended permission for restaurants to continue outdoor dining on village right-of-way and other public and private space to June 30, 2021 • deleted an ordinance imposing a motor fuel tax in the Cook County portion of Hinsdale after the Illinois Department of Revenue informed the village the new tax must apply to all of Hinsdale. Trustees intended to apply the tax only to the Hinsdale Oasis. Village officials said they are asking legislators to revise the...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Sept. 10, board members: • voted 7-0 to issue almost $46.1 million in bonds, the third bond sale related to the $139.8 million building referendum voters approved in an April 2019 referendum. The sale is expected to generate $50.6 million in proceeds, due to a “premium” (bonds trade above their “par” or face value). The district received a premium on its first two bond sales as well, receiving $70 million from its first sale of $62.26 million and $34.9 million f...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • approved the purchase of eight Tasers, with holsters and qualification/duty cartridges, for $24,384. The weapons will replace the Hinsdale Police Department’s existing inventory, four of which have become inoperable. Four others, purchased between 2013 and 2016, are beyond the warranty period and can no longer receive maintenance. The department’s 25 officers share the eight units. • awarded the village’s holiday lighting and decorating bid to McFarlane Douglass...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board • approved a revised 2020-21 school year calendar that lists Nov. 3 (Election Day) as a state holiday as required, makes Nov. 25 (the Wednesday before Thanksgiving) a remote learning day and changes the first day of student attendance from Aug. 12 to Aug. 17. Curriculum night and parent-teacher conferences will be virtual. • listened as board President Kevin Camden thanked former board member Nancy Pollak for her service prior to her resignation and move out of state. He said the boa...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business at their July 16 meeting, trustees: • learned that Ryan Companies has agreed to temporarily suspend its request to build a senior living development at the corner of Ogden Avenue and Adams Street with the hope that residents soon will be able to attend meetings of the plan commission and village board in person. In the interim, the company is holding six 30-minute informational sessions for residents from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, at The Community House. Register online at h...
