Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Hinsdale South seniors Shivani Joshi and Ahmed Farooqui completed Darien's six-week civic internship, rotating through police, planning, and the mayor's office, and will present capstone projects to the District 86 Board of Education later this summer.
Education
Hinsdale South seniors Shivani Joshi and Ahmed Farooqui completed Darien's six-week civic internship, rotating through police, planning, and the mayor's office, and will present capstone projects to the District 86 Board of Education later this summer.
Education
Hinsdale South seniors Shivani Joshi and Ahmed Farooqui completed Darien's six-week civic internship, rotating through police, planning, and the mayor's office, and will present capstone projects to the District 86 Board of Education later this summer.
Education
Incoming Hinsdale Central High School freshmen and new District 86 students can pick up school-issued Chromebooks and take ID photos at four walk-in sessions starting July 29, but only if families have completed online registration first.
Education
About 225 children are projected to receive groceries this summer from the HCS Family Services pantry at Anne M. Jeans Elementary in Willowbrook, while lead volunteer Peggy Callahan and her team pack up to 150 bags per distribution day at the Hinsdale location on Elm Street to meet surging demand.
Education
District 86's fiscal year 2027 tentative budget projects a $260,000 surplus on $146.86 million in revenue, while the board's proposed Nvidia AI pilot remains stalled over a data privacy agreement and an Illinois Attorney General investigation, and board member Liz Mitha alleged retaliation by board leadership at the June 25 meeting.
Education
Incoming Superintendent Chip Pettit told the District 86 board on Thursday, June 25, that directly comparing Hinsdale Central and South is "not healthy" and proposed benchmarking each school against demographically similar peers, a shift that could reshape how South families argue for equal course access.
Education
After 16 months of work, a District 86 committee chaired by board member Bobby Fischer told the board Thursday it cannot reliably measure whether Hinsdale South students are being denied courses available at Hinsdale Central, leaving South families without district-verified data to back long-standing complaints about academic opportunity disparities.
Education
Dr. Josh McMahon begins as District 86's Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum on July 1, inheriting several board-approved changes for 2026-27 including gradebook standardization across Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South.
Education
The Insight Collaboration, a partnership between Hinsdale Central social workers and Community House counselors, has provided free mental health counseling to dozens of students and is now seeking community donations to sustain services through summer and into the next school year.
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Two hundred seventy-seven Hinsdale Middle School eighth graders graduated on Friday, May 29, heading to Hinsdale Central or Hinsdale South, with District 181 Board President Grace Shin emphasizing character over credentials and the HMS Jazz Band sending the class off with Stevie Wonder.
Education
Gabriel Angel, 61, retired as head custodian at Prospect Elementary in Clarendon Hills after 29 years, having worked at the school since it opened in 1997. District 181 honored him and fellow retirees on May 4.
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District 86 trustees voted May 28 to intervene in Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board proceedings and approved $2.7 million in interfund transfers to the Transportation Fund, while designating incoming Superintendent Dr. Chip Pettit and other staff for Open Meetings Act training ahead of his July 1 start.
Education
Retiring District 181 Superintendent Hector Garcia reflects on his eight-year tenure after his final board meeting on June 15, highlighting the district's reputation as a "destination district" as his proudest achievement, while incoming Superintendent Jim Wipke prepares to take over Wednesday, July 1.
Education
Hinsdale residents Yazmin Crisostomo and Kathleen Krasnewich have been named $2,500 National Merit Scholars in the 71st annual competition, along with two other District 86 students from neighboring communities.
