D181 hosts appreciation lunch for custodial staff and honors retirees
The Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 Buildings & Grounds Department hosted an appreciation lunch on April 1 to honor the district's custodial staff and recognize two retiring team members.
Custodians play a key role in maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for students and staff. The event highlighted their contributions to daily school operations across the district.
Director of Building and Grounds Mike Duggan said the custodial team "work tirelessly behind the scenes" to ensure that "our students and staff have a clean, safe, and welcoming environment to call home." Duggan also said their hard work is seen whether they are "prepping for a major event, keeping our hallways pristine, or handling the unexpected with a smile."
Two long-serving members were recognized at the event: Rosa Fulgencio, custodian at Clarendon Hills Middle School (CHMS), is retiring after 21 years of service; Gabriel Angel, custodian at Prospect School, is retiring after 29 years. Both will be missed by colleagues and school communities.
Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 represents DuPage and Cook counties with schools including Clarendon Hills Middle School, Elm Elementary School, Hinsdale Middle School, Madison Elementary School, Monroe Elementary School, Oak Elementary School, Prospect Elementary School, The Lane Elementary School, and Walker School according to Illinois Report Card. The district enrolled 3,743 students in the 2019-2020 school year as an elementary school district serving grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in Clarendon Hills and DuPage County according to Illinois Report Card.
Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 spent $31,308 per student in 2020 with total expenditures of $117 million according to Illinois Report Card. The student body is composed of approximately 69.8 percent White students; other groups include Asian (15.4 percent), Hispanic (6.8 percent), and Black (1.1 percent) according to Illinois Report Card.
There are no teachers in District 181 with more than ten absences during a school year; out of its total teaching staff of 282 earning an average salary of $94,227 before pension contributions—90 percent are women while ten percent are men according to Illinois Report Card. Chronic truancy rates remain low: only four chronically truant students were reported during the last measured year—a rate well below statewide averages as reported by Illinois State Board of Education.