Oak School PTO delivers flowers to staff on Valentine's Day
The Oak School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) organized a "Flowers for Teachers" fundraiser to mark Valentine’s Day, resulting in each staff member at Oak School receiving a bouquet. The event was coordinated by Ken Moy and Kristine Weck, who aimed to express the parent community's appreciation for the work of teachers and support staff.
According to the PTO, the bouquets were delivered to all staff, including teachers, administrators, custodians, and support personnel. The gesture was intended as a token of gratitude from families toward those serving the school.
Oak School is part of Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181. The district covers DuPage and Cook counties and includes several schools such as Clarendon Hills Middle School, Elm Elementary School, Hinsdale Middle School, Madison Elementary School, Monroe Elementary School, Prospect Elementary School, The Lane Elementary School, Walker School, and Oak Elementary itself. More details about the district can be found on its Illinois Report Card profile: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/
The district employs 282 teachers with an average salary of $94,227 before pension contributions; 90 percent are women and 10 percent are men. There are no teachers with more than ten absences in a year. Additional information is available at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/
Demographically, Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 reports that 69.8 percent of students are White, 1.1 percent Black, 6.8 percent Hispanic, and 15.4 percent Asian (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In terms of finances for the year 2020, spending per student was $31,308 with total expenditures reaching $117 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
The district had four chronically truant students during the 2020 school year—a rate much lower than the statewide average—where chronic truancy is defined as missing five percent or more of mandated school days without excuse (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 serves pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade and enrolled 3,743 students in the 2019-2020 academic year across Clarendon Hills and DuPage County (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).