Hinsdale Central's Walsh: ‘Hate has no purpose on our campus’
Hinsdale Central High School Principal William Walsh said school officials were unaware of a reported incident of an anti-semitic slogan reportedly being displayed in a school classroom.
Hinsdale Central High School Principal William Walsh said school officials were unaware of a reported incident of an anti-semitic slogan reportedly being displayed in a school classroom.
In DuPage County schools, there were more white students than any other individual ethnicity in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Truancy is a persistent issue in many schools across the United States, with some students regularly skipping classes and falling behind in their studies.
In DuPage County schools, 22,445 Asian students were enrolled in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Schools among DuPage County had the 72nd highest truancy rate of 6.4% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
More than 5 in 10 DuPage County public high school students aren't at grade level in English.
More than 5 in 10 DuPage County public high school students aren't at grade level in Math.
Hinsdale Central High School has been allowing so-called "furries" to dress in a full-length animal costumes at the school.
Hinsdale Central High School is isolating a growing number of students who refuse to wear masks into the school auditorium.
The truancy rate at Hinsdale Central High School stayed flat at two percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The truancy rate at Hinsdale Central High School fell to one percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The Illinois Schools Report Card finds that 90.7 percent of teachers stay at Hinsdale Central High School year to year, according to their 2020 three-year average.
Of the 2,728 students attending Hinsdale Central High School in 2019, 75.3 percent scored proficient in English Language Arts and 79.3 percent were proficient in math, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
About 99 percent of ninth graders in 2020 were "on track" to graduate at Hinsdale Central High School, where the four-year graduation rate was 97 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
We Stand for the Students organized a student rally yesterday to protest Hinsdale Township High School District 86's decision to begin school remotely.