A local group is calling out the Hinsdale Township High School District 86 School Board after it threatened to cut popular student activities in the wake of voters’ Nov. 6 rejection of a bond issue.
A spokesperson for the Hinsdale 86 school board cited a district policy covering gifts as its reason for not considering an offer to fund the football programs at its two high schools, Central and South, and come to a compromise on a tax-increase referendum.
At a special Saturday meeting, the Hinsdale District 86 Board of Education added the cost of two new swimming pools to its funding request that will be voted on in an April 2 referendum. The leader of a local taxpayers’ group said this addition would only increase the likelihood that voters will reject it.
Noel Manley is convinced Hinsdale Township High School District 86 board members are falling short in fulfilling what he thinks should be their mission in the growing battle over school funding
The Hinsdale H.S. District 86 is intimidating the voting public with cutting football, wrestling and even National Honor Society in a third attempt to pass a $130 million referendum.
A candidate for the Hinsdale 86 school board said she would vote to reinstate athletic programs in Central and South high schools that were cut by the board in December even if voters reject the district’s $139.8 million bond referendum on April 2.
Spending per pupil at Hinsdale Township High School District 86 is up 23.4 percent from five years ago, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of district finances.
Administrators in Hinsdale Township High School District 86 earn an average of $124,799 per year, ranking 108th out of 864 districts in the state.
Hinsdale District 86 has seen its enrollment climb by 21 percent over the past 20 years.
Michele Irwin doesn't like it when others disagree with her. So when the 43 year-old Willowbrook divorcee saw Zach Mottl, a Burr Ridge manufacturing executive opposing a school district-promoted tax hike Irwin supports, quietly having dinner with friends at a local barbecue bar and grill Tuesday night, she simply couldn't stand it.
A Darien Police report has been filed against Hinsdale D86 School Board Vice President Kevin Camden over a harassing call he made to the relative of a business owner who has “Vote No” referendum opposition signs in his yard.
With all precincts reporting, 59.53 percent of the votes (13,927) were cast in favor of the referendum and 40.47 percent (9,468) were against it, according to the Dupage County Election Commission.
Burr Ridge Community Consolidated School District 180, Hinsdale Township High School District 86 and Downers Grove Community High School District 99 are area districts listed among those that received the lowest financial ratings in Illinois by the Illino
Fenton Community High School District 100, Wood Dale School District 7 and Naperville Community Unit School District 203 received the best financial ratings by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) for their 2018 finances.
Opponents of the $140 million Hinsdale D86 referendum approved in April are beginning to have their “I told you so” moments. An ardent supporter of the referendum, Yvonne Mayer of Burr Ridge, wrote on social media that she was troubled by estimated cost overages of projects funded by the tax increase, and the lack of public access during the school board’s recent meeting on the progress of the projects.