Local GOP activist Noel Manley is cheering the departure of Hinsdale Township High School District 86’s Director of Instructional Equity Patrice Payne.
Parents of Hinsdale South High School students are criticizing an email sent by school administrators to Black and Hispanic AP students as exclusionary and racist.
New D86 Assistant Superintendent Jason Markey was the focal point of a letter authored by teachers at his past employer District 225 who accused him of creating a “toxic evironment.”
Darien resident Tom Weiland called out Hinsdale 86 Superintendent Tammy Prentiss for hiring an outwardly biased “anti-racism” consultant Valda Valbrun in 2022.
91.4% of Hinsdale Township High School District 86 students graduated in 2022 after four years of schooling, according to the Illinois Report Card.
Enrollment at Hinsdale Township High School District 86 fell from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Hinsdale Township High School District 86 welcomed 3,898 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In Hinsdale Township High School District 86, 2,429 white students were enrolled in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In DuPage County districts, 9,003 Black students were enrolled in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Michelle Cordova-Ptak is calling for Hinsdale School District 86 school board member Asma Akhras to resign from either the school board or her board position with the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Prior to the end of the Oct. 26 Hinsdale District 86 school board meeting school board member Kay Gallo left the boardroom and sent an email noting her resignation “effective immediately.
In DuPage County districts, there were more white students than any other individual ethnicity in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Indian Prairie School District 204 stood out in DuPage County with 25,632 students enrolled in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Truancy is a persistent issue in many schools across the United States, with some students regularly skipping classes and falling behind in their studies.
Administrators in Hinsdale Township High School District 86 earn an average of $136,796 per year, ranking 89th in the state, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.