After the meeting was called to order, the board, administration and members of the general public took a brief tour of some of the spaces at Hinsdale South that were renovated in conjunction with the district's Future Ready Facilities plan. Several photos from this tour were posted on the district's Facebook page, and can be accessed by visiting https://bit.ly/3fD1rF1.

Student liaisons Makena Camden from Hinsdale South and Meghna Mitra from Hinsdale Central presented information from their board reports. You can access Camden's report by visiting https://bit.ly/3SVnjdP and Mitra's report by visiting https://bit.ly/3fA0Ofo.

The board conducted a first reading of the district's unified program of studies for the 2023-24 school year, which was created in conjunction with the work being done on Goal 1 (Student Growth and Achievement) of the strategic plan. As part of this first reading, the board received a presentation that included the information below.

You can access the presentation by visiting https://bit.ly/3MacbqP.

The board had the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback during and after the presentation. The administration will use the input it received to make revisions, updates and/or clarifications to the program of studies, which will be presented to the board for a second reading and approval during its meeting on Oct. 27.

The summer school directors provided the board with a report regarding the 2022 summer school program. Below is a summary of the information that was featured in the report.

You can access the report by visiting https://bit.ly/3CfIMXs.

You can access Superintendent Prentiss' report by visiting https://bit.ly/3SHLGv7.

During the portion of the meeting dedicated to new business, the board discussed the following topics.

Board member Peggy James began the discussion by mentioning that she had initially raised the issue of making changes to Board Briefs in January 2022, and then requested that it be added as a future agenda item in the spring. She shared that she believes Board Briefs, which is the written summary that is produced for each board of education meeting, should be shorter (i.e., more of a summary) and include information about board member comments and the remarks made during audience communication so that it is more representative of the entire meeting.

Following its discussion of the topic, the board provided the administration with direction on how to proceed with future editions of Board Briefs. This direction included providing a more high-level summary of board meetings and the list of topics that are raised during audience communication. These changes will be implemented starting with the edition of Board Briefs for the meeting on Oct. 27.

Board member Debbie Levinthal kicked off the conversation about the topic since she had requested that it be added to the list of future agenda items. She stated her belief that livestreaming or recording board committee meetings would be beneficial because it would give people who are unable to attend these meetings the opportunity to watch them and hear what was discussed.

The board talked about the potential benefits and challenges of livestreaming or recording board committee meetings, but did not reach consensus on how to proceed.

The board approved the consent agenda as presented. The consent agenda includes personnel, stipends, board bills and meeting minutes. Please visit https://bit.ly/3SYyvG0 to access the consent agenda items beginning under number seven.

Board President Erik Held shared that the Policy Committee would be meeting on Nov. 7. He mentioned this because the meeting had inadvertently been left off the schedule of regular board and committee meetings for the 2022-23 school year.

President Held thanked Principal Bill Walsh, Kevin Simpson, the district's director of security, Superintendent Prentiss, local law enforcement, and other building and district administrators for how they handled the incident at Hinsdale Central on Sept. 28. He also praised everyone involved for having protocols and plans in place that enabled the school and district to handle the situation smoothly and safely.

President Held concluded his report by thanking members Hanson, Hirsman, James, Levinthal and Walker for participating in the board self-evaluation that was conducted on Sept. 29 with the help of a representative from the Illinois Association of School Boards.

There were no future agenda items proposed by the members of the board. You can access the current list of future agenda items by visiting https://bit.ly/3V3rHbU.

The meeting adjourned at 9:50 p.m. The video of the meeting will be available in the next day or two at https://vimeo.com/user9373008/videos.

Regular Action Meeting

Regular Action Meeting

Regular Action Meeting