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Hinsdale District 86 board directs administration to draft one‑meeting monthly calendar, cancels July meetings and finalizes committee appointments
Summary
At a Committee of the Whole on May 8 the board directed administration to prepare a 2025–26 calendar with one regular meeting per month at the end of the month, asked that committees meet earlier in the month, proposed consolidations of some committees, and recorded a set of committee chair and member appointments.
The Board of Education of Hinsdale Township High School District 86 directed administration on May 8 to prepare a 2025–26 meeting calendar that generally reduces regular meetings to one per month and designates the regular board meeting at the end of each month, with committee meetings to occur earlier in the month.
"So then we would prepare the calendar for administration. No meeting in July. 1 meeting for most months," the Board President said while asking administration to return a draft schedule to the board. The board discussed exceptions for months covering the program of studies, staffing windows and other peak periods.
Board members agreed that committee meetings should be scheduled in the second and third weeks of months when the board meeting is at the end of the month so recording staff have time to prepare minutes. The board also discussed consolidating some standing committees — for example, folding Facilities into Finance and combining the Academic committee with the Availability and Opportunities (A&O) committee — but left final committee structure and any charter changes for action at the next meeting.
Following the discussion, the board president announced committee appointments for 2025–26. The assignments announced in the meeting transcript include:
- Policy Committee: Member Leacock (chair), Board President and Member Waters (members) - PTAC (Parent Teacher Advisory Committee): Mary Satchel (chair), Liz Smitha and Baron Leacock (members) - Facilities Committee: Jeff Waters (chair), Bob Fisher and Board President (members) - Finance Committee: Jeff Waters (chair), Bob Fisher and Liz Smitha (members) - HR Committee: Member (name given as Mitthah/Mittham in transcript) (chair), Member Akris and Board President (members) - Academic Committee: Asma (chair), Board President and Mary Satchel (members) - Annual Committee: Bob Fisher (chair), Asma and Mary Satchel (members) - Closed Session Minute Review (ad hoc): Baron Leacock (chair), Member Waters (member)
Board members indicated general assent when asked if they approved the assignments and asked administration to update and distribute the committee list.
The board also reviewed meeting workload statistics presented by administration during the discussion, noting roughly 100 meetings per year previously when committee meetings were frequent; the board cited totals of 72 and 106 in discussion as examples of prior meeting counts.
The direction to administration and the committee assignments were recorded during the Committee of the Whole and will be returned for formal calendar approval and any changes to committee charters at the board's regular action meeting at the end of the month.
