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Catherine Greenspun elected board president as Hinsdale Twp HSD 86 formalizes officer appointments
Summary
At its May 5 organizational meeting the Hinsdale Township High School District 86 Board of Education elected Catherine Greenspun president (5–2), named Bobby Fisher vice president (4–3), confirmed other officer appointments and approved several organizational items by unanimous votes.
The Hinsdale Township High School District 86 Board of Education held its organizational meeting May 5 at the Hinsdale Central Library and elected Catherine Greenspun as board president by a 5–2 roll-call vote.
The vote reset the board’s leadership after the April consolidated general election. The board also named Bobby Fisher vice president by a 4–3 vote, confirmed Liz Smith as board secretary, and appointed Deborah (Deb) Kudrowski as the district’s recording secretary and freedom of information officer. The board affirmed Chief Financial Officer Josh Stevenson as treasurer and approved the schedule of regular meetings through June 2025. Several organizational motions passed by unanimous 7–0 votes.
Board president pro tempore Jeff Waters presided over the officer election process until a president was chosen. Newly elected and continuing board members present took the oath of office for District 86 during the meeting.
Administrators and board members described procedural steps required at an organizational meeting under the district’s policies, including the sequence for nominations and rotated roll-call voting. The board followed the district’s policy procedures for nominations, acclamation where applicable and repeated votes in the event no candidate received a majority.
Votes and motions recorded at the meeting included approving outstanding meeting minutes (motion by Member James; second recorded; motion passed 7–0), affirming the district’s published meeting schedule through June 30, 2025 (7–0), appointing Kudrowski as recording secretary (motion recorded and approved 7–0), and affirming CFO Stevenson as board treasurer (motion by Fisher; second by Mittha; motion passed 7–0).
Several routine organizational steps required by law and board policy were also completed: the board selected officers pro tem to run the organizational election, designated employees to receive Open Meetings Act training, and formally appointed a freedom of information officer as the head of the public body’s designee.
The meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn into closed session for litigation discussion was approved 7–0; the board announced it would not take action following closed session.
Details of vote tallies and motions are reflected in the official meeting minutes posted by the district.
