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CHSD 218 honors football team, Special Olympics medalists and retiring public information specialist
Summary
The CHSD 218 board recognized the HR varsity football team’s conference title and postseason run, congratulated four Special Olympics equestrians for medal wins, and presented a retirement commendation to long-serving public information specialist Bob McPartland.
The Community High School District 218 Board of Education used its Dec. 19 meeting to recognize student achievements and to honor a long-serving staff member.
The board commended Head Coach Tony Sheehan, assistant coaches and the HR varsity football team for an 8–1 regular season, a South Suburban Conference Red Division championship, and a postseason run that reached the Class 6A semifinals. In presenting the recognition, a coach (unnamed in the transcript) thanked the board and praised the team's work, saying, "They deserve it." The board members and attendees applauded the players and staff.
The board also recognized students who won medals at the Special Olympics of Illinois equestrian competition at Poplar Grove: Christian Dabney (silver in stock seat, gold in working trail), Stephanie Lopez (silver in stock seat and working trail), Jaquiel Moss (two silver medals), and Shia Washington (silver in stock seat and gold in working trail). The district presented commendations to each student for their performance.
In a staff recognition, the board presented a commendation to Bob McPartland, the district’s public information specialist, who is retiring after more than 35 years with CHSD 218. Board remarks credited McPartland with a long record of communications work — from newsletters and regional newspaper articles to social-media posts — and noted what was stated in the meeting that he "never missed 1 board meeting, which is close to 400 board meetings in a row." McPartland spoke to the board about his tenure and said he had been grateful for the work and relationships he formed over decades of service.
The recognitions were presented early in the meeting; no formal board action was required beyond the presentations.
