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Hinsdale Twp HSD 86 committee recommends keeping closed-session minutes confidential, declines to destroy recordings
Summary
The District 86 Closed Session Minutes Review Committee reviewed minutes and verbatim recordings from Nov. 20, 2025–Apr. 30, 2026, recommended continued confidentiality and advised the board not to destroy closed-session recordings; motions to adjourn to closed session and to approve Dec. 10, 2025 minutes passed 2-0.
The Closed Session Minutes Review Committee of the Board of Education, Hinsdale Township High School District 86 met June 17, 2026, reviewed closed-session minutes and verbatim recordings from Nov. 20, 2025, through Apr. 30, 2026, and recommended that those minutes remain confidential and that the district not destroy the verbatim closed-session recordings.
The board chair opened the meeting at 6:17 p.m. in the district administrative center and asked for the roll. "I call to order the June 17th, 2026 Closed Session Minutes Review Committee meeting of the Board of Education of Hinsdale Township High School District 86," the chair said. Member Waters and Member Leacock were present.
The chair asked for a motion "to adjourn to closed session for discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Open Meetings Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review," citing Section 2.06 5 ILCS 120/2C21 as the statutory basis. Member Waters moved to adjourn to closed session; Member Leacock seconded. The committee voted 2-0 and adjourned to closed session at 6:19 p.m.
After returning to open session at 6:41 p.m., the committee considered approval of prior committee minutes. Member Waters moved to approve the Dec. 10, 2025 Closed Session Minutes Review Committee meeting minutes; Member Leacock seconded. The roll call vote was 2-0 and the motion carried.
The committee reported that it reviewed closed session minutes and verbatim recordings covering the Nov. 20, 2025–Apr. 30, 2026 period and "determined that the need for confidentiality of all closed session minutes from November 20th, 2025 to April 30th, 2026 remains," and that committee members "do not recommend the destruction of closed session recordings." The committee said it will forward a recommendation on the treatment of closed session minutes and verbatim recordings to the full board for consideration at the June 25 regular meeting.
With no further discussion, the committee adjourned at 6:42 p.m.
