Hinsdale D86 Board of Education Approves Master Facilities Plan

Submitted by Hinsdale Township High School District 86.

Hinsdale, IL - More than a year after authorizing a refresh of the Master Facilities Plan (MFP), the Hinsdale Township High School District 86 Board of Education voted to approve a newly updated, comprehensive plan at Tuesday night’s Regular Action Meeting.

The MFP takes an in-depth, long-term view of all the District’s facilities, evaluating their impact on the District’s educational mission. The Board will hold a Facilities Committee Meeting at 7:30 p.m. on January 25 at Hinsdale Central High School to discuss next steps.

Since December 2014, there has been a grass roots, needs-based effort conducted by 140 people consisting of students, parents, community members, District 86 staff, and Board members who met in over 80 meetings across 15 functional teams to review and update the MFP adopted in 2011. Their charge was to assess the facilities’ impact on the educational services the District provides to students, to examine each area at an exhaustive, function-by-function level, and to recommend solutions to fix problems.

After extensive analysis by a Steering Committee appointed by the Board President in January 2015, and several meetings conducted by the Facilities Committee and the Board of Education, Jeff Huck of ARCON presented “Scenario E” at the January 4, 2016 Committee of the Whole meeting.

“So many people have devoted a lot of time and energy to this effort, working to improve the facilities in District 86 by looking not just at the needs of the community today but what will serve the community best in the future,” said Board President Kay Gallo. “Now the Facilities Committee, with continued community input, can begin to identify and refine the projects for those next steps.”