This District 86 Teacher Not Wanted Back

HINSDALE, IL — Earlier this month, the Hinsdale High School District 86 board entered a resignation agreement with Central math teacher Julie Saller. But no one discussed the reasons for the pact.

Through a public records request, Patch obtained the document.

Saller's last day with the district is May 21, which is the last day of school.

Under the agreement, Saller will have no rights to re-employment with the district and is barred from applying for any position.

If the district receives inquiries from any of Saller's prospective employers, it will say it accepted Saller's resignation April 8, according to the agreement.

If the district is asked by a prospective employer whether it would rehire Saller, it would say it would not, the agreement said.

Following the district's agreement with the teachers union, Saller is set to get health and dental insurance through Aug. 31.

The agreement states that Saller, "after careful consideration and of her own volition, decided it is in her best interest to resign from employment" with the district.

Patch left an emailed message for comment with Saller, a tenured teacher.

The school board unanimously approved the agreement.

Patch is seeking records showing the reasoning behind the agreement.

Last April, the Hinsdalean newspaper interviewed Saller in the first weeks of the pandemic, when classes were held remotely.

She told the newspaper that handling the teaching of courses such as algebra and calculus was daunting enough in those first weeks. She said her secondary role was helping colleagues set up their remote learning environments.

"I was very overwhelmed the first couple of weeks," she told the Hinsdalean. "I was constantly fielding emails and phone calls."