Resignation Pact With Central Teacher Approved

HINSDALE, IL — The Hinsdale School District 86 board approved a resignation agreement for a Hinsdale Central math teacher on Thursday night.

The agreement was with Julie Saller, a tenured teacher.

The board did not discuss the agreement, which was not among the documents in the meeting agenda.

The agenda item did not include Saller's name; school board President Kevin Camden revealed it just before the board's vote.

The vote for the agreement was unanimous. Patch has filed a public records request for the agreement and any documents indicating the reasoning behind the resignation.

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."