Despite supply-chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the $15.3 million renovation of Hinsdale School should be completed by the time students return for the start of the school year at the end of August. The target to finish is mid to late July, giving staff and hired movers roughly a month to get all of the equipment and furniture installed by the time students return Aug. 31. School had been scheduled to open a week earlier for the 2022-23 school year, but that was pushed back to accommodate the move. Hinsdale has been closed since 2016. When the school district was under state oversight because of problems with special education and finances, a state-appointed administrator closed the school because of ongoing problems with mold and a declining enrollment.
Workers scamble to finish Hinsdale School before the first bell