During a District 88 Board of Education Special Meeting on April 29, the district installed new Board members (from left): Diana Stout, Jean Taylor and Christine Poirier. who were elected during the April 6 Consolidated Election. They also were recognized during the Addison Community Inauguration Ceremony on April 29.
During a District 88 Board of Education Special Meeting on April 29, the district installed new Board members Christine Poirier, Jean Taylor and Diana Stout, who were elected during the April 6 Consolidated Election. They also were recognized during the Addison Community Inauguration Ceremony on April 29.
District 88 Board of Education President Donna Craft Cain administered the Oaths of Office.
The following Officers were then elected for a two-year term:
• President: Donna Craft Cain
• Vice President: Daniel Olson
• Secretary: Amy Finnegan
More about Christine Poirier
Christine Poirier is the mother of an alumna and a current student at Willowbrook. She has been active on many school committees, including the Citizens Advisory Council, the Parent Transition/Reopening Committee, the Willowbrook Music Booster Club and the Willowbrook Parent Organization. Her goals include supporting the district’s efforts to maximize opportunities made available to all students and to support diversity, equity and inclusion in District 88.
More about Jean Taylor
Jean Taylor is the parent of two Willowbrook graduates and also is an alumna herself. She has served on the Willowbrook Parent Organization, the Willowbrook Athletic Booster Club and the Willowbrook Citizens Advisory Council. She also has volunteered to help coordinate the Young Hearts for Life cardiac screenings at the district, as well as the Dennis Doyle 3-on-3 Classic District 88 Foundation Basketball Tournament. Her focus is to ensure the district keeps its academic standards at a high level through growing and strengthening community partnerships and mentor programs and working with local institutions of higher learning to offer more instruction that will benefit students after graduation.
More about Diana Stout
Diana Stout is the parent of a Willowbrook graduate and two current Willowbrook students and has served as a member of the District 45 Board of Education for the past eight years. She participates in the Willowbrook Athletic Booster Club and the Willowbrook Parent Organization. Last year, she directed the school’s Talent Show and mentored District 88 students in a lunch group called Empower Hour. She looks forward to working with fellow Board members to hear the needs of students, parents, teachers and community members and as one voice developing an action plan that could and should change based on new, relevant information, as well as offering solutions that come from thoughtful consideration, sound research and empathy for all involved.
Poirier, Taylor and Stout will join Board members Donna Craft Cain, Amy Finnegan, Lisa Knauf and Dan Olson. They also were recognized during the Addison Community Inauguration Ceremony on April 29.
