District 88 installs Board of Education members

During the April 28 District 88 Board of Education meeting, the district installed returning/incumbent Board members Christine “Chris” Poirier, Diana Stout and Jean Taylor, who were elected during the April 1 Consolidated Election. District 88 Board of Education President Donna Craft Cain administered the Oaths of Office. To watch the presentation, click on the video above. 

Poirier is the parent of two District 88 graduates and sat on many school committees, including the Citizens Advisory Council, the Parent Transition-Reopening Committee, the Music Booster Club and the Willowbrook Parent Organization. She currently is on the board’s Addison Trail Citizens Advisory Council, Curriculum Council, Wellness Committee/Employee Recognition and represented the district this year as a Delegate for the Illinois Association of School Boards.

Stout is the parent of three District 88 graduates and also served as a member of the District 45 Board of Education for eight years. She participated in the Athletic Booster Club and the Willowbrook Parent Organization. Stout currently is on the board’s Willowbrook Citizens Advisory Council and Finance Committee and was recognized as an Established Board Leader by the Illinois Association of School Boards this year.

Taylor is the parent of two District 88 graduates and also is an alumna herself. She was part of the Willowbrook Parent Organization, the Athletic Booster Club and the Citizens Advisory Council. She also volunteered to help coordinate the Young Hearts for Life cardiac screenings at the school, as well as the Dennis Doyle 3-on-3 Classic District 88 Foundation Basketball Tournament. Taylor currently is on the board’s Willowbrook Citizens Advisory Council, Finance Committee and Policy Committee and has taken a leadership role with the District 88 Foundation.

Poirier, Stout and Taylor will join Board members Donna Craft Cain, Amy Finnegan, Gail Galivan and Dan Olson.

The following Officers were then elected for a two-year term (see the video above):

• President: Donna Craft Cain
  
  
• Vice President: Dan Olson
  
  
• Secretary: Christine “Chris” Poirier

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