Parents/guardians are expected to direct their children to go home immediately following the close of school or at the conclusion of any school function. Teachers and parents/guardians should discourage loitering. Parents/guardians are asked to cooperate with the school to enforce this rule.

Parents/guardians should notify the school office of transportation changes in advance, a minimum of one hour before dismissal.

Sometimes teachers may ask a student to stay after school. If a student is held after the end of the school day, parents/guardians will be contacted.

Parent Message to Students

If lunches or necessary school supplies are forgotten, parents may bring them to the school office and the student will be notified. Students will be given phone messages ONLY in case of an EMERGENCY. Parents should not contact students through cellphones or encourage students to contact them, as it disrupts the learning environment.

Phone Usage

Students may bring cell phones to school; however, they must remain turned off and may not be used in the school building unless under the direction of a teacher or administrator. This includes before school, after school, and at all extracurricular activities. Exceptions to this rule include if the phone is included in a student’s Individual Education Program or if the phone is needed in an emergency that threatens the safety of students, staff, or other individuals. If a student needs to call a parent or guardian, he or she may do so in the main office with the permission of school staff. Failure to adhere to these guidelines may result in the phone being taken away from the student until a parent/guardian comes to the school to retrieve it. Further violations of this policy may result in additional consequences.

Once a child reaches school, it is the school’s obligation to keep the student until dismissal. If a student becomes ill during the school day, the principal or their designee must excuse the student, and a parent or guardian will need to pick the child up.

If a student needs to be released from school for a dental or medical appointment during the day, the parent/guardian must come to the school office and sign out the child before the student is released. The parent/guardian must provide a driver’s license or photo ID in order to pick up the student. A note to the classroom teacher stating the time and reason for the release would be appreciated.

Schools dismiss early each Tuesday to provide time for staff in-service.

Students in Grades K-5 dismiss at 2:25 p.m.

Students in Grades 6-8 dismiss at 2 p.m.
 

For safety purposes, all visitors are required to enter the school through the main entrance (Door 1) and report to the office upon entering the building. All visitors must sign in, provide a driver’s license or photo ID to be scanned against a state database, and wear a visitor’s pass prior to exiting the office and throughout the duration of their stay at school. All visitors must return their visitor’s pass and sign out, and their ID will be returned before leaving the building.

• 211 DuPage (or dial 211 from your phone) 
• Access DuPage  
• Bensenville Community Public Library   
• College of DuPage  
• DuPage County Health Department 
• Hamdard Health Bensenville 
• La Familia Dental  
• Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services 
• Northeast DuPage Family Youth Services 
• People’s Resource Center
• YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
• Village of Bensenville
• Bensenville Park District
• Bensenville-Wood Dale Food Pantry

For more information, please contact BSD2 Community Center at Tioga School at 630-766-2602 ext. 4255 

The classroom is the best location to manage nearly all behavior issues. This approach permits all students to continue learning. To achieve this goal, teachers can call on other staff members for guidance and support. However, sometimes a student will be relocated to other building areas to manage a behavior issue. The teacher, the student and other staff will work together to return the student to the classroom as soon as possible and appropriate.

Detention

Student detentions may be used before, during, or after school as a corrective disciplinary measure. In the event of a detention, notices will be issued to parents/guardians. The teacher or school administrator will make prior arrangements with the parent/guardian for the student to serve a detention before or after school. The parent/guardian may be responsible for the student’s transportation.

The Board of Education defines gross disobedience or misconduct to include any behavior that is of such egregious nature as to constitute, on its face, gross disobedience or misconduct. Gross disobedience or misconduct also is any conduct, behavior, or activity, as defined by the Board of Education in its policies, that causes, or may reasonably cause, school authorities to forecast substantial injury or disruption or material interference with school-related activities or the rights of other students or school personnel, or the risk of same. Gross disobedience or misconduct may occur on school grounds, on a school bus, or at a school activity or activity reasonably related to school. It also may occur in a situation other than on school grounds or at a school-related activity, provided, however, that a reasonable relationship exists between the conduct of the student and a potential impact on the school, its processes, or its student environment. Gross disobedience and misconduct also shall include, but is not limited to, the following types of conduct and such other conduct as may be designated from time to time by policy of the Board of Education or the administration:

1. Using, possessing, distributing, purchasing, or selling tobacco or nicotine materials, e-cigarettes(whether or not containing tobacco or other substances),or vaping devices (whether or not containing tobacco or other substances).
2. Using, possessing, distributing, purchasing, or selling alcoholic beverages. Students who are under the influence of an alcoholic beverage are not permitted to attend school or school functions, and are treated as though they had alcohol in their possession.
3. Using, possessing*, distributing, purchasing, selling, or offering for sale:
   1. Any illegal drug or controlled substance, or cannabis (including marijuana, hashish, and medical cannabis unless the student is authorized to be administered a medical cannabis infused product under Ashley’s Law).
   2. Any anabolic steroid unless it is being administered in accordance with a physician’s or licensed practitioner’s prescription.
   3. Any performance-enhancing substance on the Illinois High School Association’s most current banned substance list unless administered in accordance with a physician’s or licensed practitioner’s prescription.
   4. Any prescription drug when not prescribed for the student by a physician or licensed practitioner, or when used in a manner inconsistent with the prescription or prescribing physician’s or licensed practitioner’s instructions. The use or possession of medical cannabis, even by a student for whom medical cannabis has been prescribed, is prohibited unless the student is authorized to be administered a medical cannabis infused product under Ashley’s Law.
   5. Any inhalant, regardless of whether it contains an illegal drug or controlled substance: (a) that a student believes is, or represents to be capable of, causing intoxication, hallucination, excitement, or dulling of the brain or nervous system; or (b) about which the student engaged in behavior that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the student intended the inhalant to cause intoxication, hallucination, excitement, or dulling of the brain or nervous system. The prohibition in this section does not apply to a student’s use of asthma or other legally prescribed inhalant medications.
   6. Any substance inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed, or otherwise ingested or absorbed with the intention of causing a physiological or psychological change in the body, including without limitation, pure caffeine in tablet or powdered form.
   7. “Look-alike” or counterfeit drugs, including a substance that is not prohibited by this policy, but one: (a) that a student believes to be, or represents to be, an illegal drug, controlled substance, or other substance that is prohibited by this policy; or (b) about which a student engaged in behavior that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the student expressly or impliedly represented to be an illegal drug, controlled substance, or other substance that is prohibited by this policy.
   8. Drug paraphernalia, including devices that are or can be used to: (a) ingest, inhale, or inject cannabis or controlled substances into the body; and (b) grow, process, store, or conceal cannabis or controlled substances.

Students who are under the influence of any prohibited substance are not permitted to attend school or school functions, and are treated as though they had the prohibited substance, as applicable, in their possession.

4. Using, possessing, controlling, or transferring a weapon as that term is defined in the Weapons section of Board of Education Policy, or violating the Weapons section of that policy.
5. Using or possessing an electronic paging device. Using a cellular telephone, video recording device, personal digital assistant (PDA), or other electronic device in any manner that disrupts the educational environment or violates the rights of others, including using the device to take photographs in locker rooms or bathrooms, cheat, or otherwise violate student conduct rules. Prohibited conduct specifically includes, without limitation, creating, sending, sharing, viewing, receiving, or possessing an indecent visual depiction of oneself or another person through the use of a computer, electronic communication device, or cellular phone. Unless otherwise banned under this policy or by the Building Principal, all electronic devices must be kept powered-off and out-of-sight during the regular school day unless: (a) the supervising teacher grants permission; (b) use of the device is provided in a student’s individualized education program (IEP); (c) it is needed in an emergency that threatens the safety of students, staff, or other individuals; or (d) as otherwise permitted by staff. 
6. Using or possessing a laser pointer unless under a staff member’s direct supervision and in the context of instruction.
7. Disobeying rules of student conduct or directives from staff members or school officials. Examples of disobeying staff directives include refusing a District staff member’s request to stop, present school identification, or submit to a search.
8. Engaging in academic dishonesty, including cheating, intentionally plagiarizing, wrongfully giving or receiving help during an academic examination, altering report cards, and wrongfully obtaining test copies or scores.
9. Engaging in hazing or any kind of bullying or aggressive behavior that does physical or psychological harm to a staff person or another student, or urging other students to engage in such conduct. Prohibited conduct specifically includes, without limitation, any use of violence, intimidation, force, noise, coercion, threats, stalking, harassment, sexual harassment, public humiliation, theft or destruction of property, retaliation, hazing, bullying, bullying using a school computer or a school computer network, or other comparable conduct.
10. Engaging in any sexual activity, including without limitation, offensive touching, sexual harassment, indecent exposure (including mooning), and sexual assault. This does not include the non-disruptive: (a) expression of gender or sexual orientation or preference, or (b) display of affection during non-instructional time.
11. Teen dating violence, as described in Board policy 7:185, Teen Dating Violence Prohibited. 
12. Causing or attempting to cause damage to, or stealing or attempting to steal, school property or another person’s personal property.
13. Entering school property or a school facility without proper authorization.
14. In the absence of a reasonable belief that an emergency exists, calling emergency responders (such as calling 911); signaling or setting off alarms or signals indicating the presence of an emergency; or indicating the presence of a bomb or explosive device on school grounds, school bus, or at any school activity.
15. Being absent without a recognized excuse; State law and School Board policy regarding truancy control will be used with chronic and habitual truants.
16. Being involved with any public school fraternity, sorority, or secret society, by: (a) being a member; (b) promising to join; (c) pledging to become a member; or (d) soliciting any other person to join, promise to join, or be pledged to become a member.
17. Being involved in gangs or gang-related activities, including displaying gang symbols or paraphernalia.
18. Violating any criminal law, including but not limited to, assault, battery, arson, theft, gambling, eavesdropping, vandalism, and hazing.
19. Making an explicit threat on an Internet website against a school employee, a student, or any school-related personnel if the Internet website through which the threat was made is a site that was accessible within the school at the time the threat was made or was available to third parties who worked or studied within the school grounds at the time the threat was made, and the threat could be reasonably interpreted as threatening to the safety and security of the threatened individual because of his or her duties or employment status or status as a student inside the school.
20. Operating an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) or drone for any purpose on school grounds or at any school event unless granted permission by the Superintendent or designee.
21. Engaging in any activity, on or off campus, that interferes with, disrupts, or adversely affects the school environment, school operations, or an educational function, including but not limited to, conduct that may reasonably be considered to: (a) be a threat or an attempted intimidation of a staff member; or (b) endanger the health or safety of students, staff, or school property. Examples of endangering health and safety include, but are not limited to, repeated failure during a declared health emergency to wear face coverings, maintain social distance, or practice other protective measures required by the District.

For purposes of this policy, the term “possession” includes having control, custody, or care, currently or in the past, of an object or substance, including situations in which the item is: (a) on the student’s person; (b) contained in another item belonging to, or under the control of, the student, such as in the student’s clothing, backpack, or automobile; (c) in a school’s student locker, desk, or other school property; or (d) at any location on school property or at a school-sponsored event.

Efforts, including the use of positive interventions and supports, shall be made to deter students, while at school or a school-related event, from engaging in aggressive behavior that may reasonably produce physical or psychological harm to someone else. The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that the parent/guardian of a student who engages in aggressive behavior is notified of the incident. The failure to provide such notification does not limit the Board’s authority to impose discipline, including suspension or expulsion, for such behavior.

No disciplinary action shall be taken against any student that is based totally or in part on the refusal of the student’s parent/guardian to administer or consent to the administration of psychotropic or psycho-stimulant medication to the student.

Any incident involving battery, firearms, or drugs shall immediately be reported to the police and the Student Incident Reporting System. In addition, if an administrator determines that any person is a clear and present danger to themselves or others, the administrator shall notify the State Police within 24 hours.

A suspension is an exclusion of a student from school and/or denial of educational services to which the student would be otherwise entitled, for a period not to exceed ten (10) consecutive school days. If a student is suspended due to gross disobedience or misconduct on a school bus, the student may be suspended from the bus in excess of ten (10) days for safety reasons.

In-School Suspension

Temporary exclusion of a student from a class or classes, with an opportunity to make up missed class work for credit.

Authority

In accordance with Section 10-22.6 of the Illinois School Code of Illinois, a school principal or appropriate designee shall have the authority to suspend students guilty of gross disobedience or misconduct with the exceptions noted in Section 4 of these Rules, and no action shall be taken against them for such suspension.

Due Process Procedures

The following preliminary procedures for suspension shall be observed:

• Before suspension, the student shall be given oral or written notice of the charges.
• If the student denies the charges, an opportunity shall be given to the student to present an explanation or evidence supporting their denial.
• The school principal shall make a decision and then inform the student if the suspension is to be imposed.

In accordance with previously stated rules concerning welfare and safety, students whose presence poses a continuing danger to persons or property or an ongoing threat of disrupting the academic process may be immediately removed from the school program. In such cases the requirements of notice and hearing set forth above shall follow as soon as practicable.

Immediately upon imposition of the suspension, the student and the parent/guardian of the student, shall receive oral and written notice of the following:

• The reason for the suspension, including a copy of the specific Rules and Regulations allegedly violated by the student.
• The beginning date and total number of days of the suspension.
• The right to a review of the suspension as set forth in Section III.

A request for a review hearing shall be submitted in writing within three (3) school days after receipt of the suspension notice. The review hearing will take place within five (5) days of the request or on a date mutually acceptable for all parties involved.

In all cases of suspension, the school principal shall not dismiss the suspended student from school until arrangements have been made with the student’s parents/guardians, or when school is dismissed for the day.

Review Hearing

A review hearing will take place with the Building Principal.

1. If the parent/guardian is not satisfied with the Building Principal response, they will be referred to the Superintendent.
2. The Superintendent will conduct a review.
3. The review hearing shall be conducted by the Board of Education or by a hearing officer appointed by the Board and will be held in executive session.
4. At the hearing, the student shall be afforded the following:
    
   1. The right to be represented by counsel (at the expense of the student or parents/guardians).
   2. The right to present evidence and call witnesses.
   3. A review of the evidence as contained in the summary of the suspension review/expulsion hearing conducted by a hearing officer shall be made by the Board of Education in executive session within ten (10) days of such hearing.

If the Board of Education finds in a hearing on the suspension of a student that the action was unjustified or unreasonable, the following procedures will be followed:

1. The student’s record will be expunged of all notations or remarks in regard to the suspension or expulsion.
2. The student’s absence(s) will be recorded as “excused.”
3. All educational opportunities and services missed by the student will be afforded. Tutoring will be provided for the number of days suspended, if deemed necessary by the administration.

The Explanation of Procedural Safeguards details the discipline guidelines for students with disabilities.

1. A student with a disability may be subject to exclusionary discipline for behavior which is not a manifestation of his or her disability.

2. If a student with a disability carries a weapon to school or a school function or knowingly possesses, uses, sells or solicits the sale of a controlled substance while at school or a school function, the student may be placed in an appropriate interim alternative educational setting for up to 45 calendar days.

Click here for Board Policy 6:135 - Accelerated Placement

Early Entrance to Kindergarten Requests

Purpose of Early Entrance to Kindergarten

As dictated by Illinois School Code, children enrolling in kindergarten in Bensenville School District 2 must be 5 years of age on or before September 1 of the year they are entering kindergarten.

District 2 recognizes that in select cases, children who demonstrate skills and maturity significantly higher than an average kindergarten student may benefit from beginning kindergarten prior to the typical age of 5. Early entrance to kindergarten is a form of whole-grade acceleration (Board Policy 6:135- Accelerated Placement Program). In order to be considered for early entrance into kindergarten, a student's fifth birthday must fall between September 2 and December 31 of the year they would be entering Kindergarten.

To accommodate these children, the District has outlined specific eligibility guidelines and procedures for early enrollment into kindergarten. Please note that there are no definitive criteria that guarantee a student will succeed in an early entrance environment. Rather, the District will consider several factors and work with families to determine the best choice for the student.

Even children who meet the guidelines for early placement into kindergarten may potentially face challenges stemming from their relative physical, social, or emotional immaturity. For these reasons, District 2 typically screens only a small number of children each year, with only a small number of those qualifying for early entrance.

Early Entrance to Kindergarten Procedures

1. Parents who wish to have a child considered for early entrance to kindergarten must complete an Application for Early Entrance to Kindergarten form including a parent questionnaire. An additional questionnaire is also filled out by the child’s current preschool teacher if enrolled in a preschool program.

Click here for the Application for Early Entrance to Kindergarten Program Parent Questionnaire.

Click here for the Application for Early Entrance to Kindergarten Program Preschool Teacher Questionnaire.

2. Parents must return the forms along with a certified copy of the child’s birth certificate to the school office by May 15. This deadline includes any families that may move into the District after this date. This deadline is necessary for the planning of class sections and securing the amount of staff needed to meet the needs of all students.
    
3. After turning in the completed forms to the school office prior to May 15, the parents will be contacted by the office staff to make an appointment to meet with the principal of the school the child will attend to discuss potential early entrance.
    
4. District 2 will administer an initial screening exam. Parents will receive feedback on the test results. The District will use the following portions of the Illinois Snapshots of Early Literacy (ISEL) and the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS) assessments to gather the early screener data:
    
   1. Early Literacy: Comprehension of Kindergarten-ready text, letter-name recognition, letter-sound correspondence, phonological awareness, and emergent writing skills
   2. Math: Number sense (oral counting), number sense (object counting) add and subtract small quantities of objects, and knowledge of shapes and characteristics
       
5. The Director of Teaching & Learning, the school principal, the MTSS & Assessment Coordinator, and the Curriculum Coordinator will serve as the Early Entrance Request Team that will consider the completed surveys and assessments, and will then make a determination as to readiness. 
    
6. After completion of the testing, parents will receive a phone call from the Director of Teaching & Learning to review the test results and discuss eligibility. Please know that if the request is denied, the data will be shared with your child’s kindergarten teacher to ensure that they are challenged based on their current levels.
    
7. The early entrance team will issue the final decision.

No fees are charged for registration or field trips.

Items at additional costs include:

Elementary: 

• Band instrument rental (Grade 5)

Middle School

• Student agenda, lanyard, and ID
• Physical education uniform
• Calculator
• Band instrument rental (Grades 6-8)

Pay for school fees online

You can pay school fees online at www.bsd2.org/fees. We accept Discover, Mastercard, or Visa. RevTrak, a national credit card payment processor, provides you the simple security and convenience of making online payments for your food service, athletic fees, and more—all in one location. You will need your Student ID number to set up an account.

Click here to visit the BSD2 Web Store.

Waiver of Fees

Families may be eligible to have fees waived if any of the following conditions are met:

• The student's household meets the same income guidelines that are used for the federal free meals program.
• A parent or guardian is a veteran or active-duty personnel with income below a certain guideline.
• The student is homeless.
• The family can otherwise establish an inability to afford payment of the fees.

Application forms for student fee waivers are available in the principal’s office, and are linked below:

Click here for the English fee waiver form.

Click here for the Spanish fee waiver form.

Completed forms should be submitted to the principal. Any inquiries should be directed to the principal of your child’s school. The use of false information to obtain a waiver is a felony under Illinois law.

If Your Child Will NOT Be Returning Next Year

If your child will not be returning to Bensenville School District 2 next year, please complete the moving form below, and we will then prepare your child’s transfer paperwork and send it home in the last week of school.

Click here for the Moving Form.

If Your Child Will NOT Be Returning Next Year

If your child will not be returning to Bensenville School District 2 next year, please complete the moving form below, and we will then prepare your child’s transfer paperwork and send it home in the last week of school.

• Click here for the Moving Form.

Online registration for students returning to Bensenville School District 2 for the 2024-2025 school year will begin Wednesday, April 3, and conclude Friday, April 19. It will be conducted through the District's new PowerSchool student information system, and it will require parents to create PowerSchool Parent Portal account. 

Please follow the instructions below to create your PowerSchool Parent Portal account and complete your child’s registration.

STEP 1: Registering for the 2024-2025 school year

You must log in to your Power School Parent Portal account in order to register. If you do not know the username or email address linked to your Parent Portal account, please contact your child's school.

1. Go to bsd2.powerschool.com
2. In the “Sign In” tab, select a language, enter your login information, and click “Sign In.”
3. Names of students linked to your account will be listed across the top of the page. Click the name of the student you want to register.
4. Click the “Forms” icon in the “Navigation” menu on the left side of the page.
5. Click the “2024-2025 Online Registration” link.
6. Update the “Student Information” section as necessary.
7. Answer to the four questions in the “Parent/Guardian/Emergency Contact” section. 
8. Update the “Parent/Guardian and Emergency Contacts” section as necessary.
9. Review the“Current Medical Conditions” and add any necessary updates in the box below. 
10. Update the information listed for your family doctor and dentist as necessary.
11. Enter your name in the “Signature of Parent or Guardian” section and click the “Submit” button to complete your registration. 

NOTE: Each student returning to District 2 next year must be registered. To register another student, click their name in the blue bar at the top of the page and repeat Step 2. 

STEP 2: Linking additional students to your account

If the student you want to register is not listed across the top of your Parent Portal homepage, the student has not been linked to your account. Follow these instructions to link the student to your account.

1. Click the “Account Preferences” icon in the “Navigation” menu on the left side of the page. 
2. Click the “Students” tab in the “Account Preferences - Profile” section.
3. Click the “Add” button.
4. Enter the information required to connect the student to your account. The student’s  Access ID and Password must be entered exactly as it is listed in their registration letter. If you do not have this information, please contact your child’s school.

Click here for Physical, Vision & Dental Examination Forms.

Your child must meet certain health requirements under Illinois law. These laws are adopted to protect your child’s health and the health of the entire community.

The requirements are:

• Pre-School: (1) Health examination on the appropriate state form, including screening for lead, TB and diabetes. (2) Proof of updated immunizations. Your health care provider should review the immunization records to ensure the required immunizations are up to date.
   
• Kindergarten: (1) Health examination on the appropriate state form, including screening for lead, TB and diabetes. (2) Proof of updated immunizations. (3) Proof of Dental exam. (4) Proof of Vision exam. Your health care provider should review the immunization records to ensure the required immunizations are up to date.
   
• First Grade: No new items needed unless you have been notified by the school health office. If attending a public school for the first time, students must present proof of: (1) Health examination on the appropriate state form, including screening for TB and diabetes. (2) Proof of updated immunizations. (3) Proof of Dental exam. (4) Proof of Vision exam. Your health care provider should review the immunization records to ensure the required immunizations are up to date.
   
• Second Grade: Proof of Dental Exam. No other items needed unless you have been notified by the school health office.
   
• Third, Fourth and Fifth Grades: No new items needed unless you have been notified by the school health office.
   
• Sixth Grade: (1) Health examination on the appropriate state form including screening for TB and diabetes. (2) Proof of updated immunizations. (3) Proof of Dental exam.   Your health care provider should review the immunization records to ensure the required immunizations are up to date.
   
• Seventh and Eighth Grades: No new items needed unless you have been notified by the school health office.

• Transfer students: Proof of required child health examination on the appropriate state form and proof of updated immunizations within 7 days of registration.  Proof of a vision exam is required of all students entering an Illinois school for the first time.
   
• Sports:  Students participating in sports need to have a yearly sports physical (IHSA forms are available from the coach, school nurse or your doctor). The sports physical is not acceptable as the required child health examination form required for enrollment, but the required health examination form is acceptable for both mandated requirement and sports if the area interscholastic sports is marked yes.

Click here for the sports physical form.

Your child’s school year will start best if required information/forms are provided to your child’s home school before the start of the school year.

If you have any questions or need resources, please contact the health office at your child's school for information.

Health Examination & Immunization Data

On or before December 1 of each year, the school district makes publicly available the immunization data they are required to submit to the State Board of Education by November 15. Immunization data made publicly available must be identical to the data the school district or school has reported to the State Board of Education.

Click here for the District's latest health examination and immunization data.

Students are expected to use Chromebooks and other electronic devices as instructed by their teacher or an administrator.  Students and parents/guardians are required to sign an electronic network user agreement that outlines student privileges for the Internet. Use of passwords or usernames other than one’s own is strictly prohibited and will result in the loss of privileges. 

Internet

The Internet is used in the instructional program to facilitate resource sharing, innovation, and communication. Students in Grades K-8 also use assigned Chromebooks. Students and their parent(s)/guardian(s) must sign and agree to the conditions set forth in the District’s Authorization for Internet Access form. 

Click here for the Authorization for Internet Access form.

Students are responsible for all of their personal belongings. Students should clearly mark all of their personal belongings. In case of loss, students should check their desks, backpacks, lockers, classrooms, and “Lost and Found”. Students are responsible for lost textbooks and library books. If these books are not found within a reasonable time as determined by teachers or the office, a form will be mailed home with a bill for replacing the missing book(s).

The District encourages parent/guardian involvement in school. Parents/guardians are urged to support the work of their school’s Parent-Teacher Organization through membership and attendance at meetings PTO programs deal with the development and education of children. In addition PTO meetings give parents/guardians the opportunity to meet teachers and other parents, and learn more about their child’s school program. Consult your school’s PTO for meeting dates. 

All parents/guardians who volunteer in the school or for field trips are subject to background checks and are required to wear a visitor’s badge for the duration of the event.

The District provides all school supplies except gym clothes, backpacks, and calculators for the 2023-2024 school year. All supplies will be distributed to classrooms before students arrive.

Students' Responsibilities

To assure the best environment for learning, students are expected to:

• Know and follow behavior expectations and instructions given by principals, teachers, and all other staff members.
• Tell staff members about any dangerous behavior or bullying that occurs at school, on the way to and from school, at extracurricular activities, or that could affect the school community.
• Bring to school only those materials that are allowed.
• Exhibit citizenship that displays respect for the rights of all members of the school community. 
• Maintain high standards of courtesy, respect, care, language, and honesty.
• Attend all classes on time and prepared.
• Respect school and personal property, have pride in their work, and strive for high achievement.
• Complete all assignments on time.
• Cooperate and work to the best of their abilities.
• Maintain an appearance, including dress and hygiene, that does not disrupt the educational process or compromise standards of health and safety.

Students' Rights

Each student has the following rights to the extent afforded by law:

• To learn in an atmosphere free from partiality, prejudice, and unnecessary distraction.
• To express viewpoints courteously and calmly.
• To be informed of satisfactory and unsatisfactory performances as they occur.
• To be treated in a courteous and respectful manner regardless of race, religion, ethnic or economic background, gender, or handicap.
• To learn in a safe and healthy environment
• To be free from discrimination and harassment or intimidation by another student or District employee based upon a student’s gender, color, race, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or other protected group status.

Student Behavior Guidelines

In general, a student’s behavior at school, at school-related activities, and while traveling to and from school and school-related activities, is expected to reflect the following:

• Conduct which considers the rights of others.
• Respect for other persons and their property.
• Compliance with school rules and regulations, and the provisions of law.

These expectations apply to students at all times during the school day, while on school and District property, while traveling to and from school, at any school-related event, and while using the District’s network or District-issued devices. 

These expectations also apply outside of school if the behavior disrupts or may disrupt the educational process or safe operation of school. This includes behavior on social networking websites that disrupts or may disrupt the educational process or safe operation of the school.

Unacceptable student behavior includes, but is not limited to the behaviors that are listed within the Disciplinary Procedures.

Parent/Guardian Responsibilities

To reinforce expected student behavior, parents/guardians have the responsibility to:

• Ensure that any family members involved in the students' education are aware of all parent/guardian responsibilities and rights.
• Provide current telephone numbers where they can be reached in an emergency, and to notify the school immediately if a telephone number or address changes.
• Provide and update school staff with current names and telephone numbers of emergency contacts in the event they cannot be reached.
• For the student’s safety, promptly report the reason for any absence or tardiness to school staff.
• Ensure their child is in daily attendance as well as adheres to the students’ specific arrival and dismissal times. 
• Provide supplies, time, place, supervision, and encouragement for their child’s home study. 
• Ensure their child completes homework, is ready to learn, and is properly prepared for daily school expectations. 
• Discuss assignments, report cards, and other school communications with their child.
• Maintain regular communication with their school concerning their child’s progress and behavior.
• Encourage citizenship that displays respect for the rights of all members of the school community.
• Cooperate with staff in modifying the child’s behavior when necessary.
• Comply with all school and District policies, procedures and rules when on campus, including, but not limited to, obeying all traffic signs while at and on school property and when present for extracurricular activities.

Parent/Guardian Rights

Parents/guardians have the right to:

• Expect their child to be treated fairly and with respect.
• Expect their child to develop personal and educational skills in a classroom environment that fosters positive self-esteem.
• Be informed on a regular basis of their child’s academic and behavioral progress, both positive and negative.
• Be informed of available counseling services and their rights to due process.
• Expect individual differences to be recognized and respected.
• Expect their child to be taught in a safe environment conducive to learning.
• Receive partnership and support of teachers and staff members.
• Have confidentiality in student records respected as provided by law.

Staff Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of District 2’s professional staff to:

• Act as role models for their students by promoting and exhibiting high personal standards of courtesy, respect, care, language, and honesty.
• Model and positively reinforce school-wide expectations in all interactions (for example, responsibility, respect, safety).
• Design and deliver an effective instructional program that meets the needs of students and maintains high expectations for all.
• Implement positive behavior management procedures that facilitate a safe learning environment. 
• Communicate and work collaboratively with social-emotional learning staff and administration to respond to student social-emotional learning, behavior, and health needs.
• Supporting a culture that values two-way communication with parents/guardians.
• Communicate with parents/guardians about student progress and behavior.
• Maintain and preserve confidential student information as provided by law.
• Adhere to the guidelines outlined in this booklet.

Staff Rights

• Each staff member has the right to:
• Work in an atmosphere free of physical, psychological, and verbal abuse.
• Expect their personal property to be respected.
• Receive the cooperation and the individual attention of every student.
• Receive the cooperation and support of parents/guardians.
• Have the assistance and cooperation of other staff members.
• Employ reasonable actions as needed to prevent injury to themselves or another person, or damage to property.

Students should not bring dangerous or inappropriate items to school. Suspension or expulsion or other discipline may result. Prohibited items include: 

1. Using, possessing, distributing, purchasing, or selling tobacco or nicotine materials, e-cigarettes(whether or not containing tobacco or other substances),or vaping devices (whether or not containing tobacco or other substances).
2. Using, possessing, distributing, purchasing, or selling alcoholic beverages. Students who are under the influence of an alcoholic beverage are not permitted to attend school or school functions, and are treated as though they had alcohol in their possession.
3. Using, possessing*, distributing, purchasing, selling, or offering for sale:
   1. Any illegal drug or controlled substance, or cannabis (including marijuana, hashish, and medical cannabis unless the student is authorized to be administered a medical cannabis infused product under Ashley’s Law).
   2. Any anabolic steroid unless it is being administered in accordance with a physician’s or licensed practitioner’s prescription.
   3. Any performance-enhancing substance on the Illinois High School Association’s most current banned substance list unless administered in accordance with a physician’s or licensed practitioner’s prescription.
   4. Any prescription drug when not prescribed for the student by a physician or licensed practitioner, or when used in a manner inconsistent with the prescription or prescribing physician’s or licensed practitioner’s instructions. The use or possession of medical cannabis, even by a student for whom medical cannabis has been prescribed, is prohibited unless the student is authorized to be administered a medical cannabis infused product under Ashley’s Law.
   5. Any inhalant, regardless of whether it contains an illegal drug or controlled substance: (a) that a student believes is, or represents to be capable of, causing intoxication, hallucination, excitement, or dulling of the brain or nervous system; or (b) about which the student engaged in behavior that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the student intended the inhalant to cause intoxication, hallucination, excitement, or dulling of the brain or nervous system. The prohibition in this section does not apply to a student’s use of asthma or other legally prescribed inhalant medications.
   6. Any substance inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed, or otherwise ingested or absorbed with the intention of causing a physiological or psychological change in the body, including without limitation, pure caffeine in tablet or powdered form.
   7. “Look-alike” or counterfeit drugs, including a substance that is not prohibited by this policy, but one: (a) that a student believes to be, or represents to be, an illegal drug, controlled substance, or other substance that is prohibited by this policy; or (b) about which a student engaged in behavior that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the student expressly or impliedly represented to be an illegal drug, controlled substance, or other substance that is prohibited by this policy.
   8. Drug paraphernalia, including devices that are or can be used to: (a) ingest, inhale, or inject cannabis or controlled substances into the body; and (b) grow, process, store, or conceal cannabis or controlled substances.
      
      Students who are under the influence of any prohibited substance are not permitted to attend school or school functions, and are treated as though they had the prohibited substance, as applicable, in their possession.
       
4. Using, possessing, controlling, or transferring a weapon as that term is defined in the Weapons section of Board of Education Policy, or violating the Weapons section of that policy.
5. Using or possessing an electronic paging device. Using a cellular telephone, video recording device, personal digital assistant (PDA), or other electronic device in any manner that disrupts the educational environment or violates the rights of others, including using the device to take photographs in locker rooms or bathrooms, cheat, or otherwise violate student conduct rules. Prohibited conduct specifically includes, without limitation, creating, sending, sharing, viewing, receiving, or possessing an indecent visual depiction of oneself or another person through the use of a computer, electronic communication device, or cellular phone. Unless otherwise banned under this policy or by the Building Principal, all electronic devices must be kept powered-off and out-of-sight during the regular school day unless: (a) the supervising teacher grants permission; (b) use of the device is provided in a student’s individualized education program (IEP); (c) it is needed in an emergency that threatens the safety of students, staff, or other individuals; or (d) as otherwise permitted by staff. 
6. Using or possessing a laser pointer unless under a staff member’s direct supervision and in the context of instruction.

Child sexual abuse, grooming behaviors, and boundary violations harm students, their parent/guardian, the District’s environment, its school communities, and the community at large, while diminishing a student’s ability to learn.

Warning Signs of Child Sexual Abuse

Warning signs of child sexual abuse include the following.

Physical signs:

• Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or other genital infections
• Signs of trauma to the genital area, such as unexplained bleeding, bruising, or blood on the sheets, underwear, or other clothing
• Unusual weight gain or loss

Behavioral signs:

• Excessive talk about or knowledge of sexual topics
• Keeping secrets
• Not talking as much as usual
• Not wanting to be left alone with certain people or being afraid to be away from primary caregivers
• Regressive behaviors or resuming behaviors that the child had grown out of, such as thumb sucking or bedwetting
• Overly compliant behavior
• Sexual behavior that is inappropriate for the child’s age
• Spending an unusual amount of time alone
• Trying to avoid removing clothing to change or bathe

Emotional signs:

• Change in eating habits or unhealthy eating patterns, like loss of appetite or excessive eating
• Signs of depression, such as persistent sadness, lack of energy, changes in sleep or appetite, withdrawing from normal activities, or feeling “down”
• Change in mood or personality, such as increased aggression
• Decrease in confidence or self-image
• Anxiety, excessive worry, or fearfulness
• Increase in unexplained health problems such as stomach aches and headaches
• Loss or decrease in interest in school, activities, and friends
• Nightmares or fear of being alone at night
• Self-harming behaviors or expressing thoughts of suicide or suicidal behavior
• Failing grades
• Drug or alcohol use

At the school’s discretion, classroom parties may be held on certain holidays and special occasions. Due to allergy concerns, food will not be allowed at class parties. 

Halloween

Students are permitted to wear costumes on Halloween as long as their attire complies with the student appearance policy and meets the following set of expectations for a school setting:  

• Children should not wear bloody, gruesome, or especially scary costumes. Fake blood is not allowed.
• Actual weapons, look-alike weapons, toy weapons or weapon-like objects are not allowed.
• Masks that cover the face and head should not be worn during the  school day -- only during costume parades. 
• Costume make-up is allowed if it does not cover the student’s entire face. Staff members must be able to identify students.
• Costumes that could be offensive or perpetuate a stereotype about someone’s culture, gender, heritage or religion are not allowed. 

Alternative activities will be available for students whose parents/guardians do not want their children to participate in Halloween celebrations.

Birthdays

Treats provided in celebration of a child’s birthday must be non-edible. The classroom teacher will determine the best time to distribute them. If you are planning a party for your child at home, please do not distribute invitations at school. 

The Bensenville Police Department and the Board of Education provide adult crossing guards. Students are instructed to cross streets at designated points.

Parents of students that students that typically take the bus need to contact the office to inform the school of any transportation change (example: riding a bike, walking).

The school is not responsible if a bicycle or any other item used to ride to school is stolen.

All District 2 staff will have professional and appropriate relationships with students that respect employee-student boundaries. You can read more about this in Board Policy 5-120, available online or from any school or District office. You can always contact your school’s principal or the District office if you have questions about your student’s relationship to any staff member.
 

Illinois public schools are required to provide from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade with age-appropriate personal safety awareness and prevention education. Lessons have been carefully developed to comply with this requirement to provide developmentally sensitive and appropriate training for our students. Additionally, staff receive annual professional development on this topic. Parents/guardians will also be provided with resources and information annually.

The district provides 5 days advance notice to parents prior to offering any class or course in recognizing and avoiding sexual abuse to pupils in grades kindergarten through 8th grade. The district provides that such pupils shall not be required to take the course if their parent/guardian submits a written objection.

Fire and disaster drills are carefully planned at each school. Students frequently practice the drills so they become familiar with the routines. The schools collaborate with Bensenville police, fire, and emergency management in planning for disaster drills.

District 2 practices integrated pest management, a program that combines preventative techniques, chemical pest control methods, and the appropriate use of pesticides with a preference for products that are the least harmful to human health and the environment. The term “pesticide” includes insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, and fungicides.

District 2 maintains a registry of people who wish to be notified prior to pesticide applications. Contact your school to be included in this registry.

Students may bring cellphones to school; however, they must remain turned off, and may not be used in the school building unless under the direction of a teacher or administrator. This includes before and after school, and at all extracurricular activities. 

Exceptions to this rule include if the phone is included in a student’s Individual Education Program or if the phone is needed in an emergency that threatens the safety of students, staff, or other individuals. If a student needs to call a parent or guardian, he or she may do so in the main office with the permission of school staff.

Failure to adhere to these guidelines may result in the phone being taken away from the student until a parent/guardian comes to school to retrieve it. Further violations of this policy may result in additional consequences.

Taking Photos & Videos

Taking photos or recording video of an individual without their consent is prohibited, and will result in disciplinary action. Cellphones with photographic capabilities are not allowed in locker rooms or washrooms. 

Sexting

Sexting is the sending of sexually explicit messages or images by cell phone, and is unacceptable behavior prohibited in school.

Calling Parents/Guardians

If a student needs to call a parent/guardian, they may do so in the main office with the permission of school staff. 

Emergency Calls

Students may use their cellphones in an emergency that threatens the safety of students, staff, or other individuals.

If there is severe weather at or near dismissal, students will be kept until the danger has passed, and parents/guardians will be notified via emergency emails, text messages, and/or phone calls sent through the District’s mass notification system.

Law enforcement assists school officials in screening individuals who come in contact with students at school or school events.School officials are prohibited by law from releasing this information, but parents/guardians may receive information regarding child sex offenders registered in the area through the Illinois State Police website at www.isp.state.il.us.

Any person, including a District employee or agent, or student, engages in sexual harassment whenever they make sexual advances, request sexual favors, and engage in other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual or sex-based nature, imposed on the basis of sex, that:

1. Denies or limits the provision of educational aid, benefits, services, or treatment; or that makes such conduct a condition of a student’s academic status; or
2. Has the purpose or effect of:
   1. Substantially interfering with a student’s educational environment;
   2. Creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational environment;
   3. Depriving a student of educational aid, benefits, services, or treatment; or
   4. Making submission to or rejection of such conduct the basis for academic decisions affecting a student.

The terms “intimidating,” “hostile,” and “offensive” include conduct that has the effect of humiliation, embarrassment, or discomfort.

Students, who believe they are victims of sexual harassment, or have witnessed sexual harassment, are encouraged to discuss the matter with the Student Non-Discrimination Coordinator, principal, assistant principal, or a complaint manager. Students may choose to report to a person of their same sex. Complaints will be kept confidential to the extent possible given the need to investigate. Students who make good-faith complaints will not be disciplined. An allegation that one student was sexually harassed by another student will be referred to the principal or assistant principal for appropriate action.

Teen Dating Violence

Teen dating violence occurs whenever a student age 13-19 threatens to use physical, mental, or emotional abuse to control an individual in a dating relationship; or uses or threatens to use sexual violence in adating relationship. This behavior is prohibited by any person, including a District employee or agent, or student, at school, on school property, at school-sponsored activities, or in vehicles used for school-provided transportation.

Non-Discrimination Coordinator

Anne Paonessa
apaonessa@bsd2.org 
630-766-5940 ext. 1105
BSD2 Educational Administration Center
210 S. Church Road, Bensenville, IL 60106     

Complaint Managers

Anne Paonessa
apaonessa@bsd2.org 
630-766-5940 ext. 1105
BSD2 Educational Administration Center
210 S. Church Road, Bensenville, IL 60106       

Dustin Berman
dberman@bsd2.org
630-766-5940 ext. 1107
BSD2 Educational Administration Center
210 S. Church Road, Bensenville, IL 6010

School officials may not require a student or their parent/guardian to provide a password or other related account information to gain access to the student’s account or profile on a social networking website.

School officials may conduct an investigation or require a student to cooperate in an investigation if there is specific information about activity on a student’s account on a social networking website that violates a school disciplinary rule or policy. In the course of an investigation, the student may be required to share reported content to allow school officials to make a factual determination.

Board Policy 7:15 - Student and Family Privacy Rights outlines students’ and parents’/guardians’ rights related to the following:

• Surveys requesting personal information from students, as well as any other instrument used to collect personal information from students
• Parental review of any instructional material used as part of their child’s educational curriculum 
• Non-emergency, invasive physical examination or screening as a condition of school attendance.
• Prohibition of the sale or marketing of students’ personal information

Personal Information

School personnel will not disclose the identity of any student who completes any survey or evaluation containing any of the following:

• Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian.
• Mental or psychological problems of the student or the student’s family.
• Behavior or attitudes about sex.
• Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior.
• Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom students have close family relationships.
• Legally-recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those with lawyers, physicians, and ministers.
• Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian.
• Income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such program)

Reviewing & Opting Out of Student Surveys

Parents/guardians can, without penalty, review and/or opt not to allow their children to participate in any student survey requesting personal information. To do so, please contact your child's school.

Students are required to have their student identification with them at all times. If asked, a student should be able to present their student identification. Failure to produce student identification may result in disciplinary action. Students without an ID will be the last to receive lunch in the cafeteria, as the process is delayed when students are without their IDs. Replacement IDs may be purchased for a small cash fee in the Student Center. A limited number of replacement IDs will be provided before an office referral may be issued.

Students will use educational websites in the classroom that will sometimes use their name or other login information to track their work.

Many of these websites are subject to the Illinois’ Student Online Personal Protection Act, or SOPPA (105 ILCS 85/). Educational technology vendors and other entities that operate Internet websites, online services, online applications, or mobile applications that are designed, marketed, and primarily used for K-12 school purposes are referred to in SOPPA as operators. SOPPA is intended to ensure that student data collected by operators is protected, and it requires those vendors, as well as school districts and the Illinois State Board of Education, to take a number of actions to protect online student data.

Depending upon the particular educational technology being used, the District may need to collect different types of student data and share it with educational technology vendors through their online sites, services, and/or applications. Under SOPPA, educational technology vendors are prohibited from selling or renting students’ information, or from engaging in targeted advertising using their information. Such vendors may only disclose student data for K-12 school purposes and other limited purposes permitted under the law.

In general terms, the types of student data that may be collected and shared include personally identifiable information (PII) about students or information that can be linked to PII about students, such as:

• Basic identifying information, including student or parent/guardian name and student or parent/guardian contact information, username/password, student ID number
• Demographic information
• Enrollment information
• Assessment data, grades, and transcripts
• Attendance and class schedule
• Academic/extracurricular activities
• Special indicators (disability information, English language learner, free/reduced-price meals, or homeless/foster care status)
• Conduct/behavioral data
• Health information
• Food purchases
• Transportation information
• In-application performance data
• Student-generated work
• Online communications
• Application metadata and use statistics
• Permanent and temporary school student record information 

Operators may collect and use student data only for K-12 purposes that aid in the administration of school activities, such as:

• Instruction in the classroom or at home (including remote learning)
• Administrative activities
• Collaboration between students, school personnel, and/or parents/guardians
• Other activities that are for the use and benefit of the District
   

To assess possible safety threats, whether to students, staff or property, the District uses a Student Safety Assessment System developed from recommendations by the U.S. Secret Service and Department of Education. Contact your school for more information on the District’s procedures for student safety and threat assessment. 

In accordance with Illinois law, students have no expectation of privacy in school property and equipment owned or controlled by the school, or in any personal effects left in those places. Student lockers are school property. School authorities may inspect and search places and areas, including, but not limited to, lockers, desks, and parking lots, as well as any personal effects left therein, without notice to or consent of the student, and without a search warrant. 

The superintendent may request the assistance of law enforcement officials to conduct inspections and searches of lockers, desks, parking lots, and other school property and equipment for illegal drugs, weapons, or other illegal or dangerous substances or materials, including searches conducted through the use of specially trained dogs.

Security cameras are installed in some hallways and at all exterior doors at all schools. If they capture disciplinary actions, the recordings may be used for internal review practices only.

• Title I Parents' Right to Know Policy
• TItle I Parents' Right to Know Notification Letter (English)
• TItle I Parents' Right to Know Notification Letter (Spanish)
• Title I Schoolwide Program Plan for Tioga School (Spring 2016)
• Title I Schoolwide Program Plan for W.A. Johnson School (Spring 2016)

Title I funds are used on a school-wide basis at all three schools to upgrade the schools’ educational programs. Title I is not a stand-alone program, but is coordinated with other District, state and federal programs to drive improved achievement in the schools. Title I funds provide additional student programs, extensive professional development for teachers, and a variety of parent and family programs.

These are some of the opportunities provided to parents/guardians to become involved in their child’s education:

• Surveys asking parents/guardians to determine their input on the effectiveness of the program.
• Meetings with teachers and other effective communications via telephone calls, e-mail, newsletters, personal contact, and letters.
• The Title I Parent Orientation meeting held at the start of the school year. At this meeting, parents/guardians will receive a copy of parent-involvement activities and policy. A Parent-School Compact will also be distributed. 

All parents and guardians have the right to request the professional qualifications of the teachers who instruct your child and the paraprofessionals, if any, who assist them. You may request the following information about each of your child’s classroom teachers and their paraprofessional assistants, if any:

• Whether the teacher has met Illinois qualification and licensing criteria;
• Whether the teacher is teaching under an emergency permit or other provisional status by which state licensing criteria have been waived;
• Whether the teacher is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher.
• Whether any instructional aides or paraprofessionals provide services to your child and, if so, their qualifications.

Please contact the school office to receive this information.