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The 2011-12 school year starts Thursday, August 18, 2011.

Several important changes have been implemented for the 2011-12 school year. Please read this information carefully to ensure your students are prepared for the new school year. (Click on the bold links for more information...)

• School Year Calendar: The 2011-12 school is scheduled to both start and end earlier than in recent years. This change was made so that the semester can end before winter break starts. Now, high school students won't have to return from two weeks of vacation, review for a week or so and then take semester finals. Also, the earlier start date will allow school to end earlier - on May 25 (barring snow days) - a request frequently heard from parents.
  
  
• School Times: High school will start and end slightly earlier this year and elementary and middle school will start and end slightly later. These changes are part of the new "triple tier" busing plan, which is expected to save $600,000 to $1 million this year.
  
  
• Bus Stops/Schedules:
  
  
  • The district must shorten some Middle School and High School routes and eliminate some stops to ensure that buses can deliver students to school and home in the time frame allowed as part of the "triple tier" busing plan. Therefore, Middle and High School students this fall may have to walk between two-tenths and four-tenths of a mile to their bus stop. This is a slight increase from the current distance of two-tenths of a mile.
    
    
  • The distance that Elementary Students may have to walk will remain the same - about one-tenth of a mile. However, some stops along Elementary School routes will be eliminated to create shorter more efficient routes.  
    
    
  • Elementary Bus stops in the middle of streets that were added during heavy construction years will be eliminated if stops at the corners are within one-tenth of a mile. 
    
    
  • Kindergarten mid-day routes again will not be posted because they include students' addresses. This information will be given to families as soon as possible before school begins, depending on last-minute registrations. Bus drivers transporting afternoon kindergarten students will contact the families on their routes shortly before school begins. Morning kindergarten students will use the regular corner bus stops as posted.
    
    
• Online Student Fee Payment System: This new system lets District 202 families pay their school fees online and track their financial obligations throughout the year. The system will also reduce manual data entry for bookkeepers and secretaries, improve accurate record keeping and allow student fee data to be updated within 72 hours.
  
  
• Parent Web Module/Student Information: Student schedules, locker assignments and homeroom assignments will be posted on the Parent Web Module at 7 p.m. Thursday, August 11.
  
  The Parent Web Module uses Student IDs to create user accounts. Please call your school directly if your student doesn't have a Student ID, or you cannot find your ID number
  
  
• Student Health Requirements
  
  
• Student Registration:
  

  2011-12 Registration Forms

  • Kindergarten | Kindergarten Registration Information | Spanish Forms
  • Elementary School
  • Middle School
  • High School Registration Forms
  • High School Pre-Registration Forms