Enrollment

Per Illinois law and Board of Education policy, only students who are legal residents of District 15 may attend school in the district. Generally, a student’s residency (proof of living situation) is the same as the person who has legal custody of the student. The person registering the student must submit (1) proof of legal custody and (2) residency (proof of living situation).

Proof of Residency (Proof of Living Situation)

Proof of residency (proof of living situation) is required for all NEW students (kindergarten and students new to the district), families flagged by the third-party verification system, and all families with month-to-month and yearly LEASES.

Use the Map My School tool* to determine if you live inside District 15's boundaries, and to locate your "home school."

Map My School Tool

Enter the student's home address and click the search button to get assigned home schools for elementary and middle school, or click on the map to get assigned schools at any location.) *Please keep in mind that the Map My Schools tool may not reflect school assignments due to programmatic placements. The Map My School tool shows a student’s "home school" based on their address. 

* All efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of this tool. The school district reserves the right to make final school assignment determinations.

To begin kindergarten in Illinois, a child should be 5 years old on or before September 1 of the kindergarten year.

If your child will not be 5 on or before September 1, District 15 does offer early childhood and pre-school options.

All students who are newly registering with the district are required to provide a Birth Certificate or Passport (original with seal). Official birth certificates are issued by the county clerk in the county in which the child was born. Hospital certificates are not acceptable. A certified copy of the child’s birth certificate must be provided within 30 days of enrollment.

Please bring a certified copy of your child’s birth certificate (with seal) or other government document verifying date of birth. An official certificate of every birth should be on file in the locality where the event occurred. These records are filed permanently in a State vital statistics office or in a city, county, or other local office. 

To obtain a certified copy of a birth certificate, write or go to the vital statistics office in the State or area where the event occurred, or visit the National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/index.htm) for information on where to obtain an official birth certificate.

A Home Language Survey is administered to all students newly registering in the district to help us determine if your child is eligible for language support services. Families will be provided with the Home Language Survey in their spoken language at their home school.

Proof of residency (proof of living situation) in District 15 is required for all incoming Early Childhood students, Kindergarten students, students new to the District, existing families with a lease, and families that are flagged by our third-party residency (living situation) verification system to complete the registration process.

District 15 requires all families with NEW students (kindergarten and students new to the district), families flagged by the third-party verification system, and all families with month-to-month and yearly LEASES to prove residency each year.

For the 2024-25 school year, in the case of a lease, please note that if the copy of the lease provided expires before September 6, 2024, the family will need to provide an UPDATED lease prior to the start of the school year to remain enrolled for the 2024-2025 school year. The lease needs to show that the family lives in District 15's boundaries at the start of the 2024-2025 school year.  

Parents are required to provide health, immunization, dental, and eye exams for students entering preschool or kindergarten, sixth-grade, and students new to the District. It is recommended that families keep a copy of their child’s health examination and immunizations for their records.

Objections Based on Religious Grounds

Parents/guardians who object to examination(s) or immunization(s) on religious grounds are not required to submit their child or wards to either, and must provide a completed Illinois Certificate of Religious Exemption to Required Immunizations and/or Examinations Form signed by the health care provider. Please visit the Health Services pages for more information.

Per School Board Policy 7:100, Health, Eye, and Dental Examinations, Immunizations, and Exclusion of Students—Students who are not in compliance with IL student health requirements may be excluded from school.

If applicable, you will need to submit a student transfer form from the previous school attended.

District 15 will offer a Kindergarten Kick-Off Night at each of our schools in February 2025. 

Check out our Welcome to Kindergarten (guide for parents) booklet.

Benefits of full-day kindergarten

• Build positive self-esteem, independence, friendships, and trusting relationships with teachers
• Individualized instruction to build strong foundational skills
• Math and Literacy instruction
• Expanded content area learning
• Physical Education and the Arts
• Free and purposeful play
• Developmentally appropriate activities designed to keep our students active, engaged, and growing

What will full-day kindergarten look like? 

• Beginning the day with a focus on social-emotional learning and community-building
• Foundational literacy skills and instruction, including phonics, phonemic awareness, word study, writing, and reading comprehension
• Math block supporting differentiated learning through direct instruction and games
• Participation in Physical Education, Art, and Music
• Time to form deep relationships with peers and teachers, including friendship-building through lunch and recess
• Dedicated time for free and purposeful play
• Learning in Social Studies, Science, and Health that is active and engaging

District 15 encourages enrollment in full-day kindergarten for all students. For half-day programming, please reach out to your elementary school principal to discuss possible options.

District 15's Two-Way Spanish Dual Language Program is a two-way language immersion where students are taught literacy and curriculum in both Spanish and English beginning in kindergarten and continuing through the completion of fifth grade. The goal of the Dual Language program is to develop bilingualism, biliteracy, academic achievement, and cross-cultural competencies for students. The program is available to incoming kindergarten students who are fully registered with their home school for the 2025-26 school year. It is housed at Jane Addams, Kimball Hill, and Winston Campus Elementary Schools.

If you would like to learn more about our Dual Language program, please take a look at the  Dual Language Presentation to Kindergarten Parents (English) | (Spanish) that were held in February 2024, and watch our Dual Language Informational Video.

Kindergarten Dual Language Informational meetings for parents wish to learn more about the program and the registration process will be held:

• February 6, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., at Jane Addams Elementary, 1020 E. Sayles Drive, Palatine
• February 13, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., at Winston Campus Elementary, 900 E. Palatine Rd, Palatine
• February 20, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., at Kimball Hill Elementary, 2905 Meadowd Drive, Rolling Meadows

Applications to enroll your child in the program for the 2025-26 school year are due by March 14, 2025.

2025-26 Incoming Kindergarten Two-Way Spanish Dual Language Program Application

Families who apply for the Dual Language Program will be notified of their placement by the end of the day of April 22, 2025. If the number of families interested in Spanish Dual Language exceeds the amount of space available, based on enrollment, a random selection process will be conducted.

One-Way Spanish Dual Language Program (for native Spanish speakers) is offered to students who are native Spanish speakers and qualify for language support services. Eligibility is determined via an English proficiency screening.

Students in kindergarten receive 80 percent of their instruction in Spanish and 20 percent of their instruction in English by a certified instructor. For each subsequent year, the percentage of instruction in Spanish decreases by 10 percent. By third grade, instruction in the two languages is balanced at 50 percent Spanish and 50 percent English. 

This program is held at:

• Gray M. Sanborn Elementary
• Kimball Hill Elementary
• Lake Louise Elementary
• Lincoln Elementary
• Virginia Lake Elementary
• Willow Bend Elementary

Student fees for the 2024-25 school year:

• Grades K-5 (book/material/technology fees): $180/student/year
• Grades 6-8 (book/material/technology fees): $195/student/year

Student fees are due July 1, 2024, for the 2024-25 school year. 

How to pay Student Fees

An invoice is not mailed home. Student fees may be paid by cash, check, credit card or e-check.

• Cash payments 
  Cash payment should be made by the parent in the office of the child's attendance school, where a payment receipt will be issued.
   
• Check payments 
  Checks should be made payable to "CCSD15," and can be mailed to your child's school or the District Office, Community Consolidated School District 15, 580 N. 1st Bank Drive, Palatine IL 60067-8110. Please note the student's name, amount paid, and parent's name on the payment envelope. Returned check fee charge is $25 per check.
   
• Credit card or e-check payments
  Credit card or e-check payments may be submitted through Infinite Campus: https://ic.ccsd15.net/campus/portal/parents/palatine.jsp. You will need your Campus Parent portal email address and a valid credit card number. If you need assistance with your Campus Parent Portal email address, please call your child’s school for assistance. Parents who do not have Internet access may come to their child's school to process their credit card payments. A small convenience fee is added for credit card processing.

Questions?

Contact Kameswari Pullela, Business Dept, pullelak@ccsd15.net, 847-963-3065.

Students who are homeless, as defined in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, or who qualify for the free or reduced-price meals program, will have student fees & fines waived.

• If you have questions about or believe that your family may qualify for services under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, please visit the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act page for more information. 
   
• Low-income families, or families experiencing financial hardship, may request a student fees waiver. Please visit the Student Fees page for more information.

New parents — Create an Infinite Campus/Campus Parent portal account. After registering your child online, and the school has accepted your registration, new families will receive information in July on how to set up their Campus Parent portal account. Campus Parent allows parents to view their child's course schedule, assignments, attendance, grades, fees that are due, and more. 

Campus Parent is designed to provide real-time access to student information. The easy-to-use design displays what is currently happening in the classroom so you can understand, monitor, and participate in the educational process. 

• Announcements
• Assignments
• Attendance
• Grades & junior high mid-term progress reports
• Schedules
• Registration information
• Transportation information
• Pay fees

You can log into Campus Parent using the Web Portal or Mobile App.

Students’ eligibility for free or reduced-price meals is confidential. If you receive a letter in mid-July to early August that you have been approved by direct certification, you DO NOT need to fill out an application for free or reduced-price meal benefits. Otherwise, A NEW APPLICATION MUST BE FILLED OUT EVERY SCHOOL YEAR. Meal benefits expire in October if you do not complete an application for the current school year.

Visit Free & Reduced-Price Meals for more information.

If your child requires special meals/allergy accommodations, please visit About Our Meals for information on Modified Meals Requests.

District 15 offers breakfast and lunch for a fee. Visit Nutrition Services for information about meals offered, menus, and more! 

For your convenience, parents/guardians can pay for school meals and monitor student account balances, transactions, and request low balance notifications online using SchoolCafé:

• Stay informed about your student's lunch account activity.
   
• Be notified on your phone when your student's account is low.
   
• Make secure payments with Visa, MasterCard, or Discover Card. There is a 5% service fee to use SchoolCafé.
   
• Store your credit/debit card for quick and easy repeat use.
   
• Schedule deposits to occur in any frequency you choose.

SchoolCafé allows for access from the web or any mobile device. 

• The SchoolCafé website uses the most up-to-date security available. The online payment plan is an enhancement to the district’s existing pre-pay meal program. Cash or checks will still be accepted.
   
• The SchoolCafé apps for both iOS and Android are now available for download. They're free to install and they make your favorite features even easier to use. Download the SchoolCafé app today on the AppStore or Google Play.

CCSD15 believes that prescription and nonprescription medication should be administered in the home. However, if it is in the best educational and health interest of the child to take prescribed medication during the school day, then a Medication Authorization Form must be completed. This pertains to all medications (prescription, over the counter, and emergency). Medication must be brought to the school by the parent/guardian in the original container. Please visit the Medication Administration page for more information.

My Ride K-12 is the new bus GPS system which can be used by families to help track their child's bus. The My Ride K-12 app will enable you to check the bus stop times and bus stop locations for your student(s), and receive updates directly from the Transportation Department regarding any changes in daily routes. To use it, parents/guardians need to download the mobile app from the App Store or get it on Google Play.

In most cases, students who live more than 1.5 miles from their home school will be provided free bus service through CCSD15. State funding is not provided for students living within 1.5 miles of their schools. These students may ride the bus for a fee provided that space is available and a route already exists. (No stops will be made less than one-half mile from the school building.)

An Application for Paid Transportation will be available on the Transportation webpage for download on/after September 5, 2024. Please submit a separate application for each student for whom you choose paid transportation.

Due to the bus driver shortage, paid ridership continues to be limited and only offered if space is available on an existing bus route. Applications will be accepted, but payment will not be accepted until a parent receives notification that their child has been assigned to a bus route. Bus availability will be evaluated after October 1.

Paid Rider Transportation Fees for 2024-25 are:

• One child - $370
• Two children - $470
• Three or more children - $520

If your child is eligible for free bus service, but you do not intend to use the bus or only need transportation before or after school (not both ways), please fill out the Transportation Opt-Out form to indicate for which children and for which bus routes (before and/or after school) bus transportation is not needed.

Transportation Opt-Out Form

If a student lives 1.5 miles or more away from school, students are entitled to free bus transportation. Unless a family notifies us that they do not want transportation, their children are placed on a bus route. Some families do not want to use transportation and choose to transport their children to and from school themselves. If we remove students from bus routes that are NOT going to use district transportation, we can reduce bus route times by eliminating the bus stopping at that assigned bus stop. At present, the bus stops at all assigned stops on the route and waits 3 minutes for the students to board the bus. If there are no students at that stop, the bus still waits for 3 minutes before moving onto the next stop. 

If your child(ren) is assigned to a bus route and you wish to continue using district transportation, you do not need to do anything. The OPT OUT form is ONLY for families that do not need all or partial D15 bus transportation. 

Before- and after-school care programs are available at District 15’s schools. These programs are operated independently of the school district by the respective park districts or organizations. Visit their websites for general information, pricing, enrollment, and FAQs.  

• Hoffman Estates Park District STAR Program offers before- and after-school care for students who attend Frank C. Whiteley.  
• Palatine Park District C.A.R.E. Program offers before- and after-school care for students who attend Gray M Sanborn, Jane Addams, Lake Louise, Lincoln, Marion Jordan, Stuart R. Paddock, Virginia Lake, and Winston Campus Elementary. 
• Rolling Meadows Park District R.E.C. Program offers before- and after-school care for students who attend Central Road and Kimball Hill.
• Right At School Program offers an additional after-school care option at Hunting Ridge, Pleasant Hill, and Willow Bend. 

There are several private community care providers in District 15 boundaries that offer before- and/or after-school care. Click here for information about daycare center transportation to/from school.

There are also many local community care providers. See the D15 e-flyers page for additional summer care opportunities.

January 30, 2024

Online Registration Begins: Every student—new and returning—must register each year.

February 1, 8, or 13, 2024

Two-Way Spanish Dual Language Info Nights

Are you interested in enrolling your child in our Two-Way Spanish Dual Language Program? Join us for one of the Kindergarten Dual Language Information Nights scheduled for February 1, 8, or 13, 2024. (Noche Informativa de Lenguaja Dual en español.) 
Watch the D15 Dual Language Informational video for more information: https://qrco.de/DLVideo

• February 1, 2024, at Jane Addams School, 1020 E. Sayles Drive, Palatine
• February 8, 2024, at Winston Campus Elementary, 900 E. Palatine Road, Palatine
• February 13, 2024, at Kimball Hill School, 2905 Meadow Drive, Rolling Meadows

February 15, 2024

Kindergarten Kick-off Night: Parents attend a Kindergarten Registration/Information Night at your school on February 15, 2024

March 15, 2024

Kindergarten Two-Way Spanish Dual Language Applications are due. All families applying must also have completed Kindergarten registration with the district to be considered. Applications submitted after this date (March 15) will be placed on a waiting list. 

Being considered for the Gifted program? If your student is in grades 2, 3, or 4 and is scheduled to take the CogAT exam to be considered for the Gifted Program, you will be notified of your student’s eligibility status by March 15, 2024. All elementary Gifted programming is provided at Stuart R. Paddock School.

April 22, 2024

Two-Way Spanish Dual Language Acceptance Notification Date: Parents are notified of acceptance status into the Kindergarten Two-Way Spanish Dual Language program.

July 1, 2024

"On Time" Student Registration Deadline • Every student—new and returning—must register each year

• Registration must be completed by August 1 for a student to receive a classroom assignment.

• All students who have not completed their registration by August 1 will be disenrolled from District 15. Families that do not complete the registration by August 1 should contact their school to re-enroll their child(ren). 
• Student registration fees are due for the 2024-25 school year. (Please visit the Student Fees page for more information about the different ways to pay or how to apply for a fee waiver.)

August/September TBD

Attend Meet the Teacher/Walk Your Schedule on Tuesday, September 3, 2024

• Middle Schools - Walk Your Schedule 12:45 pm
• Elementary Schools - Meet the Teacher at 1:45 pm

Watch your inbox for news from the school with more information!

September 5, 2024

First Day of School (Pre-K, K, and Grades 1-8)

The first day of school for the 2024-2025 school year is Thursday, September 5, 2024, for all grades (Grades Pre-K through 8).

2024-25 Official School Calendar

Parents/guardians will receive an email before school starts with their child's bus stops and pick up/drop off times.For students who receive free bus service (students who live 1.5 miles or more away from school), but do not need or intend to use the bus, or only need transportation one-way (to or from school), please fill out the Transportation Opt-Out form so we can remove your child(ren) from that route. Indicate which children and which routes you do NOT need transportation for.

My Ride K-12 is the new bus GPS system which can be used by families to help track their child's bus. The My Ride K-12 app will enable you to check the bus stop times and bus stop locations for your student(s), and receive updates directly from the Transportation Department regarding any changes in daily routes. To use it, parents/guardians need to download the mobile app from the App Store or get it on Google Play.

When do I keep my child home from school? 

• Fever: Keep your child home if they have a fever (temperature of 100°F or greater). Keep your child home for a period of 24 hours after the fever has passed, without fever-reducing medication. 
   
• Vomiting or diarrhea: Keep your child home for 24 hours after the symptoms have stopped. 
   
• Undiagnosed rash
   
• Communicable diseases (such as strep throat, influenza, chicken pox, measles, COVID, etc.): Keep your child home for a period of 24 hours of antibiotic treatment or after the contagious period for the illness is over. This time frame may be longer for more serious communicable diseases. 
   
• Pink eye (conjunctivitis)
   
• Head lice infestation (live head lice)

Please report illness symptoms completely on the attendance line for your school. 

Read more about Student Absences

Visit the Emergency School Closings / Inclement Weather page for more information.

Visit the Curriculum and Instruction page to learn more about the curriculum in District 15.

The Parent/Student Handbook offers information pertinent to the District as a whole. Some programs and procedures may differ from school to school, based on the size and location of the building, the grades served, the facilities available, and the programs conducted at the school. Your school administrators will inform you of these additional procedures. The handbook is intended to be a handy resource, but is not meant to take the place of personal communication between home and school. Please feel free to call your child’s school if you have any questions on programs or procedures, or consult your school’s website. 

Parent/Student Handbook

District 15 is strongly committed to school & student safety. Please review the school’s general rules and safety precautions with your child, including:

• Bullying/Safety Tip Lines
• Expected Student Behavior and Discipline
• Student Appearance/Dress Code Policy
• Personal Belongings at School
• Bus Conduct
• Harassment/Bullying/Hazing/Violence Prohibited
• Parent/Visitor Procedures

PTA/PTSAs and PTOs units are affiliated with our elementary and/or middle schools in District 15. These units work in partnership with their school's principal and staff, as well as the community-at-large to provide programs and services that enhance the educational environment for all children. They also implement programs that create a sense of community for the families of children enrolled at that school. 

Join your school's PTA/PTO!

For families that are NEW to District 15: use the ONLINE REGISTRATION KIOSK to start a new registration application to enroll your child in a District 15 school.

For families who have children already enrolled in District 15: use the CAMPUS PARENT link to register your child(ren) for the upcoming school year, including any children new to the District. You will need your parent username and password to sign in to your Campus Parent account. If you forgot your password or username, click on the "Forgot" links.

A "home school" is the school assignment based on your home address. Please keep in mind that based on programmatic placements, your child may not attend their "home school." See the Bus Tiers and Program Placements tab below for more information. 

Parents/guardians who are not sure which school their children will attend may call the district's Joseph M. Kiszka Educational Service Center at 847-963-3000.

Under special circumstances, and on a very limited basis, parents/guardians may request an Intra-District Transfer of their child(ren) from their assigned home school to another intra-district school. Requests will only be considered upon completing the requested application and providing supporting documentation within the announced timeline. Requests are handled by the District 15 Intra-District Transfer Committee. Each spring, District 15 will announce the dates and deadline to submit requests for consideration for the upcoming school year.

Only children who are residents of District 15 may attend District 15 schools from a daycare center from within the district. The daycare must be within the home school boundaries of the student. Please review the list of local daycare centers and if School District 15 provides transportation from the daycare to the school, or if the daycare center provides transportation to the school.

• If your child’s daycare center is located within the school attendance boundary associated with your home address, your child may be eligible for district-provided transportation if the daycare center is located 1.5 or more miles away from the student’s home school or if hazardous crossings exist as defined by the State of Illinois.
   
• If your child’s daycare center is not located within the school attendance boundary associated with your home address, and you would like the District to consider allowing your child to attend another school where the daycare center is located, you will need to request an Intra-District Transfer on behalf of your child. 
  
  The Intra-District Transfer Committee makes a final determination on the status of each transfer request received. In the event that the Intra-District Transfer Committee approves an intra-district transfer request, parents are responsible for all costs associated with providing transportation for their child to and from school. Requests are approved on a year-to-year basis.
  
  PLEASE NOTE: Space for pay riders is limited and only offered if space permits.

A student’s home school is based on who they live with 51% of the time.

In the event that a family is unable to provide any needed documentation because of a temporary living situation, or if you believe you're eligible for services under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, please contact the District 15 liaison for homeless children:

Shari Lazor, EdD, Associate Superintendent
580 North 1st Bank Drive, Palatine, IL 60067
Phone: 847-963-3000

An email address is needed to complete District 15's new online registration process. If you need help creating one, please contact your school's main office, or visit wikiHow to make an email address for free.

If you have general questions about kindergarten, please contact your home school. For all other questions, contact the District Office at 847-963-3000.

Quick links:

• Welcome to Kindergarten (guide for parents)!
• Parent/Student Handbook
• Calendar
• LEARN15 (learning opportunities for parents)

District 15 offers a Spanish Dual Language Program at three schools for incoming kindergarten students. 

District 15 uses the the Finalsite (formerly Blackboard) mass notification system to communicate with parents and staff via phone, text, email, and the D15 mobile app. Once your child is enrolled in the district, all parents are automatically subscribed and will receive regular newsletters from their child's principal and district.  

• Click here for more information about our mass notification system
• Visit our D15 eNews page for the latest news and information

CCSD15 Infinite Campus Parent Support Form
Parents/guardians who have questions about using Infinite Campus should complete this form. Our goal is to contact parents by the end of the following business day after we have received this form and to help support you with your use of Campus Parent. Parents/guardians are also welcome to call their child's school for assistance.