Student Services

The La Grange District 102 Student Services Department is committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment for every student across the District. Our work is rooted in the belief that every child deserves to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

We partner closely with families, educators, and staff to ensure the needs of the whole child are met. Whether a student is facing academic or behavioral challenges, managing a health condition, navigating attendance concerns, or the family is in need of community resources or financial assistance, the Student Services team is here to provide guidance and support every step of the way.

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504 Information

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination against persons with a disability in any program receiving Federal financial assistance. Students with disabilities shall be provided with accommodations in order to ensure equal participation in the school setting. The Act defines a person with a disability as anyone who has a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities: self-care, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.

When a student with disabilities requires an accommodation, the parents and school representatives will meet to determine the disability and develop a written plan outlining accommodations that will be provided in the school setting. For further information regarding Section 504, please contact Traci Milledge, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services, at 708-215-7016.

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support

D102's Multi Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) is a framework that guides schools and teachers to provide appropriate instruction and interventions to ensure all students receive the education and supports they need to be successful in school. MTSS is a continuous process that is applicable to all students, ranging from Tier 1 interventions for the general student population through Tier 3 for individual students. MTSS incorporates performance data and progress monitoring to inform evidence-based decisions about the intensity and duration of interventions.

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Student Services Team

Leadership

Traci Milledge

Assistant Superintendent of Student Services

milledgetr@dist102.k12.il.us

(708) 215-7016

Afina S. Lockhart, Ed.D.

Director of Equity and Student Services

lockhart@dist102.k12.il.us

(708) 215-6640

Students Experiencing Homelessness

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act ensures the educational rights and protections of homeless children and youth so that they may enroll in school, attend regularly, and be successful. The Act requires a local homeless education liaison in every school district to assist children and unaccompanied youth in their efforts to attend school. This act guarantees homeless children and youth the following:

  • The right to immediate enrollment in school, even if lacking paperwork normally required for enrollment.

  • The right to attend school in the school of origin (if this is requested by the parent and is feasible) or in the school in the attendance area where the family or youth is currently residing.

  • The right to receive transportation to his/her school of origin, if this is requested by the parent.

  • The right to services comparable to those received by housed schoolmates, including transportation, supplemental educational services, and meal programs.

  • The right to attend school along with children not experiencing homelessness. Segregation based on a student’s status as homeless is strictly prohibited.

  • The posting of homeless students’ rights in all schools and other places around the community.

It is the goal of LaGrange School District 102 to create public awareness of the rights of homeless children and youth and to ensure compliance with the law at State and local levels.

Homeless children and youth, as defined by the Act are individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, and includes:

  • Children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship or similar reasons; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement.

  • Children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.

  • Children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus/train stations or similar settings.

  • Migratory children who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described above.

If you have any questions regarding homeless status and provision of educational services, please contact the Homeless Liaison for District 102 at 708-482-2400. The State Coordinator for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth can be reached at homeless@isbe.net.

For additional information, please refer to Board Policy 6:140 Education of Homeless Children.