SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONA student may possess an epinephrine auto-injector (EpiPen®) and/or asthma medication prescribed for use at the student’s discretion, provided the student’s parent/guardian has completed and signed a School Medication Authorization Form. The School District shall incur no liability, except for willful and wanton conduct, as a result of any injury arising from a student’s self-administration of medication or epinephrine auto-injector or the storage of any medication by school personnel.

Policy 7:720 Self­ Administration of Medication

A student’s parent/guardian must indemnify and hold harmless the School District and its employees and agents, against any claims, except a claim based on willful and wanton conduct, arising out of a student’s self-administration of an epinephrine auto-injector and/or medication, or the storage of any medication by school personnel.

The digital learning environment at Kaneland has been utilizing safety controls provided by Gaggle for several years. Currently, Kaneland D302 uses Gaggle in the filtering of inappropriate content in student email accounts.

Gaggle has extended filtering capacity to the entire suite of Google Apps for education. To ensure our students continued safety in an online environment, effective January 20, 2017, we will make use of these expanded capabilities throughout the district.

The Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan is a comprehensive approach to addressing bullying including cyberbullying. Kaneland is committed to working with students, staff, families, law enforcement agencies, and the community to prevent issues of violence. In consultation with these constituencies, we have established this plan for preventing, intervening, and responding to incidents of bullying and retaliation.

The Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan

Kaneland School District is committed to educating the whole child, ensuring that each child in the district is healthy, safe, engaged, challenged, and supported. To this end, Kaneland School District is committed to providing all students with a safe learning environment that is free of bullying. This commitment is an integral part of our comprehensive efforts to promote learning, and to prevent and eliminate all forms of bullying and other harmful and disruptive behaviors that can impede student learning.

We believe that students need adult supervision when exploring the Internet. The sites found on Kaneland's pages were selected for inclusion by administrators, teachers and in some cases students while under teacher supervision.

Acceptable Use Policy

If you choose to allow your child to visit any of these sites from home, you need to assume the responsibility of supervision.

Internet Safety Parent Presentation

Engaging in teen dating violence that takes place at school, on school property, at school­ sponsored activities, or in vehicles used for school­ provided transportation is prohibited. For purposes of this policy, the term teen dating violence occurs whenever a student uses or threatens to use physical, mental, or emotional abuse to control an individual in the dating relationship; or uses or threatens to use sexual violence in the dating relationship.

Anyone with information related to Teen Dating Violence should contact any staff member including School administrators or via our Safety Form.

These guidelines apply to all Kaneland Community Unit School District #302 social media channels, including Facebook, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

Please adhere to the following guidance:

D302 social media pages include Facebook, X, YouTube, Instagram, and other platforms that spotlight achievements, events, activities, and additional information. The pages provide information to build connections with families and the community.

D302 expects comments posted on the District's social media pages to be appropriate, respectful, accurate, and constructive. Social media posts that insult an individual or group are deleted. In addition, posts that violate privacy or Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities are removed.

Some examples include posts or comments that threaten, harass, mislead, discriminate, or promote pornography, profanity, violence, or drugs. Advertisements for politics, religion, and businesses are not allowed.

Failing to follow these guidelines will result in the deletion of the inappropriate comment and potential blocking from all of the District's social media accounts. Please contact the Director of Communications with questions or concerns about the user experience.

We also encourage you to visit our Student Data & Privacy page. The page was designed to help families navigate the federal and state laws that govern student records and privacy, including online protections.