Registration

Admissions
To enter kindergarten, a child’s parents must reside in District 123. The child must be 5-years-old on or before September 1 of the school year. To enter first grade, a child must be 6-years-old on or before September 1. When enrolling a child in kindergarten or first grade as a first-time District 123 student, parents must present a certified original copy of the child’s birth certificate and a copy for the school district’s record.

Transfers
Children transferring to District 123 must present evidence of their grade placement. Children transferring from District 123, or from one school to another within the district, should notify the office not less than two days before the final day of attendance. The new home address and the address of the new school should be supplied.

Attendance Areas
Students must attend the school in the attendance area in which they reside, unless they are assigned to another school by the superintendent. Individual school attendance boundaries are established by the Board of Education on the recommendation of the superintendent and may be changed if population conditions warrant it. Oak Lawn-Hometown District 123 serves those children from kindergarten through eighth grade who reside in the area bordered on the east by Pulaski Road, the west by Central Ave., the north by 87th St., and on the south by 107th St.

Discipline Handbook
The district has prepared a discipline handbook for students and parents. At the beginning of each school year, every child will receive a copy of the handbook. Copies are also available at each school for parents to review.

School Handbooks
Parents are encouraged to refer to their child’s school handbook for additional policies and practices.

Student Health Records
By law, all children entering school for the first time and all sixth graders must present evidence of recent physical and dental examinations and of immunizations against certain diseases. Such examination is to be conducted within one year prior to these entry situations.

Students transferring to School District 123 also must present records, either by transferring them from the former school or by providing new records.

Physical Examination and Immunization forms are available for download on the nurse's teacher page of each school website.

Students who do not meet compliance requirements by the first day of student attendance of each year will be excluded from school until obligations are satisfied. For more information about the District’s policy regarding physical examinations and immunizations, please review Board policies.

Student Fees
Student fees are charged annually on a partial cost recovery basis to all students in the amount adopted by the Board of Education. Fees include the use of basic and supplementary textbooks, workbooks and many incidental items. The fees are due at registration time or upon enrollment during the school year.

Required Fees:

Student Fee Waiver
Parents/guardians may be eligible for student fee waiver if they receive public aid, if their gross income is under the federal guidelines for free and reduced lunches, or if they are otherwise able to establish that they cannot afford to pay these fees. Applications requesting waiver of fees can be obtained in your school’s office.

Refunds
Students transferring out of the District before October 1 will be issued a full refund of fees paid. No refunds will be issued after October 1.