Kaneland High School

Kaneland High School
Location
Maple Park, Illinois
Information
Type Public
Established July 1, 1958
Principal Chip Hickman II
Enrollment 1,113(Jan 2008)
Campus Country
Color(s) Black, White, Orange and Silver
Athletics conference Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference
Website

Kaneland High School, or KHS, is a public four-year high school located in Maple Park, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Kaneland Community Unit School District 302.

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History

Kaneland first opened in 1958.

In Molitor v. Kaneland Community Unit District 302, the Illinois opened up school districts to civil lawsuits. The case was over a bus crash during the early years of the school. The father of a student injured in the crash sued for $56,000. The court stated that public school districts should not be immune from civil tort action.[1]

Academics

In 2005, Kaneland had an average composite ACT score of 20.3, and graduated 100.0% of its senior class. Kaneland has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.[2]

Athletics

Kaneland competes in the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference and Illinois High School Association. They have a total of nine Illinois High School State Championships, in football (1997, 1998), boys' track and field (1975, 1977), girls' track and field (1987, 1988), boys' cross country (1987), girls' basketball (1982), and baseball (2011).

References

  1. ^ Mercuro, Nicholas; Margaret Oppenheimer (2005). Law and Economics. ME Sharpe. pp. 110. ISBN 9780765613318. 
  2. ^ Illinois School Report Card

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