


NO STUDENT UNDER 16 MAY WORK BETWEEN 7:00pm and 7:00am FROM LABOR DAY UNTIL JUNE 1, OR BETWEEN 9:00pm AND 7:00am FROM LABOR DAY UNTIL JUNE 1, OR BETWEEN 9:00PM and 7:00am FROM JUNE 1 UNTIL LABOR DAY. When there is a school holiday the student is permitted to work 8 hours on that day. Students under the age of 16 may not work more than 3 hours per day on a school day and 8 hours on either Saturday or Sunday. Obtain a letter (MUST BE ON LETTERHEAD) from your employer that is signed and dated, stating the type of work and approximate number of hours per week you will be working.To apply for a work permit, Students/families will provide to do the following: Procedures for obtaining work permits are determined by the Illinois Department of Labor. Mendoza has been trying to implement a Turning Point USA chapter at the school for the last year and said it was denied due to “false information.” The organization, known for advocating for conservative values on high school and college campuses across the country, has received backlash for promoting white nationalist ideals.Ĭonversely, Sheri Zierdt, a Chinese American parent from Western Springs, stressed the importance of continuing the district’s equity work, citing her own experience being on the receiving end of derogatory racial comments while growing up.The issuance of work permits by Lyons Township High School is a service we provide students under the age of sixteen who have been hired for employment. “Equity and belonging means for all, not just students of color - it’s all students.” “One year since we hired an equity director, we have seen more division, more hate - we saw it in the viral video of a student that was attacked brutally because of the color of her skin,” Mendoza added. Leslie Mendoza, a senior at LTHS, chimed in, saying, “people used to get along - there was no color, no such thing as equity and belonging.” Towne said her two older children graduated from LTHS during a time where, “nobody talked about what color skin they had.” “Many of us think is not an effective program and despite the fact that you may think it is, there are a lot of us that don’t and we saw what happened in the viral video that went all over social media when that attack occurred in the school halls,” said Janelle Towne, Western Springs chapter chair for nonprofit, Awake Illinois.
