outdoor ed - high school volunteers

[Anonymous]

How are high school kids allowed to chaperone outdoor ed? Is MCPS doing background checks on these kids? Are they equipped with the skills needed to chaperone and manage 6th graders overnight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are high school kids allowed to chaperone outdoor ed? Is MCPS doing background checks on these kids? Are they equipped with the skills needed to chaperone and manage 6th graders overnight?

Don't send your snowflake(s), so you don't have to worry about it.

[Anonymous]

I thought they only accepted chaperones who were at least 16 and related to an Outdoor Ed student, and all chaperones are fingerprinted and undergo background checks? What special skills do you think they need? I chaperoned my dd at Outdoor Ed and my primary duties were 1) escorting kids to the cabins/bathrooms/nurse because no student is allowed to go anywhere alone
2) making kids get ready for bed and quieting them down
3) making sure people weren’t coming and going from the cabin at night

[Anonymous]

There is already a thread about Outdoor Ed. Ask here your question about HS volunteers and about adult volunteers:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1098728.page#26867070