DCPS imposing new insurance requirements on outside vendors = loss of external programming

[Anonymous]

DC public libraries have been doing this for a few years now and it is killing programming

[Anonymous]

Just a reminder that these insurance policies aren't just required out of no where - someone along the way got hurt, made a big event about it, and now they aren't willing to risk being sued.

[Anonymous]

Agree with PP about fear of law suit - however I feel like DCPS/OSSE leads from fear instead of serving the kids. Hire better people, put better systems in place and you can manage this better. And have some better attorneys on record. Also have parents sign waivers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just a reminder that these insurance policies aren't just required out of no where - someone along the way got hurt, made a big event about it, and now they aren't willing to risk being sued.

Too many fights at youth football tournaments and now we all suffer.

[Anonymous]

It’s a mess that it’s happening in the middle of the school year.

[Anonymous]

Is it actually new though, or are they just catching up with vendors who've slipped through the cracks? I remember this insurance issue from an afterschool program over a decade ago.

[Anonymous]

This was an issue when an independent teacher wanted to teach sign language in an afterschool class at our midle school. But she wasn't affiliated with aftercare and thus did not have the insurance needed to use one of the empty classrooms after school. the activity was going to limited to the school students only. It was very frustrating

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a mess that it’s happening in the middle of the school year.

This thread was from April 2024 and got revived for some reason. For what it's worth there have been no disruptions in our DCPS elementary's after school options from April 2024 to now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was an issue when an independent teacher wanted to teach sign language in an afterschool class at our midle school. But she wasn't affiliated with aftercare and thus did not have the insurance needed to use one of the empty classrooms after school. the activity was going to limited to the school students only. It was very frustrating

Maybe I am reading this wrong, but if it would be limited to school students only then what is the issue? Who else would be coming into a school to take lessons? I don't think schools should be used for something involving outside participants, especially if aftercare is in the building still.