+1 OP, you sound like you think you're taking a principled stand, but really, you are just making life harder for the people running the school. |
No. "Event" is different from classroom volunteer. |
Exactly. |
so if the exact same event were in the cafeteria or gymnasium, they don't need official volunteer training? |
OP - you're not off-base. You interpreted the policy correctly. Your school administration/staff did not and was being ignorant. It's hard to be shocked by any comments on DCUM; yet I am utterly shocked by the hostility your very legitimate and rational inquiry engendered. I don't know who refused you entry; but I would certainly have a discussion with the principal - even if that's who denied you admittance. Bring a copy of the policy with you. And have them define "volunteer" and "visitor." |
I agree this is not a hill to die on, but a question worth raising nevertheless. How is this making their life harder, though? If they are currently doing more screening than actually required, won't it make their life easier if they have to screen less and have less conversation with aggrieved parents who can't visit their child's school? |
Thank you. You made my day brighter |
I’m going to make a huge assumption here, but I’m going to guess that OP tried to sign in as a volunteer as opposed to visitor – the system will automatically flag you if you put in volunteer and do not have the appropriate training. If she had just put visitors, she would not have been flagged… They do not require parents to be, trained to go to a classroom party/function, only if they are volunteering in a capacity where they could be alone with students |
OP has a legitimate question. Expecting all individuals to wait for a background check and to take a stupid, worthless online video tutorial to attend a classROOM event is ridiculous and only results in parents not being able to attend such events - as visitors! spectators! not volunteers! |
The assumption is incorrect. I didn't even get to that stage. They had a list of people who had volunteer clearance they were cross-checking against and if you weren't on it, you were not allowed to the next stage. |
Sounds like there are a lot of parents at your school who did it the right way then and listened to what the school asked of them. |
Which school? I totally believe some schools would do this while others you would just put your name down on a sheet and pick up the pre-printed visitor sticker. It 100% depends on school administration. They DGAF what APS policy is-they have their own. System of schools. |
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What in the heck are you exempt from the policy if you only volunteer once? That makes zero sense! If we’re trying to protect the kids from sex abuse, does APS have a belief that it can’t happen the first and only time a volunteer is in the school? This policy makes no sense. |
The entire thing is a joke. The "training" is ridiculous. It's entirely a CYA exercise so if something goes wrong they can point to their policy. |