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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is equired in Baltimore City schools even for people who volunteer in the classroom.  You must be fingerprinted at district headquarters.  I am surprised it isn't required elsewhere.[/quote]

So if you want to do something like chaperone a field trip, you have to go get fingerprinted at police district headquarters?

What problem are we trying to solve here, exactly?[/quote]

This is required for everyone apparently including parents.  Have you ever looked at the sex offenders' registry?  There are some parents on it at the school where I work.  I wouldn't want a person coming into my child's school to volunteer who has a record.  Would you?  How else would the school know if they didn't send that person for a background check?[/quote]

Well, it's up to you. Would you rather support parent participation, even though it may include parents who have a criminal record or are on the sex offenders' registry but have never (as far as anybody knows) caused any problems by volunteering at school, or do you think that less parent participation (including among parents who have done nothing wrong but don't want to go (or just haven't gone) through fingerprinting and a background check) is an acceptable price to pay for making sure that nobody with a criminal record is allowed to volunteer at school?

I would rather support parent participation than discourage parent participation.[/quote]

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