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[quote=Anonymous]How hard is it to restrict adults from being alone with students during school hours? Parent volunteers at our school never are in a position where they are alone with a student. They are in the classroom with the teacher and 30 other kids. They are in the media center with the staff, teacher, and other kids.

Any principal that wants to keep kids safe in their schools needs to disallow staff and volunteers from having access to molest a kid in school. There should be strict restrictions on any one-on-one situation with a closed door. The school nurse, guidance counselor for example. There is no reason why a classroom teacher, music teacher or volunteer should EVER be allowed to have one child in a room alone with a closed door.

On the question of after school programs, these are run by a variety of groups most have no affiliation with the school , PTA or parents and MCPS just rents out the space. IMO, organizations should be required to identify whether their staff or volunteers have undergone background checks or not. Parents can then decide whether they trust or don't trust a group to supervise their child. [/quote]

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