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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was shocked that background checks weren't required in Fairfax County when we moved.  [b]In our previous state, you could not get past the front office until your background check had been processed (no fingerprinting).  You can't have lunch with your child, attend a field trip, visit the classroom..... Until your background check is submitted and processed.  They also checked IDs every single time you came into the school.  I volunteered tbree times a week and they still had to check my ID every time I walked into the school.  And we lived in community with no real crime.[/b]  I was really surprised at how laid back my kids' Fairfax elementary school was about security. [/quote]
This was the same case at my previous school district in another state.  I used to volunteer every week and the administrators knew me by name.  However, I still had to get my ID swipe at every visit.  Every school year volunteers had to renew their background checks.  After 20 years of working for a child abuse prevention agency, I'm glad that the school had a strict policy in place for volunteers because you can never be too careful.  Parents who want to volunteer in schools should have a background check.          [/quote]

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