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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]APS parent here - it’s interesting that the policy is not consistently applied. We are at Cardinal and to attend any event as a visitor they require you to complete the training, which frankly is a PITA and [b]targeted at teachers [/b] not visiting parents. It’s a Kaleidoscope school, whatever that is, so they have days they invite all the parents to visit and view art or a performance - and you have to have the training to do so. We found out the hard way when my husband went to visit our kinder and couldn’t go in (the training takes 40 min or he would have done it then and there). It’s clearly about covering their *sses legally, bc the video is useless. [/quote]

How is that visitor/volunteer policy targeted at teachers?[/quote]

We are at Glebe and I think what the Cardinal parent means is that the screen and the video you watch were both designed for teachers, not for parents. I just completed my third renewal and the screen still largely covers questions for teachers and for non-parent volunteers (like what group are you volunteering with). I assume it was initially intended for non-profits and community groups that send volunteers into the schools. The video largely captures responsibilities that teachers have to report teacher:student harassment and/or misconduct. There's a tiny bit about a coach that could mayyyyyybe be a parent, but otherwise the video was/is for teachers. It even goes into what teachers should/should not post on social media about their employer, which if a teacher wanted to push back on, they probably could, because it likely goes too far. It sounds like the Glebe and Cardinal admin apply the approval process the same way -- you generally need to have taken the training and been approved to be in the building during the day. End of day, I would hope the screen is used to double check that visitors are not on the so registry, there's no restraining orders, there's no custody issues...but that info should also be otherwise available to the schools. To my knowledge, I've only ever had to be finger printed to volunteer in DCPS, not APS. [/quote]

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