Reply to Volunteering at school

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Volunteering at school"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there that many volunteer situations that are critical? In my kid's 6 years of elementary school, they've asked for volunteers to:

--Come in for 1 hour on the 4th tuesday of the month to change out the bulletin boards
--Set up TAW snacks in the teacher's work room
--Sell bingo cards for the evening bingo game

That's it. If the first two don't happen I think it's probably okay, and the last one shouldn't be an issue since all kids have to come with a guardian in the evening anyway. Some guardians are just going to sit at a table and take money.

My school doesn't have weekly/monthly volunteers for anything.[/quote]

This is sad. Our school is flush with volunteers. Or should I say “was”. [/quote]

+1. Schools with lots of volunteer opportunities are going to take a big hit.[/quote]

Or if the parents have that much time and desire to volunteer repeatedly, they probably have an extra hour to get fingerprinted and fill out a form? It's not a huge ask. This isn't a TS-SCI.[/quote]

So to volunteer for an hour and help out classroom teacher will now mean hour drive to gatehouse for fingerprint and hour back? Do think many more people will skip volunteering that would have helped out before. [/quote]

reads fingerprints not required for everyone. FCPS says “ Background checks vary by application and may require fingerprinting” and “Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is fortunate to have individuals, groups, and organizations who contribute time and energy to students as volunteers. Because student safety is of utmost importance, FCPS requires volunteers who meet with students on a frequent and regular basis to have a background check. FCPS covers the fees for background checks for volunteers and mentors.”
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics