Anonymous
04/23/2025 07:41
Subject: DCPS imposing new insurance requirements on outside vendors = loss of external programming
Anonymous wrote:This was an issue when an independent teacher wanted to teach sign language in an afterschool class at our midle school. But she wasn't affiliated with aftercare and thus did not have the insurance needed to use one of the empty classrooms after school. the activity was going to limited to the school students only. It was very frustrating
Maybe I am reading this wrong, but if it would be limited to school students only then what is the issue? Who else would be coming into a school to take lessons? I don't think schools should be used for something involving outside participants, especially if aftercare is in the building still.
Anonymous
04/16/2025 14:45
Subject: DCPS imposing new insurance requirements on outside vendors = loss of external programming
Anonymous wrote:It’s a mess that it’s happening in the middle of the school year.
This thread was from April 2024 and got revived for some reason. For what it's worth there have been no disruptions in our DCPS elementary's after school options from April 2024 to now.
Anonymous
04/16/2025 14:43
Subject: DCPS imposing new insurance requirements on outside vendors = loss of external programming
This was an issue when an independent teacher wanted to teach sign language in an afterschool class at our midle school. But she wasn't affiliated with aftercare and thus did not have the insurance needed to use one of the empty classrooms after school. the activity was going to limited to the school students only. It was very frustrating
Anonymous
04/15/2025 17:06
Subject: DCPS imposing new insurance requirements on outside vendors = loss of external programming
Is it actually new though, or are they just catching up with vendors who've slipped through the cracks? I remember this insurance issue from an afterschool program over a decade ago.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 10:12
Subject: DCPS imposing new insurance requirements on outside vendors = loss of external programming
It’s a mess that it’s happening in the middle of the school year.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 07:40
Subject: DCPS imposing new insurance requirements on outside vendors = loss of external programming
Anonymous wrote:Just a reminder that these insurance policies aren't just required out of no where - someone along the way got hurt, made a big event about it, and now they aren't willing to risk being sued.
Too many fights at youth football tournaments and now we all suffer.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 00:05
Subject: Re:DCPS imposing new insurance requirements on outside vendors = loss of external programming
Agree with PP about fear of law suit - however I feel like DCPS/OSSE leads from fear instead of serving the kids. Hire better people, put better systems in place and you can manage this better. And have some better attorneys on record. Also have parents sign waivers.
Anonymous
04/14/2025 23:51
Subject: DCPS imposing new insurance requirements on outside vendors = loss of external programming
Just a reminder that these insurance policies aren't just required out of no where - someone along the way got hurt, made a big event about it, and now they aren't willing to risk being sued.
Anonymous
04/14/2025 14:57
Subject: DCPS imposing new insurance requirements on outside vendors = loss of external programming
DC public libraries have been doing this for a few years now and it is killing programming