Class Trips

[Hannabanana]

Does your school require parents/guardians to have a police check if they want to go on school trips?

[TtownAnne]

No - we only have to have a background check if we will be working alone with the children.

[Nocona]

No. Only people volunteering at the school are required.

[Alyssa]

No. Only people volunteering at the school are required.Same here.

[Becca]

Yes, however, Kenny's only in pre-school but each parent does a "snack mom/dad" day once a month & stays for the entire morning/afternoon...thus requiring the background check. I know that at the other schools in the area if you volunteer to do lunch supervision/field trips you also need one done.

[Connie1222]

No, I went on several class trips last year and never had to get one.

[Bev]

Not to my knowledge. I've volunteered there before for the book fair and nothing was required that day.

[gulp!]

Yes. Emma's teacher asked me if I planned on chaperoning tomorrow's trip, because if I was, they needed to do a CORI check on me.

[Amy05]

Not that im aware of.

[Karri]

Nope. And not if I was volunteering in the classroom, either.

I am wondering....so if the school does a background check and someone has a 'history'....maybe a crime they committed years and years ago....what are they going to do?

[Mary DK]

Yes to both, if you're volunteering in the classroom or chaperoning on a field trip you have to fill & sign a paper for them to do a background check.

[Karly]

Not to my knowledge. When I drove for Ty's field trip all they required was a copy of my driver's license and insurance. They said nothing about background checks. :dunno:

[TtownAnne]

Depends on the crime, I guess. :dunno: Our school says that they don't care about minor traffic offenses and the like, but they're looking for the "biggies".

I am wondering....so if the school does a background check and someone has a 'history'....maybe a crime they committed years and years ago....what are they going to do?

[Dawnie]

I've never heard of Victoria's school doing background checks for chaperones or classroom volunteers.

Dawn

[Bonnie]

No. Not for anything. I volunteer, and the only thing they require is a TB test.

[Eleanor]

If you're chaperoning/driving for a school trip you need to have a background check. Just volunteering with the teachers in the school doesn't require it. I've had to have a background check before they'll approve me to be an Girl Scout co-leader, too...

[LISA]

When my nieces went to co op preschool last year both my sister and bil were both required to go and get police background checks which I had never heard of being done before, I don't think it's a bad idea though.

[MamaGoofy]

Yes they will do a background check if you are chaperoning a field trip or volunteering. I like that idea that way it can help safeguard my child against a predator.

[Kristen]

The school where I work does not require any sort of background check for parents and volunteers.

[Clare]

No there aren't any background checks on parents for any volunteer roles. I think there should be though.