Rainbo 0 #26 March 2, 2008 I gotta agree. Now if I were applying to be a chaperone or coach where I might be required to be alone with other peoples children it might be one thing. But to accompany my child on a trip where everyone already knows me (trust me, all my kids friends parents KNOW me ) then things are getting screwed to the max. It absurd that on top of all the other fees (beyond taxes) that we have to pay for our kids to attend public schools that I would have to pay for my own background check just to attend a school event with them. What next, maybe I should have to have one done just to go to their ball games and track events, how about their band concerts, after all I am in close proximity to the children in those enviroments also... Rainbo TheSpeedTriple - Speed is everything "Blessed are those who can give without remembering, and take without forgetting." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #27 March 2, 2008 Mine does too...apparently. I haven't done finger prints for years, but on this last field trip sign up they questioned me. I asked if it was new, and they said 'No, it's been this way for years'. Well ok, but I've chaperoned probably a dozen field trips in the past 3 years and the only thing I had to bring to the office was proof of auto insurance (we drove the kids in our own vehicles). hmm...~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #28 March 3, 2008 I used to go along as a parent volunteer on some of my kids' school field trips and had to go through the background checks. Never had to pay though. BUT they do cost somebody money somewhere along the line and if your school district doesn't budget for that kind of thing, then guess who ? Our younger daughter went through a really great public HS in California, but for her to play in band and to belong to the Academy for Performing Arts program, it cost us all kinds of extra money. It's just not in the tax supported budget. I even worked a couple bingo games, selling pull tabs to these geeks and bitches who came out on Tuesday nights with obscene amounts of cash. Honestly, it was worse than a bad acid trip, but every time I worked one, I knew it was making money for the school programs - and knocking "x many" dollars off our bill for our kid. Education, even a public one, ain't free. Which sucks, but that's the way it is. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
