Visitors & Volunteers

Franklin Public Schools values and encourages our parents and community members to volunteer in our schools. We believe that volunteers make a valuable contribution to our faculty, staff and students. To provide the safety for all of our students and staff, visitors must provide a drivers license or US government ID and volunteers must complete an application and be approved before working with our students.

Click here to read the full FPS Visitor & Volunteer Board Policy #1200
Click here to complete the required FPS Volunteer Application

VOLUNTEER APPLICATION PROCESS

Log into the Volunteer Portal or check with your school office to see if your volunteer status is still active.
If not active, complete the online Volunteer Application
You will receive an email informing you of being approved or not approved within a week.
Your volunteer status is valid for 1-3 years and you will receive an email 30 days prior to your status expiring reminding you when it is time to renew your volunteer application.

Visitor Details
Volunteer Details & Examples

Visitor Details

VISITORS: defined as any person seeking to enter a school building who is not an employee of the school district or a student currently enrolled in that building.

Visitors should be escorted or monitored to their destination and back to the office to sign out of the building. Visitors will need a driver’s license to be able to go beyond the school office.
Visitor Examples: Guest speaker, parent meeting with counselor, IEP meeting, prospective new family

See the full Visitor & Volunteer Board Policy #1200 here if you are seeking more details

Volunteer Details & Examples

VOLUNTEER: defined as an individual who may be working one-on-one alone with students, accompany students on overnight activities or field trips, or who is supervising students in another capacity in which there is limited oversight by a school staff member.

A volunteer may also be frequently in the building (once a week or several times per month).
A volunteer will need to complete the required FPS Volunteer Application (online) which will include a criminal background check prior to being approved as a Volunteer.
Volunteer Examples: crossing guards (click here for posting), field trip chaperone, volunteer coach, classroom helper who will be in building several times a month.

See the full Visitor & Volunteer Board Policy #1200 here if you are seeking more details