Visitors

We welcome visitors to our school. According to Georgia State law, all visitors must go to the school office first. If a parent/staff guest needs to bring anything to school during the day, they must bring it to the office. To maximize classroom instruction and minimize daily interruptions, all classroom/staff visitations should be scheduled with the staff person in advance. Staff visitors are only allowed on campus during the duty free lunch, for those this benefit is afforded, and only after they have properly reported to the main office. Staff members are asked not to bring their children/guests on Teacher Workdays. Although parents are allowed to be used as classroom helpers, familiar visitors (family members, friends, and spouses) must have prior approval from administration. Instructional time is defined as 7:30am – 2:45pm except on Faculty Meeting days which extends until 4:45pm.

See the Board Policy Here

Volunteers must have additional clearance based on the following:

Level 2

Non-district personnel who will have direct interaction with students with other adults present at all times. When Level 2 volunteers interact with students, an APS employee or no fewer than two other adult volunteers must be present at all times. Level 2 volunteers do not require fingerprinting or GBI/FBI criminal background checks. School staff shall check the volunteers’ names in the Georgia and federal sex offender registries. Registered sex offenders may not volunteer. School administrators shall have the discretion to pursue any other screening methods including, but not limited to, personal interviews and reference checks. Examples of Level 2 volunteers include parents/guardians volunteering for a field day or school fair, classroom helpers, in-class-tutors, performers and speakers from external agencies.

Georgia Sex Offender Registry: http://services.georgia.gov/gbi/gbisor/

Federal Sex Offender Registry: http://www.nsopw.gov

Level 3

Level 3 volunteers are non-district personnel who will have direct, unsupervised interaction with students. Level 3 volunteers shall be fingerprinted by the district and have GBI/FBI criminal background checks on file prior to service. Payment for the record check must be provided by the volunteer or a sponsoring organization, such as a business partner, Parent-Teacher Association or the school. School administrators shall have the discretion to pursue any additional screening methods, including, but not limited to, personal interviews and reference checks. Level 3 volunteers must be approved by the Human Resources Division and the principal of the school prior to participating in activities involving direct, unsupervised interaction with students. Examples of Level 3 volunteers include chaperones on overnight field trips who will have any unsupervised interaction with students and mentors who will have unsupervised interaction with students.