FAQs

Pennsylvania’s Child Protective Services Act requires that all school volunteers who interact with students need clearances. The Raptor Volunteer Management System provides LMSD with an efficient way to manage the necessary clearance documents and expirations to ensure that volunteers are cleared and to keep our students safe.

1. Pa. Child Abuse History Certification
2. Pa. Criminal History Background Check
3. FBI Criminal History Background Check or Disclosure Statement

Yes. LMSD requires that you sign a confirmation that you have read and understand District Policies relating to setting appropriate boundaries, reporting abuse, harassment and other important issues. Here is the list of Policies with which all volunteers must be familiar:

• District Policy 246 - Prohibited Harassment by and of Students
• 246 Admin Regs - Prohibited Harassment by and of Students
• District Policy 806 - Child-Student Abuse
• 806 Admin Regs - Child-Student Abuse
• District Policy 908 - Volunteers
• 908 Admin Regs - Volunteers

First, you must obtain your clearances. Instructions on how to do that are available here.   If you have your documents in electronic form, you will need to have them available to upload to complete the volunteer application. If you have hard-copy versions of your clearance documents, you will need to scan them to make electronic copies so that you can upload them with your application. Once you have your clearances ready, click here to access the application.   When asked, select the box for a new volunteer for the 2019-2020 school year. You will be directed when to upload your documents.

If you only have hard copies of your clearance documents, you should still complete the online volunteer application. You will then need to bring your documents to the District Administration Offices, 301 E. Montgomery Ave. Ardmore, Pa. 19003,  to be entered into the system. You may do this during the following days/times:

• Tuesdays: 8:30 a.m. - noon
• Thursdays: 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

You can read Raptor's privacy policy here.

Here is a link to their website. 

You can contact the  Office of School & Community Relations at 610-645-1977.