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Board removes volunteer enrollment requirement tied to 'wrapback' system
Summary
The board approved immediate changes to criminal records and religious‑instruction policies to remove a requirement that volunteers be enrolled in the district's 'wrapback' system, which the policy committee said districts can no longer use to enroll volunteers.
The New Philadelphia Board of Education approved a policy change under a 'special circumstance' process to remove the requirement in the criminal records and religious‑instruction policies that volunteers be enrolled in the district's 'wrapback' system.
Mrs. Worth, representing the policy committee, told the board the district can no longer enroll volunteers into the 'wrapback' system — only employees can be enrolled — and said that unless the policy is amended the district would be unable to approve volunteers. The policy committee recommended striking the enrollment requirement and conducting further work on the policies; the board approved the immediate change for GBQ (criminal records checks) and JFB (time for religious instruction), and scheduled first readings of additional policies for a later meeting with formal second readings and adoption set for May.
The board did not provide a detailed alternate volunteer screening process in the meeting; the policy committee said it would continue work on the broader policy language and bring proposals back for further review.
