Thank you for your interest in volunteering. For the safety of children, volunteers are required to have an approved background check before spending time in our schools.

To help streamline compliance with state and school board policies, which require that all volunteers have background checks and knowledge of other board policies -- as well as state-mandated proof of vaccination (or a qualified exemption) -- we are introducing a new all-in-one volunteer application and approval process through our Raptor Visitor Management System.

Submitting an online application initiates the background check process through the district's Human Resources (HR) department. Once submitted, applicants will receive an email upon approval of your background check and you will be given access through the onsite Raptor System at all schools. Accommodations for obtaining background checks are offered upon request. Volunteers seeking accommodations should contact LOSD HR department. 

Please allow up to three weeks to process your approval. Accommodations may take longer.

Volunteers need to submit only one application for volunteering in all LOSD schools. Applications need to be submitted annually to capture changes in background checks, policies, and/or vaccination requirements.

Access Volunteer Application for LOSD

Frequently Asked Questions

All contractors, volunteers, and visitors must agree to follow District policies, the most important of which are summarized or referenced below and may be found in the LOSD Policy Manual:

• No smoking or other uses of tobacco products, alcoholic beverages or other controlled substances on District property, including parking lots and fields.

• No firearms, fire pits, indoor barbecues, candles, fog machines, balloons or fireworks may be used on School District property.

• Park in designated parking areas only. Violators will be towed at the owner's expense.

• Reporting of Suspected Abuse of a Child

• Reporting Requirements Regarding Sexual Conduct with Students

• HPV/Bloodborne Pathogens

• Educational Equity

• Nondiscrimination

• Sexual Harassment 

• Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students

• Volunteers