WE NEED YOUR HELP
THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING! 
WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU...

Acknowledgement of Volunteer Responsibilities under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

The Cobb County School district has mandated that any individual working with students will need to sign/agree to the FERPA form before they will be able to work with the students in the Cobb County district.  This form must be submitted EVERY YEAR for new and returning volunteers.

Individuals should proceed as follows:
  1. Download the "FERPA Form" HERE,
  2. Please open it in Word, fill in the editable fields on the 2nd page, save it and email it to pbpapresidents@gmail.com. If you would prefer to print it, sign it and send it as a scanned document or picture that is fine too.
We thank you in advance for your compliance with this Cobb County school district procedure.

Volunteer Background Check Consent Form

The Cobb County School district has mandated that any individual working with students will need to have a background check before they will be able to work with the students in the Cobb County district. This form must be submitted EVERY YEAR for new and returning volunteers.

Individuals should proceed as follows:
  1. Download the "Consent Form" HERE,
  2. Complete the information as requested. APPLICATION MUST BE TYPED. No handwritten background consent forms will be accepted.
  3. Place in a sealed envelope with "Volunteer Consent Form" written on the outside,
  4. Place in the white lockbox located inside the band room.
We thank you in advance for your compliance with this new Cobb County school district procedure.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO USING THIS WEBSITE TO SIGN-UP TO VOLUNTEER

(You may want to print this page for reference later.)
1.   Select "VOLUNTEER" in the above main menu bar to bring down the pull down menu.

2.   Select "Volunteer Calendar" in the pull down menu: this will take you to the master calendar of opportunities.
  • Scroll through the pages to find the event or date you are looking for
  • Use the arrows on either side of the month title bar to navigate forward or backward, (i.e. right arrow takes you forward, left arrow take you backward).
  • You will see a green dot with "Enter Student Password" IGNORE this. You do NOT need a student password to sign up to volunteer.
3.   Slect the event you want to volunteer for. (Thank you in advance for your support.)

4.   Click on the colorful "Helping Hand".  You will be taken to a page that has greater details for the event and when you scroll down you will see where you will enter your name, phone # and email address.  Once you have completed the sign up process your contact information will be hidden from the public.  Only the event coordinator will be able to see that information.

5.  Click on the blue "Sign Up" button to complete the process.

Thanks!
Your time and support are greatly appreciated.