Lemoore Union Elementary School District (LUESD) welcomes and encourages parents, grandparents, guardians, as well as other patrons of this district to become involved in neighboring schools by volunteering their spare time or by serving as a chaperone for school field trips. Please contact your school directly and ask how you can volunteer or chaperone. There are many ways to get involved in the education of children.

All New Volunteers and Chaperones Required to Complete Online Application Using Raptor in 2023/2024

Anyone interested in serving as a new volunteer or chaperone for the 2023/2024 school year must apply through the Raptor system. In order to complete the entire application process, you must visit the school site where you wish to volunteer or chaperone to have your government-issued identification scanned. You will receive an email notification once you have been approved.

• The LUESD Volunteer/Chaperone Application takes approximately five minutes to complete. Volunteer and Chaperone applicants are required to have a personal email address in order to submit the application, which includes automated notification when the application is approved.

• Volunteers and Chaperones who do not have an email address may use the district's email address, or ask for assistance at the school office to complete the application.

• NOTE:  Please be prepared to provide proof of Adult Tuberculosis (TB) Clearance Documentation at the time of application submission, by uploading the following file types (PDF, JPG, PNG).

LUESD Volunteer/Chaperone Application (ENGLISH)

LUESD Volunteer/Chaperone Application (SPANISH)

All Returning Volunteers/Chaperones must have their ID scanned at their school site in order to confirm their Volunteer/Chaperone status for the 2023/2024 school year.

What is a Volunteer vs a Chaperone?

• Volunteers are under the direct supervision of a certificated employee (e.g. volunteering in the classroom, helping with special programs).

  Volunteers DO NOT require fingerprinting.

• Chaperones are not supervised by a certificated employee (e.g. field trips). Chaperones require fingerprinting.

Clearance criteria for each is listed below:

In order to expedite the fingerprint clearance process, all new chaperones shall use the Live Scan Fingerprinting service available through the Kings County Office of Education, by appointment only, on Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.You may contact the Kings County Office of Education at 584-1441 to schedule an appointment. The processing fee is $61.00 payable in cash only. Please pay this fee when you are fingerprinted, and provide the school site with one copy of the Live Scan Request form, once fingerprints are completed.