Get involved! Be a District 116 Volunteer
Volunteer Opportunities
Contact the following school volunteer coordinators for detailed descriptions of open volunteer positions at each school. Please return completed applications to the school in which you wish to volunteer marked Attention: Volunteer Coordinator. If do not have a school preference, please send completed applications to Urbana Middle School, 1201 S. Vine St., Urbana, IL 61801 Attention: Barbara Linder.
- Washington Early Childhood - Crystal Vowels (217) 384-3616
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School - Sandra Carter (217) 384-3675
- Leal Elementary School - Jane Cain (217) 384-3618
- Prairie Elementary School - Jane Cain(217) 384-3628
- Thomas Paine Elementary School - Kellie Anderson(217) 384-3602
- Flossie Wiley Elementary School - Kellie Anderson(217) 384-3671
- Yankee Ridge Elementary School - Lori Ellinger (217) 384-3607
- Urbana Middle School - Barbara Linder (217) 337-0853
- Urbana High School - Lori Ellinger(217) 384-3505
Volunteers in Urbana School District #116 Undergo Strict Background Checks
Volunteers Must Pass Background Checks Before Entering Schools
All Urbana School District volunteers must submit to and pass a criminal background check before being allowed to interact with Urbana School District #116 students.
District 116 is requiring background checks for all volunteers who are in the classroom more than three times and who are working with students other than their own child. “We are monitoring and clearing all adults and college students who are with our student population to reduce the risk of having people who don’t belong in our schools,” says Gayle Jeffries, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources.
Superintendent Preston Williams says, “We apologize to our volunteers for the inconvenience, but the safety of our children is paramount, and this background check is necessary to safeguard District 116 students.”
All volunteers must submit to a criminal background check and be finger printed. Those fingerprints are then sent to the Illinois State Police and the FBI. Those fingerprints are used to check to see if the person has any legal infractions. All potential volunteers must pass the criminal background check before working with Urbana School District students.
Board Policy 2.810: Screening Volunteers