Les,<div>Getting the PTG business insurance (or some equivalent policy) is a good idea for all the "normal" reasons. And your prices (especially if you ever contemplated "special discounts" for these institutions) should have this business expense "built in" (rather than worrying that someone else may bid lower, or a wish to be an unsung benefactor for the schools and churches in your territory). </div>
<div>As long as one doesn't feel that one "needs to get involved" in the doings of the hundreds of kids (ages 5 to 18), I think a fear of getting sued or arrested for some offense is wildly exaggerated. Granted, that means "tuning out" various behaviors (bullying, shouting, fighting, etc., ranging from very slight to extreme) one witnesses. Well insured or not, it's a bad idea to think that you're the one to intervene in a schoolyard brawl. While expecting a security guard to accompany you through your workday is "over the top", it would probably be a good idea for all of us to request contact numbers for custodial personnel and even, as you say, security or whoever is actually responsible for "disciplinary matters" involving students. Assuming our cell phones can get a signal in that massive brick edifice.</div>
<div>Yeah, I'd feel irritated too initially when told "we're taking your prints". But as long as you're not allergic to ink, and the principal and superintendent of schools is doing it too, what's the real harm?</div>
<div>Just a different angle on the situation,</div><div>Patrick Draine<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 29, 2008 4:42 PM, Leslie Bartlett <<a href="mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net">l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Does insurance which PTG members buy on their business (I know, I've been avoiding the obviously necessary), cover sexual harrassment issues? I've tuned for a school district for years, with not a problem. But next year Texas State law will require fingerprinting.</font></p>
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