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This is very likely illegal. It has been well established that if your
school and district operate an establish work schedule and bell
policy then that is a defacto terms of service and work schedule.
Unless a SPECIFIC contract or contract addendum for extra
curricular activities exists, they can not require you to volunteer
outside those hours, and your district is just banking that no
one will protest too much or too loudly.
The issue for you is whether or not the time is worth the
disfavor of your principal?

On 1/02/15, Curious wrote:
> I have nothing against volunteering. I volunteer on my own
chosen time with
> organizations I support. That being said, our administration
has decided that
> all of the organizations in our large public high school will
participate in a
> group project on a weekend day. This means anyone who
already volunteers
> by sponsoring a group, will have an additional, mandatory,
unpaid day where
> we have to both find a means of contributing as well as find a
way for
> students to get to the locations without any help from the
district. Most of the
> kids in the group I sponsor don't drive. Most also work in
family businesses
> on the weekend. Just trying to get kids there for events
related to the club is
> difficult-I don't know how to lure them to volunteer for
something like this.
>
> This also gets to an issue of contracted time. I work beyond
my scheduled
> hours including taking kids to various competitions. I also
have an aging
> parent I care for on the weekends-getting them to the
grocery store, picking
> up prescriptions, etc. Is this legal for the school to require we
participate
> outside of contracted hours simply for the sake of getting
some positive
> publicity?

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