Are we going to have field trips ever again?

[Anonymous]

My kid's elementary still hasn't gone on a single field trip since Covid. I know they are "allowed" now so clearly they have made the decision as a school not to.

If your elementary school has also had no fields trips have they given any indication about next year?

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, it all depends on the individual principals. We didn’t either. They brought farm animals to the school playground and that was our “field trip.” I kid you not, they call it that and we paid for it and signed a permission slip so that my kid can to the school playground to pet some animals. I know of someone who attends Whetstone ES and their kids have real field trips. I don’t know why it varies so much from school to school.

[Anonymous]

One DC had a separate local experience (like the animals) brought to the school. My other DC had "virtual field trips" where they watched documentaries on their Chromebooks. I think I am not going to sign a permission slip for any more "virtual field trips"!

I hope they will bring back some more regular ones next year. Our school had a couple, but just not my DC's grade levels.

[Anonymous]

We had a virtual field trip to an aquarium. My kindergartner quipped that National Geographic on Disney plus was much better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had a virtual field trip to an aquarium. My kindergartner quipped that National Geographic on Disney plus was much better.

Cool story!

[Anonymous]

Kids get more group field trips homeschooling. Parents plan about 1 each month, most kids attend. I can’t imagine not having any all year. Very sad.

[Anonymous]

My MCPS 5th grader had one field trip this year to Mount Vernon.

[Anonymous]

My kid's elementary school has gone to butler orchard and imagination stage this school year. We will have have new principal next year, and i hope that kids will be allowed to go on field trips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My MCPS 5th grader had one field trip this year to Mount Vernon.

Our Fifth grader also went on a field trip.

[Anonymous]

I am disappointed that my kid has literally never been on a single field trip due to covid but I am also a teacher and I'm a fully aware of the teachers are really burned out from this year. I encourage everyone to advocate for next year versus complaining about this year

[Anonymous]

I am a sad parent of a Kindergartener who got no field trips, class parties or school functions this year. The school was locked down like Fort Know. I never even got to go in the office or to her classroom. That principal is leaving this year and I pray the next one allows the kids to have fun. Meanwhile, at my school, 2nd grade and up went on field trips and we had 3 class parties. All of our school functions continued as normal. Very unfair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had a virtual field trip to an aquarium. My kindergartner quipped that National Geographic on Disney plus was much better.

Cool story!

Especially the part with the "quipping" kindergartener!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids get more group field trips homeschooling. Parents plan about 1 each month, most kids attend. I can’t imagine not having any all year. Very sad.

+1 We took 10 field trips this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids get more group field trips homeschooling. Parents plan about 1 each month, most kids attend. I can’t imagine not having any all year. Very sad.

+1 We took 10 field trips this year.

Very irrelevant to the MCPS forum.

[Anonymous]

Our school has gone on field trips. One of my children went on an all day field trip that left before school started and ended after school hours.