Alcohol on school trip

[Anonymous]

I’m a private school teacher who chaperones overnight trips. It’s written into our policy that we cannot drink when we are chaperoning, even when we are “off duty”’ in the evening. The reason for that, I’m guessing, is that we’re never really off duty. What if there’s an emergency at night?

I chaperone less than I used to. Not because I can’t drink. That’s fine. It’s because I have to pay for my own meals, my room, etc. It’s too much of a financial hit for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a private school teacher who chaperones overnight trips. It’s written into our policy that we cannot drink when we are chaperoning, even when we are “off duty”’ in the evening. The reason for that, I’m guessing, is that we’re never really off duty. What if there’s an emergency at night?

I chaperone less than I used to. Not because I can’t drink. That’s fine. It’s because I have to pay for my own meals, my room, etc. It’s too much of a financial hit for me.

Doesn’t the school pay for your room and food? Isn’t it a school trip?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a private school teacher who chaperones overnight trips. It’s written into our policy that we cannot drink when we are chaperoning, even when we are “off duty”’ in the evening. The reason for that, I’m guessing, is that we’re never really off duty. What if there’s an emergency at night?

I chaperone less than I used to. Not because I can’t drink. That’s fine. It’s because I have to pay for my own meals, my room, etc. It’s too much of a financial hit for me.

Doesn’t the school pay for your room and food? Isn’t it a school trip?

I agree that the school should be paying for your room and board, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your school will have a policy on this. Guaranteed. It will contain the answer.

Exactly. If it’s a teacher, any school worth its weight will fire them. Teachers are absolutely not supposed to consume alcohol when on duty and that includes overnight trips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your school will have a policy on this. Guaranteed. It will contain the answer.

Exactly. If it’s a teacher, any school worth its weight will fire them. Teachers are absolutely not supposed to consume alcohol when on duty and that includes overnight trips.

Why fire and not give a warning?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your school will have a policy on this. Guaranteed. It will contain the answer.

Exactly. If it’s a teacher, any school worth its weight will fire them. Teachers are absolutely not supposed to consume alcohol when on duty and that includes overnight trips.

Why fire and not give a warning?

There are certain rules for which you get no warning and that’s one of them.

[Anonymous]

Has this happened in and DMV area schools???? Never heard of it, curious to hear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has this happened in and DMV area schools???? Never heard of it, curious to hear.

Every school has different rules, and no school is going to air out their dirty laundry willingly. It's quite likely you'd never hear of an infraction that was "just" drinking, without adverse consequences. Heck, sometimes it's only years afterward that people hear of coaches that groomed and sexually abused their students, so this? Unless there's a death, unlikely.

[Anonymous]

You should report

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When off-duty, I don't think you can criticize any adult over the age of 21 for drinking, unless there's a DUI, endangerment, etc.

I don’t think the school staff going on school trips with students in there care are considered “off duty” at any point until they return home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a private school teacher who chaperones overnight trips. It’s written into our policy that we cannot drink when we are chaperoning, even when we are “off duty”’ in the evening. The reason for that, I’m guessing, is that we’re never really off duty. What if there’s an emergency at night?

I chaperone less than I used to. Not because I can’t drink. That’s fine. It’s because I have to pay for my own meals, my room, etc. It’s too much of a financial hit for me.

Doesn’t the school pay for your room and food? Isn’t it a school trip?

The school asks for teacher volunteers. Paying for the chaperones means that student prices go up, and we try to keep the trips affordable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a private school teacher who chaperones overnight trips. It’s written into our policy that we cannot drink when we are chaperoning, even when we are “off duty”’ in the evening. The reason for that, I’m guessing, is that we’re never really off duty. What if there’s an emergency at night?

I chaperone less than I used to. Not because I can’t drink. That’s fine. It’s because I have to pay for my own meals, my room, etc. It’s too much of a financial hit for me.

Doesn’t the school pay for your room and food? Isn’t it a school trip?

Yeah that’s weird. All the overnights that DC went on, the teachers’ rooms and meals were paid for by the school. I don’t think they were paid any overtime or anything — essentially they are donating their own time outside of school, but they don’t also have to pay for the accommodations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a private school teacher who chaperones overnight trips. It’s written into our policy that we cannot drink when we are chaperoning, even when we are “off duty”’ in the evening. The reason for that, I’m guessing, is that we’re never really off duty. What if there’s an emergency at night?

I chaperone less than I used to. Not because I can’t drink. That’s fine. It’s because I have to pay for my own meals, my room, etc. It’s too much of a financial hit for me.

Doesn’t the school pay for your room and food? Isn’t it a school trip?

The school asks for teacher volunteers. Paying for the chaperones means that student prices go up, and we try to keep the trips affordable.

That's entirely unfair. In my kid's public school, teachers are never asked to pay out of pocket. The music field trip to Nashville is paid for by parents and all music teachers go for free. It's a lot of money... but parents have more money than teachers, even in public. In private, you guys have no excuse. Cough up for the teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a private school teacher who chaperones overnight trips. It’s written into our policy that we cannot drink when we are chaperoning, even when we are “off duty”’ in the evening. The reason for that, I’m guessing, is that we’re never really off duty. What if there’s an emergency at night?

I chaperone less than I used to. Not because I can’t drink. That’s fine. It’s because I have to pay for my own meals, my room, etc. It’s too much of a financial hit for me.

Doesn’t the school pay for your room and food? Isn’t it a school trip?

The school asks for teacher volunteers. Paying for the chaperones means that student prices go up, and we try to keep the trips affordable.

AKA work for free. Unionize.

[Anonymous]

Private School teachers will lose jobs if they try to unionize.