5th grade international trip worth all the effort?

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Anonymous wrote:Also - if there is a % of children who are undocumented, they will not be able to participate.

Perhaps that's why they only plan to send half of them. Horrible plan.

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Stokes has done this with 6th graders for years. This year they did it with 5th graders. It was a success. Kids in Spanish program went to Panama and the ones in French went to Martinique.

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Anonymous wrote:the only cost efficient way to do this is through a package deal. Once they have your kid, they are in total control, roaches and all. So I would say, no, not worth it for this age.

PP ^ speaking from experience. We did it.

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Anonymous wrote:Stokes has done this with 6th graders for years. This year they did it with 5th graders. It was a success. Kids in Spanish program went to Panama and the ones in French went to Martinique.

OP again. Would love to know how Stokes does it--they have a pretty high % of FARMs, right? Do all the kids go and how do they raise the money?

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I think it's a wonderful idea and would be 100% behind the fundraising effort. It exposes the children to something many Title I students never see. Additionally, it levels the playing field between Latino students who may or may not travel back to their families' country of origin and those with roots here, in the States. It gives the children something to share, a great experience.

It's a middle class privilege that should be extended to all students, as much as possible. My children take international travel for granted, it's part of how we function as a family. It's one of the things that differentiates them from their classmates, this world travel. It certainly differentiates them from their grandparents' life experiences as the generation that moved beyond the working class.

What's your hesitation? It seems life-altering, so positive!

If your children take international travel for granted, YOU ARE NOT MIDDLE CLASS! No one making less than $150,000 with kids in this area is traveling the world enough to take it for granted.

+1. For real, OP. I'm guessing you have family abroad, so all that you are paying for are the plane tickets. Even then, that can be expensive, unless you're just going to Mexico or Canada.

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I would not think this was a good use of money, even in a school that had a ton of money.