Does your school send your sports teams to Florida for spring break?
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Anonymous
| I was surprised at this. Teams in lacrosse and baseball heading to Florida for spring break training. Seems extravagant. Do all schools do this? What about public schools? |
Anonymous
| It is extravagant. |
Anonymous
Hence this is happening at the 40k a year private school. Makes the kids feel special. They get to bond. |
Anonymous
| Not every year... But our chorus and other clubs do something similar... But they go to Europe. |
Anonymous
| Our school provides financial aid for these trips. |
Anonymous
| I think our school does every other year. It's not mandatory of course but it's great for team bonding. And as a PP mentioned the schools do it for chorus and other groups as well. I wouldn't be surprised if financial aid helped some kids go because that seems to be the case for most school-led programs at our school. |
Anonymous
| Interesting. OP can I ask which school (especially for Baseball)? Or others if you know different schools that offer this type of team building opportunities I would love to hear. |
Anonymous
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My DC went on a sports trip to FL. We paid for it, the school doesn't cover this. It was pretty reasonable actually - they stayed at Disney Sports on a package deal with 4 girls to a room.
My DC in public school went on a more local preseason trip. We also paid for that of course. I believe there are limits to how far (miles wise) they can go in MCPS. |
Anonymous
Define "reasonable"? |
Anonymous
| If you are shelling out $35K+ for private school, I find it interesting that the OP is surprised by this. Even some public school sponsor spring break trips to Europe. Now, if these trips were mandatory, I might see why the OP is surprised. |
Anonymous
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Someone should start the thread, " the true cost of private school"
My personal fave is technology and book fee...and in some years school supply list... |
Anonymous
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Our school goes to Myrtle Beach one year and Florida the opposite year. Very inexpensive. No more than $500 for a 4 night trip and includes food. Park tickets are extra but are at a group discount.
I think it is a great opportunity and good team bonding. My only concern is the money does not go thru the school and those receiving FA, do not get a discount, which can leave some kids not going. |
Anonymous
How about you? The reason there are additional costs is because not all grades have the same technology and supplies. Makes sense to me |
Anonymous
| My kids' school (public) went to Florida for spring break. *shrug* they did fundraising. The kids enjoyed themselves. |
Anonymous
| Every school, every where does spring break trips for every kind of club and sports team. Both public and private. What is the problem here? |