6. Parking. Where are these parent drivers supposed to park? And do they simply drop students in front of the museum? That requires a school staffer or volunteer to be there to meet those kids. Does the parent then spend the rest of the field trip circling? Because parking is not worth finding for an hour event. The PP talking about using parent drivers isn't thinking about how this is (a) public school, not private (which that PP said he or she had attended) and (b) the classes on these field trips aren't small private school classes, they're large 25-35 kid classes. |
Chaperone mom here, the kids were actually very well-behaved. The docent complimented their behavior. |
Does your school send 6th graders to Jamestown? Only 4th graders go at our school. Of course, the current 6th graders got cheated out of that trip and didn't have any trips last year either. |
I’ve been in this field trip many times and this is what they do. The docent introduces the art, there often a small activit, and they ask questions, talk about what they noticed, etc. Much better than running around and not actually looking at any art. |
6th graders at my kid’s school go to Philly. Also, covid cheated a lot of people out of many experiences. You can still take your kid to Jamestown anytime you want. |
Who pays for a trip to Philly? The charter buses for that must be expensive. |
Chaperone here, there was no activity. We waited in the lobby for 20 minutes, the docent talked about a few pieces of art, and then we left. It was NOT better than walking around and stopping at something of interest and exploring. In conjunction with actually seeing the museum, it would have been OK. |
If equity is the center of everything FCPS does, there sure does seem to ba a lot of inequity with the field trips. just saying, |
DP, I’m a parent at a school that does this. It’s part of the field trip cost (paid by parents, same as Jamestown. |
Philly!? You stay overnight? Wow. |
So the parents pay, the school doesn't pay at all? How much does it cost? What about the kids who can't afford or don't pay? |
My kid didn't get to go to Jamestown so I don't know how that works, but I am shocked that kids go to Philly. You stay overnight? |
Probably because the teachers plan them and they are burnt out. |
Teachers would rather not. The kids behaviors are bad....thats why they keep them short and sweet. |
+100. I am so curious about this! I had no idea FCPS ESes did such big trips. |