Recent field trip to New York City

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have confirmation but I think this was SSSAS. They just had mini courses in the middle school and people are complaining about how most of them had zero educational value. They were treated like little vacations.

Already confirmed NOT SSSAS. Seems to be Bullis.

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Anonymous wrote:This is so obviously a lie that I can’t believe it’s on page 5. You’re telling me that the school sent an email saying “hey, we are taking the kids to NYC and the itinerary is Dave + Buster’s in NJ and a 30 minute museum visit?” No way.

I’m sure they went to Dave and Busters. I’m sure they went to a museum for much more than 30 minutes. I’m sure there was much more to the trip than the OP reported.

And unless you’re accusing the school of fabricating the itinerary, why did you sign the permission slip if you were so aghast with the intent? This is so clearly BS.

OP already stated that there were other things on the itinerary (30 mins at the museum). Broadway was removed and D&B was added... my guess is it wasn't a 1:1 swap, but rather they weren't able to acquire the Broadway tickets that worked in the schedule and they decided to do D&B as a lunch/energy break on the way.

OP actually said the opposite. Back on page 3, when asked if the trip was entirely “drive to D&B in NJ plus 40 minutes at a museum” or whether it was one activity in a larger trip, OP replied it was the first of those options — D&B and mini-museum only. Which is why I think OP is full of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so obviously a lie that I can’t believe it’s on page 5. You’re telling me that the school sent an email saying “hey, we are taking the kids to NYC and the itinerary is Dave + Buster’s in NJ and a 30 minute museum visit?” No way.

I’m sure they went to Dave and Busters. I’m sure they went to a museum for much more than 30 minutes. I’m sure there was much more to the trip than the OP reported.

And unless you’re accusing the school of fabricating the itinerary, why did you sign the permission slip if you were so aghast with the intent? This is so clearly BS.

OP already stated that there were other things on the itinerary (30 mins at the museum). Broadway was removed and D&B was added... my guess is it wasn't a 1:1 swap, but rather they weren't able to acquire the Broadway tickets that worked in the schedule and they decided to do D&B as a lunch/energy break on the way.

OP actually said the opposite. Back on page 3, when asked if the trip was entirely “drive to D&B in NJ plus 40 minutes at a museum” or whether it was one activity in a larger trip, OP replied it was the first of those options — D&B and mini-museum only. Which is why I think OP is full of it.

OP also kinda contradicts themselves in that statement saying they will only comment on the D&B/broadway portion, not the larger itinerary so it was ambiguous...

[Anonymous]

An actual parent from the school can confirm exactly how many minutes were spent in D&B's how many minutes at the museum and how many minutes in a Broadway show. It should be the case that parents from such school are reading this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An actual parent from the school can confirm exactly how many minutes were spent in D&B's how many minutes at the museum and how many minutes in a Broadway show. It should be the case that parents from such school are reading this.

Truly, I feel like at this point that's why we want the school named cause a parent could read that and totally miss that it was their school because of what OP focused on.

[Anonymous]

I think only 1 school had a NY field trip last week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think only 1 school had a NY field trip last week.

Name it

[Anonymous]

OP seemed to confirm Bullis, but as noted OP has not been a reliable narrator so far, so 🤷‍♀️

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An actual parent from the school can confirm exactly how many minutes were spent in D&B's how many minutes at the museum and how many minutes in a Broadway show. It should be the case that parents from such school are reading this.

The fact that no one else has commented to confirm OP’s claim makes me even more confident that OP is either leaving a lot out or making it up entirely. Hard to believe there’s a school with a NY/NJ trip with only one parent in the entire grade on DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:An actual parent from the school can confirm exactly how many minutes were spent in D&B's how many minutes at the museum and how many minutes in a Broadway show. It should be the case that parents from such school are reading this.

The fact that no one else has commented to confirm OP’s claim makes me even more confident that OP is either leaving a lot out or making it up entirely. Hard to believe there’s a school with a NY/NJ trip with only one parent in the entire grade on DCUM.

+1 on the leaving out a lot take. OP doesn't read like they are making it up so much as skewing the focus so much the other parents don't notice, because if I were a parent whose kid was on an NYC trip, I probably would not really remember them having lunch at D&B along the way which is like 90% of the story here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our school, every year the kids used to go to a Broadway play. This year, the trip was to Dave & Buster’s in New Jersey. If you are in the same school, do you know what might have happened? It’s not that tuition has gone down and the school needs to cut costs—quite the opposite.

The teacher who organized the Broadway experience left said school at the end of last year and I’m guessing that is why it did not happen this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At our school, every year the kids used to go to a Broadway play. This year, the trip was to Dave & Buster’s in New Jersey. If you are in the same school, do you know what might have happened? It’s not that tuition has gone down and the school needs to cut costs—quite the opposite.

The teacher who organized the Broadway experience left said school at the end of last year and I’m guessing that is why it did not happen this year.

But some kids did go to see a show though. OP said her child wasn’t given a choice, so clearly something weird happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our school, every year the kids used to go to a Broadway play. This year, the trip was to Dave & Buster’s in New Jersey. If you are in the same school, do you know what might have happened? It’s not that tuition has gone down and the school needs to cut costs—quite the opposite.

OP is clearly a parent who, rather than going to the source, is choosing an anonymous forum to express concerns, so probably not the smartest person. Probably an officer with the Parent Association. Anyone who brings school age kids to NYC overnight is a saint. Perhaps the cost of Broadway tickets versus Dave and Busters was at play. Bus drivers can only drive a certain number of hours per day, perhaps driving kids around NYC all day was too many hours behind the wheel to include nighttime driving. Perhaps navigating a tour bus through Times Square wasn't feasible. Perhaps OP should be lucky that overnight trips even happen at all. To my knowledge, faculty don't get paid overtime for these trips, if I were a teacher, I'd rather go to Dave and Busters than tell a bunch of life to stay quiet during a Broadway show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At our school, every year the kids used to go to a Broadway play. This year, the trip was to Dave & Buster’s in New Jersey. If you are in the same school, do you know what might have happened? It’s not that tuition has gone down and the school needs to cut costs—quite the opposite.

OP is clearly a parent who, rather than going to the source, is choosing an anonymous forum to express concerns, so probably not the smartest person. Probably an officer with the Parent Association. Anyone who brings school age kids to NYC overnight is a saint. Perhaps the cost of Broadway tickets versus Dave and Busters was at play. Bus drivers can only drive a certain number of hours per day, perhaps driving kids around NYC all day was too many hours behind the wheel to include nighttime driving. Perhaps navigating a tour bus through Times Square wasn't feasible. Perhaps OP should be lucky that overnight trips even happen at all. To my knowledge, faculty don't get paid overtime for these trips, if I were a teacher, I'd rather go to Dave and Busters than tell a bunch of life to stay quiet during a Broadway show.

The trip sounds like a waste of time and resources for everybody. There is no positive spin here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At our school, every year the kids used to go to a Broadway play. This year, the trip was to Dave & Buster’s in New Jersey. If you are in the same school, do you know what might have happened? It’s not that tuition has gone down and the school needs to cut costs—quite the opposite.

The teacher who organized the Broadway experience left said school at the end of last year and I’m guessing that is why it did not happen this year.

The admin never liked that teacher so they are happy to see the trip fail.