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[quote=Anonymous]How would you deal with this?

HS student goes on a school trip out-of-state to a very popular tourist destination. This is actually for academic purposes. It was a mix of fun/free time and school activity.

Her chaperone brings along the chaperone's entire family and my kid and her classmate end up as tagalongs on what has effectively become a family vacation. Kid and her classmate end up not being able to do anything they want during their free time and were forced to effectively serve as babysitters for this family's younger children and generally were made beholden to the family's schedule. Going off alone was not an option per the venue's and school's policies.

My child worked hard to earn this trip -- lots of hours volunteering, raising money, etc. She's extremely disappointed and upset. Normally I'd say take it up with the school or the trip planner, but honestly I think this is one of those rare instances that require parent involvement. But what do we say/do? Make our displeasure known? Insist on policy changes so that chaperones don't bring families in the future?

Curious how you would handle.[/quote]

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