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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think this is terribly unreasonable... until the babysitter part.

[b]That is, I don't think it's a problem for a school chaperone to bring his/her family on the trip[/b] -- especially if his daughter was one of the students. Would you have been allowed to go on the trip if you wanted to? If so, this isn't different. Was he paid substantially extra for his time? If not, then I think it's nice he served as a chaperone at all.

Also, as the adult, whether or not his/her family was there, he was going to get to dictate what they did in any case. Like, if his family wasn't there and he said "no I'm not taking you to X Y Z movie" and/or "we have to be back at the hotel by 8 pm," would that have struck you as unreasonable... or was it just his motive?

All that said, if they actually had to babysit the younger kids at some point... That would be out of line. If you just mean that they were limited in what they could do because of the young children... then I think no big deal.[/quote]

I think it is.  It's usually 1 adult per x number of kids for school sponsored trips.  Sure, you're adding in another adult, but you're also adding in younger kids (since OP says they needed babysitting).  Needing babysitting implies that ALL the kids were left alone, which is 100% forbidden on all school sponsored trips.  Plus, if you're adding a spouse and your own little kids into the mix, you're now no longer paying as much attention to the other three kids you're supposed to be supervising.

I know with our county, the teens can't even be left alone for sleeping.  There's always a parent or coach (same sex) in the room with them.  I've been a parent chaperone to many away sporting meets that required overnight travel.  Usually it's me in the room on a cot/soft bed, my kid, and 3 of her teammates.  It's 1 parent per 4 girls or per room.  [/quote]

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