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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 5th graders are going to Strathmore next week and I think there will be another in the Spring.

I am pro- field trips as they give the kids more experiences that they would not otherwise have.[/quote]

I realize that’s the idea, but at DD’s Title I school, every child has been to the locations we went to for field trips pre-covid. Every child. We weren’t giving them any new experiences.[/quote]

As someone who has planned many field trips in MCPS, I know that some schools do a better job than others in getting to know the students and then planning meaningful experiences. For example, I used to teach at a high income middle school with many students who used to live in Europe or were from families that frequently there. They had zero interest in the 7th grade field trip to Medieval Times at a mall in Anne Arundel Co. The fewer students wanted to go, the more expensive the trip became because we still had to pay for buses and subs. This made it harder for lower income students who were interested to afford the experience. And parents are less likely to donate toward a field trip if their own kids won’t go. After four years of a struggle to make it a seventh grade milestone, we dropped it. I sent out a survey about student interests and the results got us off the beaten path for the next three years.

At my current school, kids are so sick of the Zoo that we no longer go there. Same with Air and Space. The pandemic gave us a chance to rethink where student interests and curriculum intersect, but now it’s very hard to get subs. [/quote]

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