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[quote=Anonymous]My fifth grade DD is going on a field trip that includes four different locations.  They leave school at 7:45a (before school starts at 8:05) and return to school at 5:45pm.  It's not metro DC, but the stops are the Capitol (actually the Capitol in our city), a civil war museum,  Holocaust museum and a place similar to Newseum. They will need to drive to each location, but all are within a 3-5 miles of each other. At first glance it seems like a very long day for stops that are not all academically related to one another. And I am doubtful that the kids will take away as much having so much information crammed into one day. Or maybe I need to relax and just "go with the flow" as one friend stated.

We do many of these enrichment activities as a family anyway (and did so when we lived in DC, too) so DD has the exposure at a slower pace where more can be absorbed and appreciated. However, I still find myself objecting to a school going on what seems like an express field trip. The coordinating teacher says they do this every year (we're new to the district) and the principal says they make sure each stop is related to what the kids are learning. It's still not sitting well with me. Thoughts? 
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