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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After having three kids go on the Jamestown field trip in 4th grade, I can honestly say that trip is a complete waste of time.  It takes three hours there and three hours back, leaving only a small window to actually see the site.  Everything is so rushed, it's absurd.  The only way to make that trip really work is to do an overnight.  [/quote]

Our school used todo an overnight. Geriatric principal nixed it. He and granny AP need to go. We need to oust boomer administrators. [/quote]

How much extra will the teachers be paid for an overnight? I’m a single parent teacher and wouldn’t be able to do an overnight even if I wanted to. I don’t have anyone else to watch my child. [/quote]

I don’t think many posters are wondering about the impact these trips have on teachers.

I’ve chaperoned several overnight trips. I’ve never been paid extra for being at work 18 hour days and on call 24 hours. In two cases, I even had to pay for my own hotel room and entrance tickets. This was on top of paying for childcare back home so I could chaperone in the first place. 
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I think there are two different things going on here.

There is a difference between, "why don't our kids go on more overnight trips?" And, "why aren't they taking a bus into DC and visiting the many FREE museums and historical sights?" There is no school in fcps that is a two hour drive to DC, as one poster complained about earlier. I have had four kids go through elementary school and not a single one did a museum trip. One of them went to Mount Vernon (was meant as a replacement for the Jamestown trip, which none of them did) and that is definitely not free [/quote]

I live in an area that is definitely at least an hour on a school bus to get to DC.  I have been on a museum field trip.  At least an hour to get there (and you cannot leave until routes are complete) and an hour to get back in time for afternoon routes.  Do you have any idea how much time is allowed for the museum?  About an hour--maybe an hour and a half including a break for lunch.

And, that one hour trip on a school bus can definitely extend into far more.  IT'S NOT WORTH IT.  [/quote]

Our school rents coach busses for field trips for this reason. They don’t get back until 5. Small school, families car pool. Families pay for it though - the last field trip was over $100[/quote]

This is an FCPS public? [/quote]

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