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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 have a colleague who organizes field trips for her students, but they would probably be deemed  “underwhelming” by most of the people posting here.  They still require a lot of extra effort and funding which I know she contributes to herself.   I hope she never sees this thread. [/quote]

Exactly. Field trips take a tremendous toll on teachers, who are ultimately responsible for all of the paperwork and all of the details. Every field trip I’ve organized has cost me time or my own money.

This is a discouraging thread. I appreciate that parents want these experiences for their children, but they aren’t aware of the behind-the-scenes that keeps overburdened, overworked teachers from taking on even more work.

And ultimately, most trips would be better as family trips without the stress of returning to a school at a certain time or having to find a place to feed 100 students. [/quote]

Give it a rest already. [b]Simple field trips are part of curriculum and parents have a right to expect them.[/b]
Not overnight, yes. [/quote]

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