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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah all the PTA can do is throw money at you, maybe (not if you’re at a title 1 school). Requesting the field trip, getting approval, communicating with the venue, getting permission slips, taking the health training for the kids with medical issues who go, because if a kid with epilepsy or diabetes is on your trip you have to be trained to assist them, and they will always be on the trip, putting the lunch orders in with the cafeteria and picking them up, arranging for chaperones, creating student groups, getting there, keeping track of the kids, and getting back- this is SO MUCH WORK for often maybe 2 hours at the actual destination. Forgive us if we don’t choose to add this to our plates as often as you think you’re entitled to expect. [/quote]

Who's doing all the planning for the Lewis program trips? If your experience is the norm, then there's no way the teacher over there is planning dozens of field trips every year by herself. And as far as I know I'm fairly certain she is the sole teacher in the program. Have they centralized all the paperwork to admin? Seems like the process is inconsistent across FCPS.[/quote]

There is also going to be a difference in planning field trips for a class of 30 or so kids in the Lewis Leadership program, if that many kids, and planning for 100-200 ES kids. You also have very different behaviors to worry about for ES kids then HS kids.

30 kids is one bus and a more specific program to worry about. Hundreds of ES kids means multiple busses, training for medical conditions, including kids with far more impulse control issues, and a lot more coordination across teams. It is a far different logistical problem. I am not a teacher and I can see that.

Those HS band/choir/honors society trips are kids who are self selecting based on interest. They are smaller, parents are more likely to be involved, and it is easier to say no to a kid who has behavior issues. [/quote]

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