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[quote=Anonymous]I think that a trip of this nature is horribly inappropriate--whether it is 5th or 8th grade. It is divisive and socially isolating to the parents who either cannot afford it or prefer to allocate their resources differently. There will be immense social pressure placed on the kids who are not going. This country is and has been in a recession. When will we stop raising the bar for unreasonable lifestyle expectations for our kids? My parents sent 4 kids through Sidwell and St. Albans in the late 70's through the mid 80's. A class wide european trip was never a thing. Absurd. Families did this on an individual basis, of course. But to set up such class wide economic division in public school is completely inappropriate. Plus, unbelievably, the trip is free for teachers and administrators. This just absurd. The trip organizers do much of the work and chaperoning-(I worked for one of these companies when I first graduated college). I just really, really find this to be distasteful. I do blame the school for doing this. They are dangling the trip in front of the children and placing the wedge between the haves and the have nots. This is public school.[/quote]

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