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[quote=Anonymous]Former teacher here.  This is a waste of money on the part of the school board.  It is probably a reward to employees.  The real problem is not the expense of the trip, but the unintended consequences.
An earlier poster mentioned that she/he would rather spend money on this than on “online math”  It may very well be that this is the type of event that led to “online math”. 
These events usually have lots of  vendors in attendance- and that is where the real money problems occur.  Vendors (book salesmen, etc.) offer lots of freebies: dinners, entertainment, tours, etc.  Example, if the “online math” vendor was there, he might take the attendees out to dinner and an expensive show. Later, he may call and tell them about this “great” math program.
I saw this type of thing in action many years ago in another school system.  Book vendors at an IRA  (International Reading Assn.) would take the teachers on the state book committee out to dinner(this was against the rules).  I was not on the committee. My friend was.  She secured free dinners for about eight of her best friends.  Did she vote or that book company?  I don’t remember, but I think it likely.

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