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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People. One child accused another of touching him inappropriately. We don’t know more than that so can everyone chill out?[/quote]

They wouldn't have put out a letter and put a stop to these trips for an inappropriate "touch."[/quote]
Of course they would. It’s APS. [/quote]

Police were involved. [/quote]

That doesn’t mean much. Any time you call police they are “involved.”

The responses here that support canceling the overnight bother me. It’s not like the school is forcing the kids to do it. If you don’t feel comfortable letting your kid do the overnight, that’s valid. Don’t send them. I very much wanted my child to go overnight despite the risks and now he can’t because of what frankly I see as an overreaction. [/quote]
You don’t get it. the incident was severe enough for the police to be called on 10 year olds by the outdoor lab stuff.[/quote]

I do get it. If a child alleges an inappropriate touch by another child, police are called. 
- teacher[/quote]

You're proving the point. PPs are accusing APS of being over reactive. If this was their child, they wouldn't want a review of the policies and safeguards before overnights are allowed again? I call BS. [/quote]

I'm glad they reviewed the policies.  I am not glad that required cancelling all overnights for the year.  But I am not surprised, because this is a very APS way of handling this.[/quote]

Agreed. They could have simply suspended further overnights until the review was complete then resumed with whatever changes needed if any.[/quote]

That’s what they did?![/quote]

No - I thought they cancelled all remaining for the year? If I'm wrong, I'm glad to be wrong![/quote]

Yes, which is perfectly reasonable, it’s not indefinitely canceled. A policy procedure review doesn’t happen overnight. 🙄[/quote]

Ok, eyeroll, there's a difference between out-right cancelling for the remainder of a school year and saying they're suspended until the review is complete. The latter leaves open the possibility of resuming before the end of the year. So, if they officially suspended until review was complete, fine. But if they pre-emptively cancelled for remainder of the year, not knowing how quickly or not a review would take, that's not the same and not what I personally think they should have stated.[/quote]

You’re making a mountain out of a mole hill. There were less than a handful of trips left for the year. There was nothing left to continue after those… [/quote]

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