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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, as you see above, the transportation is pricier than many parents realize. This is not being done on the old yellow school bus (or even a new yellow school bus). These are done on charter buses with bathrooms on board and drives who are paid for a very long day's work.

Plus, PPs are right about PTAs either footing the bill or at least helping out with costs for certain field trips. The yardstick is usually whether a family qualifies for free or reduced price school lunches. Families who are on that list sometimes get assistance with these kinds of costs via the PTA or other funds, or so I've been told over the years. The idea is that every kid should be able to go and that kids whose families are on the school's radar as being at certain low income levels will get help. That isn't much comfort for families with twins or triplets who have several kids in the same grade but who are not qualified for free/reduced lunch; they'd still have a pretty high bill.  But generally speaking, PTAs often help defray costs. Parents who are not themselves free/reduced lunch families may never even know that the PTA or other funds are there to help with these costs, because schools don't necessarily advertise the fact they are paying all or part of some kids' fees. If you can afford the trip, let your kid go and do this with the group, and be glad you can afford it. It will be rare to have elementary field trips this far or this expensive.

I am not shocked by $45 for the MSC, considering transportation. [b]I wonder if that amount includes not just admission and a film but also something else like a planetarium show (they have one there) or science demonstrations that are not part of the usual admisssion[/b]. Askthe school for a breakdown of the costs, if you'd like to know.

The MSC is well worth going to and has interactive exhibits that you don't get at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum; plus, if your child's class is studying dinosaurs this year, the dinosaur exhibit at the Smithsonian is shut for a long time for renovation and MSC has a very good dino exhibit. [/quote]

This is the PP that posted the group admission price of $19.95 with IMAX and $15.95 without. The admission price includes not only the exhibits but also the planetarium and Demo stage. I didn't note this because there is no extra cost for the planetarium or Demo stage.   The IMAX ticket is the only thing that is extra.

I assumed that the trip was for school children 12 and under.  If the students are 13 and older, adult group prices of $23.95 w/ IMAX and $19.95 w/out IMAX apply.[/quote]

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