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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, I don't. I have one school age child and one in daycare for whom I recently returned from a maternity leave that had to be covered using my saved PTO. I have just a couple days in the bank that I have to save for teacher development days and days the kids are sick. So field trips are a no-go for me at this point. But our school doesn't require a 1:1 ratio either. [/quote]

Do you have a husband?[/quote]

Yes. His job is very restrictive about taking PTO. If he needs to have a day off when Congress is in session it has to be planned and approved months in advance, and even then is subject to cancelation. He has missed many family weddings, reunions, friends' weddings, kindergarten promotions, school concerts, holidays, etc. as a result. So if we know about a field trip in advance and it is when Congress is recessed, then he could go. But I've found that field trips are announced with only a little notice (in our case, an email came yesterday letting us know that next Thursday is the pumpkin patch trip this year) so that's not a possibility. When/if I'm ever able to build some leave up again I'll go on a field trip, but right now it's just not a possibility[/quote]

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