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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't mind. My 2 kids went without us on one of these trips.  It was fun to have the teachers, other students from the school and to see new places. Lots of activities and places to see. They fitted in quite a bunch of things in very few days. We trusted the teachers and the students and everything was taken care of.  Great if you can afford it and if you don't have time to take kids to such vacations yourself.

I like that the teachers are chaperoning and it is fine if they get a free vacation out of it. [/quote]

+1. I’m fine that the teachers trip is covered.  They are serving as a chaperone after all so it’s no like they just get to wander off doing their own thing[/quote]

+1. PP are making teachers out to be grifters.  They have a grueling job with low to average pay and little support from the county.  Why not allow the “luxury” of chaperoning your children. What a bunch of scrooges.  [/quote]

A lot of teachers, especially those with seniority make decent money for a 10 month job.  It puts families in an uncomfortable position when we are not able to pay $5-6K for a week long trip for our kids and have to say no.  If should disclose it's not through MCPS and parents are paying a premium for the teacher and their guests travel.  Be transparent.  If something happens, MCPS could be held liable so it's also a bad idea on the school's part to allow the advertising.  Our trip was over $1K a day.  Hard no.[/quote]

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