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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think this is terribly unreasonable... until the babysitter part.

[b]That is, I don't think it's a problem for a school chaperone to bring his/her family on the trip[/b] -- especially if his daughter was one of the students. Would you have been allowed to go on the trip if you wanted to? If so, this isn't different. Was he paid substantially extra for his time? If not, then I think it's nice he served as a chaperone at all.

Also, as the adult, whether or not his/her family was there, he was going to get to dictate what they did in any case. Like, if his family wasn't there and he said "no I'm not taking you to X Y Z movie" and/or "we have to be back at the hotel by 8 pm," would that have struck you as unreasonable... or was it just his motive?

All that said, if they actually had to babysit the younger kids at some point... That would be out of line. If you just mean that they were limited in what they could do because of the young children... then I think no big deal.[/quote]

I think it is.  It's usually 1 adult per x number of kids for school sponsored trips.  Sure, you're adding in another adult, but you're also adding in younger kids (since OP says they needed babysitting).  Needing babysitting implies that ALL the kids were left alone, which is 100% forbidden on all school sponsored trips.  Plus, if you're adding a spouse and your own little kids into the mix, you're now no longer paying as much attention to the other three kids you're supposed to be supervising.

I know with our county, the teens can't even be left alone for sleeping.  There's always a parent or coach (same sex) in the room with them.  I've been a parent chaperone to many away sporting meets that required overnight travel.  Usually it's me in the room on a cot/soft bed, my kid, and 3 of her teammates.  It's 1 parent per 4 girls or per room.  [/quote]

Our school has the opposite policy. No chaperones allowed in student rooms.[/quote]

Our school has pretty much the same policy.  As a chaperone, I only go in a kids’ room if the kids are all awake and dressed, and the door is open.[/quote]

Ours has the one adult per room policy. It can also just be one adult if the room is adjoining and the adjoining door is left open at all times. So technically it can be one adult per 6 or 8 kids.

I know this change stems from about 6 or 7 years ago when a bunch of seniors sneaked out during their class trip and got drunk. Back then it was kids in their own rooms and chaperones in their own rooms.

My DD is a cheerleader and it’s a whole process of forms to fill out for when they go to a sleep away competition. I have to give permission that she can room with x , y and z girls and girl y’s mom.

The school system actually took aaay senior trips and overnight field trips after that drunken mess of a trip and didn’t bring them back until 2 years ago. [/quote]

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