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[quote=Anonymous]I have chaperoned many a FCPS field trip.

Ours are usually very well organized by the teacher - we get a sheet of paper with everyone's groups, children's names, chaperone cell #s as well as the teacher's cell #s.

I am typically paired with kids I know, but if I am not, I have a quick huddle with my group and kind of lay down some ground rules. For example, stay together, stay where I can see you and you can see me, don't wander off, etc. It is hard to manage kids who move at different speeds, kids who want to read plaques or listen to docents/reenactments.

There is ALWAYS a kid or two who wanders. It's probably happening at school, too. In my experience, those kids are either with their own parents or the teacher/school staff member so they can be more diligent about keeping an eye on them.

I have lost a kid for about 2 minutes, and it was terrifying for me. He had been wandering off/running off throughout the day and was "hiding" around the other side of a hill. Myself and the other chaperone had a discussion with him that if it happened again, the field trip was over for everyone and we were going directly back to the bus. That shaped him up, and he didn't wander off again. We weren't mean and we didn't yell, but we made it clear that he had to stay with the group - that's part of a field trip.

In my opinion, the hardest part of field trips in this area is the actual destination. No matter where you go, there seems to be tons of other field trips there and it's generally crowded, chaotic and noisy.

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