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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Going back to the OPs question (not whether there should be a rule against drinking on the trip, but whether having a glass of wine is a fireable offense even if there is such a rule):

There are a lot of possible disciplinary steps before firing, and a glass of wine at dinner should be met with any of those steps, not dismissal. [/quote]
Nope. I am 0% ok with the teachers watching my child on overnight school trips have any alcohol.

My kid and their class actually *did* experience an emergency while on a middle school trip, with a hotel fire at about 1 am. Fortunately very minor, and all guests were let back in within an hour, but I am thankful that the teachers caring for 25 pre-teens full of adrenaline were fully alert. And I’d happily treat them to a bottle of whatever they’d like after they got home, they earned it. [/quote]

At 1am, I expect the chaperones to be asleep, and to be awakened by the fire alarm like everyone else. A glass of wine with dinner is not going to prevent them from responding appropriately to this emergency.[/quote]
And if the fire alarm happens at dinner?

You’re really ok with the chaperones of young children drinking while caring for those children? I will repeat many other posts: there is no “off-duty” while chaperoning an overnight school trip, even if the kids are not currently physically under that adult’s supervision. An emergency could happen at any time at every adult is responsible for those children.

If I hire a babysitter, I am not ok with that person having a glass of wine after the kid has been put to bed, even if the babysitter is over 21. Same thing for adult chaperones of school trips. [/quote]

young kids don't have overnight school trips[/quote]

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