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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The overnight trip is just bizarre. Tell me what other school district does this? Tell me why it's needed? Tell me why the whole outdoor lab funding would not be better spent on paying our staff and lowering class sizes? And fixing our decaying buildings? [/quote]

I think it’s great. My home district has a similar program.  Has done it for 40 years for 5th graders.  Like OL,  kids take a day field trip around 3rd grade and go back for an overnight.  I still remember it and now my nieces are doing it. My kid also loved OL and can’t wait for 5th grade trip back. And if we’re talking about equity,  many kids in APS don’t have access to these kinds of experiences. APS should keep this. [/quote]

I wonder if you would have the same feelings if your child was sexually assaulted on the trip?[/quote]

NP here. Of course this is the sticky question: how would *you* feel if it was your kid? I am sure it would be like any situation where my kid was harmed because I allowed them to do something, like a sleepover or a trip with another family or something. That would be absolutely devastating and there is a good chance I would want to cancel all the trips.

But is that really how the decision should be made? I think it's best to look at it overall in a more objective manner and do a risk-benefit analysis. Statistically speaking the risk of a fifth grader being sexually assaulted by another fifth grader of the same gender on an overnight field trip is extremely low, and the benefits of the trip are high (IMO). As parents we have to make calls like this all the time. We send our kids to school even though there is a risk of a shooting, we drive our kids around even though car accidents are a big risk, we take non-swimming kids to lakes, etc. [/quote]

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