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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've had kids in public school long enough to know that if this was a widespread problem, then it is the fault of the organizers. Sorry.

Schools are horrible communicators. If lots of kids were poorly dressed, then the organizers did not adequately communicate to families what the event would be like -- how much walking would be involved, whether it was outdoors or indoors, whether the kids would actually be spending time at the park having fun or they would just be performing and attending an awards ceremony.

Parents aren't mind readers. Most kids would be fine at school on a rainy, 55 degree day in shorts and crocs. I see them do this all the time. In fact my kids who are not allowed to wear shoes like that to school at all complain to me about being too hot in socks because they are indoors and buildings are not heated or cooled well.

Lesson to the organizer -- next year, specify that all kids should wear closed toed shoes with socks regardless of weather, and bring an outer layer in the event of rain. I wouldn't dictate pants or shorts and if kids wore shorts and complained, I'd just let them complain.

When it's a few kids, it's on those parents or kids for not planning well enough. When it's tons of kids, then this should be part of the planning process and it means the kids and families were not adequately informed about the event.[/quote]

OP here and nope. Communications were thorough, frequent and great. INCLUDING a night-before warning about the weather. Sorry, if you don’t get that amusement park = outdoors and walking, you are ridiculous. It takes 20 seconds to check a weather app or Google the weather and tell your kid to prepare for cold and rain. Sorry, you tried it, but nope. [/quote]

Look, I've never sent my kid to Hershey park without a raincoat. But if the majority of kids were not prepared for the event, the communications were bad. That's it. Like dud everyone get that night before message about the weather? Was it clearly worded? Was it sent at 7pm or 11pm?

And honestly, there shouldn't be a night before message. I'm telling you if I was planning this event, my takeaway here would be that all students are required to wear closed toed shoes and socks and bring a jacket, regardless of the weather, and I would put this in all caps in the permission slip with the note that kids who are not properly attired will not be permitted to board the bus. Problem solved.

This is an organizer problem. Yes, planning events like this is like herding cats. But then brush up on your cat herding skills because that's the gig.

And this is not even unique to parents or middle schoolers. I've planned events for executives. People can be dumb and sometimes you have to spell it out for them. If most of the people at your event have the same issue, it's no longer their fault, now it's yours.[/quote]

Nope, checking weather before preparing for an event is a grown-up thing, not an organizer thing. I’ve been to numerous outdoor weddings. I didn’t need the bride and groom to tell me to check the weather. I know not to wear spike heels at an outdoor wedding, I know to always have a rain jacket or an umbrella, at least in the car. They don’t even have to tell me to wear sunscreen and bring sunglasses on a sunny day! I’m a Big Girl Now![/quote]

If you attended a wedding where like 70% of the attendees were miserable because their shoes were getting stuck in the grass or all the chairs were wet and they had not all brought something to sit on, would you walk around thinking "omg you are all idiots, why can't you be a BIG GIRL like me and check the weather and realize you needed to change before you came?" Or would you think "huh, the wedding organizer should have planned for this."[/quote]

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