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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child is in Pre-k. I got a note that a field trip to a pumpkin patch is scheduled in October. An adult is expected to transport the child there and back to school, and be in attendance during the field trip (0900-1200). I asked the teacher if a parent was unable to attend, would the child stay at the school (which is a daycare that does before/after care for Pre-k). She said she has never had a child unable to attend, and that a grandparent or other adult could bring the child instead of the parent, or that I could just take off work the few hours during the trip (so I wouldn't be at work from 0830-1300).

Is this normal? Do parents use PTO for things other than sick days? I really don't imagine many parents willing to take a day off for a pumpkin patch trip, or that it would be normal to just go to work at 1300. I would love to go, and I don't want my child to miss the trip. I just think it's unreasonable to expect parents to take a day off work for something other than an illness or a vacation.[/quote]

I don't understand.  Who babysits you child after the preschool?  Maybw,that person can go on the trip.  Saying that, I never could understand why daycares have field trips in the first place.  Daycare is used by families who work, therefore it should be assumed that the parent would be work8ng during those hours.[/quote]

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