My team did this in the nineties. It was inexpensive, but there was definitely pressure to spend Spring Break with the school team, which was sad because I felt I had to miss my family vacation. Kids should not feel pressure to participate school activities while on break and the only way to do that is to not offer these activities relating to a school group or team. No way I would have made Varsity if I hadn't gone on the trip.

Gonzaga rugby team goes to Spain. Lacrosse to Arizona.

SFS sends rowing, baseball, softball and tennis to Florida. Not mandatory though.

Anonymous wrote:13:45 not buying it. Sorry... 40 g and technology and book not rolled in. Bs

All too true. My kid goes to St Albans. It is over $40,000 for tuition. Books are not included. They run about $500/annually. Lunch is included. There are also fees for athletic wear and a few other random things. School doesn't provide individual iPads or computers like some other schools do but there are chrome books for in-school use. I don't think any of this is particularly unusual. I have kids at other privates in the area and tuition is a bit lower in some, lunch not always part of tuition although it's mandatory (but listed as a separate fee). Some schools provide individual computers or iPads, most don't, books are rarely included at the upper school level but usually are included in lower schools, middle school varies the most. Sports uniforms, practice gear and/ or PE uniforms are usually extra.

Private school in Washington is damn expensive and you have to know that going in. The tuition us never the whole story financially. It's only the beginning and we haven't even discussed all the donations you are expected to make, both money and time.

Yes, rowing.

I went to Florida in 1995 for high school softball. I went to pretty typical middle class public high school in a pretty typical 'blah' middle America town. It's not a new concept. The girls who didn't want to pay full price could do fundraisers (car washes, candy bar sales, etc.) Certainly never saw it as extravagant.

School Spanish department also sponsored a trip every other year to Spain over spring break.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC went on a sports trip to FL. We paid for it, the school doesn't cover this. It was pretty reasonable actually - they stayed at Disney Sports on a package deal with 4 girls to a room.

My DC in public school went on a more local preseason trip. We also paid for that of course. I believe there are limits to how far (miles wise) they can go in MCPS.

Define "reasonable"?

I really don't remember. Maybe $250 for airfare and $400 for lodging, food and Disney park access? Might have been less. Our vacations usually run way more than that so it was actually a savings.

Softball too .... At several local schools.

My kids' privates do - STA and Potomac. No fundraising, parents just shell out. I am sure kids on FA get funding help. All the privates (co-Ed, all boys and all grls) send lax teams, crew teams, and for some baseball teams on Spring Break trips to train and compete, usually in Florida. That's why they all have 2 week breaks - one week with school team, one week with parents/family. It's pretty standard.

Crew too.

Anonymous wrote:13:45 not buying it. Sorry... 40 g and technology and book not rolled in. Bs

That is true. This is for a 20K school - school issues iPad, but books on it are on you. Maybe $150. Usual field trip fees - $25 every now and then. Other costs are:

- Cafeteria (pricey - $10 for lunch easy)
- Transportation (Dedicated bus service)
- Uniforms (inexpensive actually) - not the quality clothes I'd buy otherwise, but hey they are all wearing the same thing, and I think it nets out cheaper
- Mission trips
- Sport practice uniforms
- Sports trips

Probably some stuff I'm missing - maybe 3K total on top of the 20K. Seems like I write a check at least every other week of something.

Yes my DD's team heads to Myrtle Beach on spring break

We have kids that went to both public and private, at various times.

For basketball, the publics always took a spring break trip to a college in NY, PA, or VA, or did some sort of local tournament; and then they would travel again during the summer to places like North Carolina. For baseball, the publics and privates would take trips to Florida. For lacrosse, it really varied, depending upon what sort of indoor facility a northern school might have and what type of out of conference game they could travel to. Wrestling, depending on the skill level of the team, might travel far and wide anywhere on the east coast or to the midwest.

Anyway, my point is that it is not a new thing for a varsity program to travel to Florida or elsewhere.

Anonymous wrote:13:45 not buying it. Sorry... 40 g and technology and book not rolled in. Bs

Definitely true. Books and technology are always extra. High School books can run $500 or more sometimes and if you need to buy a laptop or iPad it's extra. At our school we buy a new device every three years so it's not as much on the off years.

13:45 not buying it. Sorry... 40 g and technology and book not rolled in. Bs