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Post by pretzels on Mar 25, 2015 15:38:40 GMT
When my kid went to Florida last week, they had a TON of chaperones. I think there were about 200 kids who went and they probably had 25 chaperones, plus the superintendent went (his kid is in the band) and several security guards from the school. The boys and girls were on two separate floors -- we're talking the 2nd and the 9th or something like that. They had security guards stationed at the elevator on each floor and at the stairwell.
So yes, it sounds like your school didn't do its due diligence with the chaperones, but right now, I'd be more focused and more pissed at my kid for messing up.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 15:50:33 GMT
I think the supervising sounds a little lax, so I will back you up on that, but I also think you sound bitter that the rest of the kids weren't busted, too. She chose to break the rules, she faces the consequences. It's not the chaperons fault that your child broke the rules. Trying to pawn off some of the blame doesn't fix the issue that your kid misbehaved. You said "kids being kids", like it's no big deal. I hope you plan on doling out some serious reprimands to her for this, besides just having to miss the rest of the trip.
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Post by quiltz on Mar 25, 2015 16:33:20 GMT
When my children went on trips to Ottawa, there were certain hotels designated for school trips. The cost of the night-guard was included in the cost per student. I remember it being very organized and this was before cell phones. The boys & girls were on different floors. Rooms were taped. Restaurant on site for breakfast. There was a mall with a food court that the kids used to pay for their own supper.
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Post by anonrefugee on Mar 25, 2015 16:40:15 GMT
I wonder if there was something unexpected happening in planning? Maybe a chaperone dropped out, reservations made late so they weren't on same floor. It might not be chronic problem with the school.
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Post by peano on Mar 25, 2015 16:48:55 GMT
I was the parent chaperone for my daughter when she was in 7th grade and a small group was going to Florida. We had 20 kids I believe and it was me and the teacher. Another school was on the same trip that had two chaperones, which included a male teacher. We reviewed the rules of conduct with both the parents and the students before the trip. We explained our expectations and how much "freedom" the students would have on this trip which was none at night but allowed a certain amount of free time during the day at Disneyworld and Sea World. I will add that this was several years ago, in the relaxing time before kids had cell phones so trust was a huge issue because we could not call them while they were on their own. At night we taped the doors and restated the rules. We did not patrol the floor and the boys were on the floor above the girls. If we had patrolled then I would expect that we would have been tired on the following day when we were expected to keep watch over wandering kids and really needed our attention. If kids are not old enough to follow the rules then I think they probably should not go on such trips. I am not trying to be rude about this but honest. BTW- we had no issues on our trip. As for expecting a chaperone to be sitting with the kids being sent home, that would be punishing/preventing the kids that didn't break the rules from doing their activities and as another mentioned, they were far safer sitting alone in a lobby (not really alone since there were multiple offenders), not to mention meaning that there would then be one chaperone for all of the remaining students and we also don't know if the teacher chaperones were needed for the activities.I would bet that the lobby people were made aware that parents would be arriving to pick up the kids and had their eye on the situation , not that this is their job. Because i was a chaperone on a traveling trip I am very opinionated on this subject. I took the safety of the students very seriously and treated each as if they were my own kids. It was an awesome experience. I would be far more upset with my child's behavior than that of the chaperones. If there is another trip in the future I would expect that you know what questions to ask in regards to expectations and how many chaperones will be present. As for the schools that hire a security guard to patrol the floors - who pays for that? The security guards are part of the general cost of the trip.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Mar 25, 2015 16:52:54 GMT
My thoughts are that even if nobody was breaking the rules, only two chaperones for that many kids was a mistake. What if some other situation came up and the chaperone needed to be with one student or a group of students....what about the others?
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Post by myshelly on Mar 25, 2015 17:15:14 GMT
You still aren't answering the question so many people on this thread are asking.
Neither you nor any of the other parents of any of the 50 kids thought to question the chaperone situation before sending your kids on a THREE DAY trip?
That seems absolutely insane to me.
I think you and the other parents are at fault.
How do you let your kid go on a multi day, multi night trip without KNOWING exactly what the chaperone situation is?
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