This just seems like a conflict of interest to me......
The whole school (300 students) goes on a field trip to an apple orchard.
$17.00 a kid to take a 2 mile bus ride, a small paper cup of Apple Cider, one doughnut, one hotdog and a bottle of water.
The kicker is one of the teachers at this school OWNS the orchard.
There are two other apple orchards within the same mileage from the school.
What do you think about this?
I agree with PP. One would hope that a teacher would give the school a good deal or even offer the school a better program/package than they normally would offer. So long as the price and program are similar as the other orchards AND the teacher isn't the one that is actually making the decision as to which orchard that the students will be visiting, then it isn't a conflict. However, if said teacher is the person responsible for deciding which orchard to go to, then there is a conflict of interest.
If they are giving the same or better deal than the other orchards I don't see it as a an issue.
The money probably mainly covers the bus. It's outrageously expensive to bus students. It makes field trips really tricky.
This is a district that already buses. I would think that it would be cheaper since they already have the buses.
The kids could have walked! 1 mile there and 1 mile home.
I just think it's expensive for what they got.
Quoting maxswolfsuit:
If they are giving the same or better deal than the other orchards I don't see it as a an issue.
The money probably mainly covers the bus. It's outrageously expensive to bus students. It makes field trips really tricky.
You would think it would be cheaper.
Our district charges $45-50 per hour plus over $7 per mile for buses.
But that does seem like a lot for one mile.
Quoting Cindy18:This is a district that already buses. I would think that it would be cheaper since they already have the buses.
The kids could have walked! 1 mile there and 1 mile home.
I just think it's expensive for what they got.
Quoting maxswolfsuit:
If they are giving the same or better deal than the other orchards I don't see it as a an issue.
The money probably mainly covers the bus. It's outrageously expensive to bus students. It makes field trips really tricky.
Our district owns the buses that are used for our field trip. A typical field trip costs about $350 for the bus, which breaks down to about $7 per student as around 50 kids are on each bus.
So using that theory, it would be $7 for the bus and $10 for the actual orchard visit. We don't have to pay for extra insurance as field trips are covered under the districts insurance policy.
Holy crap. It's $7.25 for the trip to the apple orchard my two are going to this month.....AND they're going to a mexican restaurant (included in the price) to eat.
shoe tying
- Cindy18
on Oct. 3, 2012 at 5:40 PM