6153

Policy

Instruction

Field Trips and Community Services

Field trips are learning activities and are designed to extend classroom learning into situations and locations that can not be provided in the classroom. Therefore, it is essential that field trips be well planned and planned as learning experiences. As planned learning activities, filed trips may be an introduction to instructional activities or a culminating activity.

Field trips are not provided as rewards. Therefore they are not to be planned with game or recreational activities in mind.

Field trips in to the community and immediate region are encouraged as supplemental to classroom activities. Field trips of considerable distance are discouraged whenever travel time and/or expenses exceed time available for the learning activity or the quality of the learning activity is not sufficient to balance the time and expenses.

The scheduling and costs of field trips are budgeted for in advance, are to be approved by building administrators, and paid for by the district.

The superintendent is responsible for developing rules and regulations for approval of local and out-of-town field trips.

Adopted: June 4, 1990

6153

Regulation

Instruction

Field Trips and Community Services

1. Field trips are to be considered learning activities and are to be planned and coordinated as such.

2. Field trips are to be planned as extensions of classroom learning activities either as an awareness activity for a new learning unit and/or a culminating activity for current instruction.

3. Field trips are to be approved by the building principal.

4. It is the responsibility of building principals and the teachers involved to see that the safety and conduct of pupils follow the same policies, rules and procedures as for regular school activities. During the trip, the teacher is responsible for the activities, safety and behavior of students just as if the activity were conducted at school.

5. For out-of-town, school-day trips, the regulations are as follows:

a. The activity is planned for quality learning time. Learning time is to exceed travel time.

b. The district will provide transportation costs.

6. The scheduling and costs of field trips are to be approved by building administrators, budgeted for in advance, and paid for by the district.

7. Notification of parents is required for all activities, including field trips, which take students off the school premises.

8. All trips will be generally limited to normal school hours and will begin and end at the school site.

Approved: June 04, 1990

Revised: December 18, 2006