IJOA - TRIPS/PRINCIPALS: RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AND FIELD TRIPS

Section I: Instruction

The Board of School Directors recognizes the importance of school-sponsored trips as a means of reinforcing and enhancing the curriculum and as a vehicle for encouraging and supporting student participation in academic and athletic competitions. Trips in and beyond the community give a direct learning experience and may provide practical application to the student.

Trips will be specifically related to the sequence of the curriculum being taught to the students in a class/program. The trips must be educationally sound, properly budgeted, approved by the building principal, the superintendent, and authorized by the RSU 21 Board of School Directors.

Each grade level or department requesting a curriculum-level trip will be equally represented in the proportion of trips approved. Whenever possible, all students at a particular grade level will be given the opportunity to benefit from the same or similar field trip. Administrators will avoid field trip redundancy by assigning specific trips to specific grade levels, based on curriculum needs.

Cross reference: KF Use of School Facilities
IJOC Volunteers
JIC Code of Conduct

Reviewed: 09/08/97
Amended: 12/22/97
Amended: 08/14/06
Amended: 11/26/07
Reviewed: 01/25/10

Amended: 04/22/13

Section I