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Board to allow administrators to approve short, local field trips; overnight trips to remain board-level approvals
Summary
The Radford City School Board agreed to allow the superintendent or designee to approve day, short or local field trips to speed planning; overnight and higher-cost trips will continue to require board approval and the board asked to be notified of trips with material budget implications.
At the March 25 meeting the Radford City School Board heard a proposal to delegate approval of short, local field trips to division staff while reserving board approval for overnight or higher-cost trips.
Board members discussed that many short trips — walking visits to Radford University or local museum visits — historically come to the board for approval and…
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