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Superintendent backs broader travel‑abroad access, proposes 24‑month approval timeline for school trips
Summary
After returning from a professional learning trip in Scandinavia and Estonia, Superintendent Dr. Krueger urged the board to expand equitable access to international travel for students and to adopt a policy requiring at least 24 months between board approval and the trip to make travel more affordable and accessible.
Superintendent Dr. Krueger presented experiences from a nine‑day professional learning trip to Stockholm, Helsinki and Tallinn and told the board she wants to broaden access to student travel abroad. “What's 1 book that changed your life? And the answer, my passport,” she said, citing the trip as transformative.
Krueger described features of the Finnish schooling system that influenced her recommendations: widespread early language instruction, multiple short periods…
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