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Spanish teacher presents tentative Costa Rica trip for summer 2025; board to vote at next meeting
Summary
Spanish teacher Deborah Bressler outlined an eight-day student trip to Costa Rica for June 2025, saying the program is run through EF Educational Tours, would carry about 28 students plus three adults and will require board approval at a future meeting.
Spanish teacher Deborah Bressler presented a proposed student trip to Costa Rica in summer 2025 and told the Jersey Shore Area School District board the trip will be on a future agenda for approval.
Bressler said the trip would be an eight-day tour with an optional one-day extension, with a requested travel window roughly June 18–25, 2025. She said the group would fly into Liberia, visit the Guanacaste and Arenal regions and the San José area, and that planned activities include snorkeling, zip-lining, white-water rafting and hikes in cloud rainforest. Bressler said EF Educational Tours is the vendor; she noted the district has worked with EF for about 40 years and described the company as reliable.
Bressler said she has led similar trips previously and described the program as open to any student who wishes to participate. She said there are about 28 travelers planned plus three other adults (one teacher and two parents), and that chaperones would obtain required district/state clearances if needed. She said the trip offers students a chance to practice Spanish and experience a different culture. Bressler told the board: "This will be my fifth trip of taking students abroad and we just basically give this an opportunity that we are offering our students."
President Dr. Ulmer said the trip will appear on a future agenda because board policy requires approval for trips of this scope. No cost information was provided during the presentation; Bressler left a printed copy of her presentation for the board.
Ending: The board did not vote tonight; administration will place the trip on a future agenda with any required paperwork and cost details for board approval.
