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Carmel Central School District board endorses field-trip overhaul, vows access for students on Washington, D.C. trip
Summary
After a district review, the board approved multiple field trips including the eighth-grade Washington, D.C. trip and supported immediate changes to how the district charges for buses. Trustees asked administration to ensure any student who cannot afford the trip can attend and to return with exact cost breakdowns.
The Carmel Central School District Board of Education on Oct. 21 approved the district's proposed set of field trips — including the eighth-grade Washington, D.C. trip — and heard a five-point plan to standardize field-trip policy, forms and funding.
The review, led by assistant superintendent Dr. Gorman, recommended immediate operational changes, including not charging students for use of district buses for one-way trips up to 75 miles except for driver pay and mileage, adopting a new online workflow for trip requests, earlier projection of next year—s major trips for board review, a minimum expectation of at least one quality, curriculum-linked field trip per grade, and a year-end evaluation of each trip.
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