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Student presenters win board approval for Sunriver senior trip with April budget update required
Summary
Perrydale SD 21 trustees approved a student‑proposed senior trip to Sunriver, Oregon, requiring a budget update to return in April and adherence to chaperone and contract rules.
A group of students from Perrydale SD 21 presented a plan for a senior trip to Sunriver, Oregon, and the board approved the request with a required budget update in April.
The lead student presenter (identified in the transcript as Speaker 4) described lodging in two houses “right off the street” on Blue Goose Road — a boys' house and a girls' house — and walked the board through the accommodation and cost estimates. The presenter said the boys' cabin was quoted at $392 per night (total shown in the presentation as $1,644) and the girls' cabin was listed in the transcript as “3.50 a night” with a total of $1,541; the transcript phrasing suggests a likely transcription error on the girls' per‑night figure, but the board recorded the totals as presented. The students said transportation, food and spending money were included in the overall total and that parents and students would sign a conduct contract.
Board members asked logistical questions about bedding and chaperones. A board member noted the district handbook requires a male staff member to serve as the male chaperone for the boys' housing; the students said they expected a staff chaperone (named options included a district staff member or a relative who might qualify) and that they would confirm the required ratios before finalizing arrangements.
Chair (Speaker 1) moved to approve the students' plan "as is with a update in April," and a board member (Speaker 6) seconded the motion. The motion passed by voice vote with ayes recorded and no opposed recorded in the transcript. The board asked the students to return with any necessary deposits and a financial update at the April meeting.
The approval is procedural: the board required the follow‑up budget update rather than authorizing immediate expenditures beyond depositing funds. The students and the administration will coordinate chaperone verification, transportation planning (the students discussed bus or vans and indicated a bus was the preferred option), and fundraising to cover remaining costs.
Next step: students will provide a budget update at the April meeting and secure any necessary deposits before final confirmations.
