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Committee approves revised NJROTC Washington trip after parade registration snag
Summary
Chief Abel told the Coventry School Committee that event coordinators failed to register the cadets for a National Memorial Day Parade, which would have added roughly $150 per marcher; the committee voted 5–0 to approve updated trip dates and an alternate itinerary emphasizing museums, the Naval Academy, and Arlington National Cemetery.
The Coventry School Committee on May 7 voted 5–0 to approve updated dates for an NJROTC field trip to Washington, D.C., after NJROTC leadership said event coordinators omitted the unit’s parade registration and demanded an additional $150 per marcher.
Chief Abel, speaking for the NJROTC program, said organizers discovered the omission while finalizing logistics and concluded it would be unfair to ask families for the new fee at the last minute. “They informed us that…
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