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District 208 board approves varsity cheer camp and music department tour
Summary
The Riverside-Brookfield Township High School District 208 board approved two out-of-state overnight trips — a varsity cheer summer camp at Carthage College, Wis., and a music department educational/performance tour to Memphis and New Orleans — after discussing insurance, parent permission forms and behavior expectations.
The Riverside-Brookfield Township High School District 208 Board of Education on April 14 approved two out-of-state overnight student trips: a varsity cheer squad request to attend the National Cheer Association summer camp at Carthage College in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, July 10–12, 2026, and a music-department educational and performance tour to Memphis and New Orleans.
Board members discussed logistical protections before voting, including confirmation that district liability insurance and attorney-reviewed permission forms are used for overnight trips, chaperone requirements and the expectation that families will be responsible for costs if students are sent home for misconduct. A board member said she would like to see the actual permission slip and insurance language before future trips; administration said the standard forms are in the district archive and will be distributed in the Friday update.
The cheer-camp request was approved by roll call after a motion and second. The music-department trip was also approved by roll call; the transcript records one abstention on the music trip motion. Board members encouraged fundraising to cover trip costs and wished students well.
The approvals were made as part of the meeting’s agenda and recorded in the board packet for April 14, 2026. The board’s vote tallies were recorded in the meeting roll calls.
