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Your son is 10? I thought he was in high school. I'd be much more concerned about a ten year old than I would a teen.
Her son is not 10, he's in high school.
Add my name to the column "extreme overreaction". I'm surprised the poster committed to a non-school sanctioned trip without fully vetting it, based on the concern over who will now chaperone.
Yeah, I'm surprised that any teachers actually friend their students! If I were a teacher, my page would be locked down and I'd use a different name. Eeks.
I friend my students and my coworkers (that is, I accept friend requests from them), but I also post almost nothing at all to my page. At least, nothing that I would not feel totally comfortable announcing in class and to my coworkers, and even then just the absolute minimum.
And I agree that OP is over-reacting. Plus really selfish to be thinking only of her trip. I'm sure there are lots of qualified and trustworthy teachers who would like a free trip and they will have no problem finding a substitute.
Specifically, my concern is that if they cannot find a chaperone, I will be out of pocket $2k. I would go, but I'm having surgery in April. My husband will not be able to take the time off work, as he won't have a year at his current job until late July.
If the trip is canceled and she won't give the money back. Small claims court should be in your future.
Whoa overreaction!! Everyone else has explained very well how much you are overreacting so I won't bother, just add me to the list of people thinking you need to relax, and wait, and I'm sure you will find out in good time who the new chaperones will be.
This is NOT a school trip. "Other chaperones" won't be "stepping up" in line for a free trip. This was totally organized by the couple who now will have a newborn.
With a trip of this magnitude, the chaperones are EVERYTHING. If there aren't other qualified adults in place by mid-January, I would be prepping my kid to not go.
This is NOT a school trip. "Other chaperones" won't be "stepping up" in line for a free trip. This was totally organized by the couple who now will have a newborn.
With a trip of this magnitude, the chaperones are EVERYTHING. If there aren't other qualified adults in place by mid-January, I would be prepping my kid to not go.
Yes, her concern is warranted, but the time for vetting the contingency plans should have been before signing up for a non-school sponsored trip.
This is NOT a school trip. "Other chaperones" won't be "stepping up" in line for a free trip. This was totally organized by the couple who now will have a newborn.
With a trip of this magnitude, the chaperones are EVERYTHING. If there aren't other qualified adults in place by mid-January, I would be prepping my kid to not go.
I don't think her concerns are unwarranted. I think turning concern into anger and directing it at the pregnant woman is wrong. Didn't op say this teacher has older kids/ teens? Her life has just been turned upside down. The op needs to get a grip and give her a few more weeks to announce a replacement.
I think wanting to know who is going is warranted.
Freaking out over not knowing who the chaperone will be six months in advance of a trip for a teenager is over the top. Thinking that the teacher should have called the minute she found out she was pregnant or being angry that this trip was not the teacher' first priority for the next six months of her life is just silly.
There is a meeting coming up soon for the parents and the students going on the trip. That will be the proper time for the introduction of different adults as chaperons, and to discuss the changes with the group. At least this is how I have seen things done over the past 70 years, since I went on my first trip of a similar nature, and as our kids grew up. That meeting is the ideal place for everyone to get to know the new chaperons, and approve them.
Expecting them to just throw out a name of who are possible chaperons at this time, is expecting too much. It will take time to discuss this job with some people to even find the ones that will actually make the trip.
Very often women that have older children, are not expecting to end up pregnant, and signs of pregnancy are overlooked for a short time. She probably just learned for sure and had a doctor verify it, and has due to rumors made the announcement to family and friends she is close to over her face book page, which is very common today. He next job is to even find the replacement chaperons.
OP slow down and quit going into panic mode. Give them times to put together the best chaperons they can, and to introduce them at the next meeting. You are trying to make them rush into giving you answers they have not had time to even make decisions on and make known what is going on.
If they are good enough to trust your child to going on this trip, you should assume they will be just as careful about picking other chaperons as you would be. Give them time to put the changes into place.
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I'd be much more concerned about a ten year old than I would a teen.
