Not only is funding for the buses a problem for many schools, teachers
can't get trips approved because of the time taken from the
classroom....once again, the kids miss out due to the bureaucracy of
testing.
Vicky Wall

Katherine Cordy wrote:

>Funding Field Trips"  is a BIG thing that doesn't happen in schools = these
>days.
>
>The first 15 years we did our Shell Festival..we opened the Festival on
>Friday just to school children.  We sent invitations  to all the schools =
>and we had thousands of children come in school buses hourly.  Dr. Abbott =
>would give the glass an "introduction to shells" and then the children could
>= see
>the exhibits and buy inexpensive shells from the dealers.   We had to have
>lots of club members on the floor to supervise and answer questions..but =
>it was a great experience.
>
>AND the children would often make their parents come back to the = Festival
>the next day because of what they had seen.
>
>We stopped opening the show on Fridays because the children cannot come =
>any
>more..They can't afford to move those buses.   What a shame!  But we still
>send information to EVERY school in Brevard County about the Festival.
>
>
>Bobbi
>
>
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>
>Jim and Bobbi Cordy
>Merritt Island, Florida
>Space Coast Shell Festival Jan. 21-22 2006
> in Melbourne
>ATSC Sponsors "It's Better In the Bahamas Shelling Trips"
>
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