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MHS Field Trip Request
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(ID # 6068) Consent MHS Field Trip Request
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▶ 34:50 Speaker 4: risk field trip request second great motion made by mr. Selm seconded by miss
▶ 35:01 Speaker 4: McAllister grand discussion mr. Selm through the chair to the superintendent is there any concern about any of the unrest in the Catalonia region I note that on the field trip there's discussion of possibly going to Pensacola which is just south of that region you want you want to address it
▶ 35:18 Speaker 6: miss dagger cane who will oversee that field trip happens to be with us that's why I asked to have it moved up to the beginning Paul do you want to know okay
▶ 35:31 Speaker 6: if those of you who don't know this this is Niska dagger cane one of our veteran
▶ 35:42 Speaker 1: Spanish language teachers thanks for being here yes ma'am so is my question
▶ 35:47 Speaker 4: was is there any concern about the unrest region in the region of Catalonia I note that one of the proposed side trips is to Pensacola which is just
▶ 36:01 Speaker 1: south of Catalonia yes we are concerned about that in our request we said that But if we have enough money, and the school and parents are okay, we will take our students to a fair trip, but no longer in the area of Catalonia, because they're undressed. Sure. So we are considering, if the trip happen, assuming we have enough money, I repeat again, we will go to the southwest. Okay. We're talking about Seville, Granada area, which is very pacific, very safe, and it also offer a lot of historical monuments and ruins and it's a beautiful city. If that happen, it will be that area. We will avoid Barcelona 100% because for now, in one year, the unrest is still.
▶ 36:54 Speaker 4: And just to be clear, I don't think that Spain is a dangerous place. It is not. only that I don't want to turn on CNN and see our students in the in the
▶ 37:06 Speaker 1: document we actually in the in the explanation we explained we said that we will look for a safe mayor city but no in the Catalonia area the closest to that area will be Valencia perfect thank you so much and just to remind the
▶ 37:23 Speaker 6: committee it is the practice of the school committee to check the state report State Department reports as we get closer to a trip and if there is major concern by the US government we we inform parents and they can make
▶ 37:37 Speaker 2: appropriate choices and that's the role of the administration not the school
▶ 37:42 Speaker 5: committee yes further questions discussion seeing none all those in
▶ 37:45 Jessica Dugan: favor
▶ 37:53 Speaker 6: thank you because as you know it's important that we give approval as soon as possible so that we can begin the fundraising as soon as possible so thank
▶ 38:04 Jessica Dugan: you for that next on our agenda is an update on the late start plan for the beginning of the next school year in the packet just folks know there's a very detailed report from the superintendent and the let me make sure I say the title