Regency Stadium

[Merlin99]

Odd, I seem to remember bike riding and playing outside most of the day in over 100 degree temps at that age when I was in AZ. Guess when you are used to sitting inside playing video games and watching tv all the time it gets you conditioned to it.

100° with 20% humidity doesn't feel nearly as bad as 100° with 90% humidity.

 

[twinoaks207]

Thanks for hanging in there for other's kids. My kids weren't involved in this field trip, but you would hope when a parent signs on to help they take it serious, and understand they are assuming responsibility for other's children not just getting a free day at the ball park with their kids.

BUT don't fear, there was a thread in here a few years back about what the teachers would do to help and protect our kids if, for example, there was an emergency evacuation at the Nuke Plant. MOST said they would do what they signed on to do and take responsibility and protect the kids in their charge.. others said they would leave the kids they are responsible for and go get theirs and evacuate, help just their kids. Leaving the kids under their charge to take care of themselves?

It's not just the parents.

It's not an either/or, it is people in general. There are people who are conscientious and follow through with their responsibilities and there are people who are always "me first" and to hell with anyone else.

I found the report about the chaperones appalling and is one reason why the school that I work at always tries to ensure that we send enough teachers and school staff on trips to adequately supervise the students. Hubby and I are both teachers and there have been many occasions where our own children ended up staying at the sitter's house long past when we should have picked them up because we were unable to leave our schools because other people's children were still there. (Thank God that our sitter was like adopted family and helped us out.) During one snowstorm years ago, hubby wasn't able to leave his school until after 11:00 PM at night because some students still hadn't been picked up by parents.

Luckily, my children have always been blessed with conscientious people. On occasions where I felt that might not be the case, I took a day off & went myself. The only time I ever regretted going on a school field trip as a parent chaperone was the one where the other little kindergartner assigned to me took great joy in jumping onto my feet as hard as she could, at every possible occasion she could. I was never so glad to see the back of a child in my life! (I'm almost sure the jury would have let me off, but not certain enough at the time to toss the kid into the lion pit, lucky for her!)

 

[OldHillcrestGuy]

My daughter is going Monday with MBMS.

I dont think so, there is no game on Monday.

 

[sm8]

I dont think so, there is no game on Monday.

Maybe they rented out the field as a picnic place, I know of a church that just did that.

 

[Sweet 16]

This is one of the reason's we LOVE our daycare.

Every day we come to pick him up they are outside playing. He's hot, he's sweaty, dirty, nasty.. with a HUGE smile on his face, and ready to go out for more.

I love picking him up and you think he has a tan, but the tan washes off in the bathtub.. now THAT's how a little boy should be at the end of the day!!

Love it!! I miss the days when my baby used to come home with dirty knees and pine sap all over himself from climbing trees. BTW, that stuff only comes off with turpentine!

 

[sanchezf]

I dont think so, there is no game on Monday.

Yes my child will be there also, it's not for a game though it's just a fun filled day there...

 

[kom526]

SMCPS policy states that chaperones ride the bus with the kids. Maybe the surrounding counties should adopt the same policy.

Bob- I know what you ate saying about training in the heat. When I was
@ P.I. we had "black flag" days where we had to unblouse our boots and spent the time working on weapons maintenance and knowledge.

 

[tastycake]

Odd, I seem to remember bike riding and playing outside most of the day in over 100 degree temps at that age when I was in AZ. Guess when you are used to sitting inside playing video games and watching tv all the time it gets you conditioned to it.

I couldn't agree with you more! We did not have AC when we were growing up and played outside from dawn until we were made to come inside.

 

[sm8]

I couldn't agree with you more! We did not have AC when we were growing up and played outside from dawn until we were made to come inside.

I do not remember it being no where near this hot when I was younger. I have a feeling it was because we did not have AC either so were used to it being warm all of the time. That makes it not such a temperature difference between the inside air and outside so you do not feel it as much.

 

[desertrat]

100° with 20% humidity doesn't feel nearly as bad as 100° with 90% humidity.

I doubt either was that high, but yeah 100 and 90 would be off the chart.

 

[bresamil]

I dont think so, there is no game on Monday.

Maybe they rented out the field as a picnic place, I know of a church that just did that.

Exactly. They have access to rock climbing, the sumo suits, the bumper boats, the picnic pavillion, and also the ball diamond where they hope to play the teachers vs. students game that was cancelled Friday due to the heat.

 

[LadyCoyote]

My 2 girls were suppose to go today also. I kept them home. Sounds like another case of moms intution is always right.

Good for you! I kept mine home awhile back during a "field day" type of thing when the heat index was wicked high. I used to live in the desert southwest, heat illness is nothing to mess around with.

 

[OldHillcrestGuy]

Exactly. They have access to rock climbing, the sumo suits, the bumper boats, the picnic pavillion, and also the ball diamond where they hope to play the teachers vs. students game that was cancelled Friday due to the heat.

Gotcha, didnt know they did that, but guess they are trying to make money at the stadium, its really a great ballpark and I wish that more people would come out and support the team more.

 

[Dymphna]

SMCPS policy states that chaperones ride the bus with the kids. Maybe the surrounding counties should adopt the same policy.

Except that SMCPS told chaperones for the Blue Crabs game that they would have to drive themselves and would not be allowed on the bus. My son went and I had threatened to chaperone him.

 

[clevalley]

Thanks for hanging in there for other's kids. My kids weren't involved in this field trip, but you would hope when a parent signs on to help they take it serious, and understand they are assuming responsibility for other's children not just getting a free day at the ball park with their kids.

BUT don't fear, there was a thread in here a few years back about what the teachers would do to help and protect our kids if, for example, there was an emergency evacuation at the Nuke Plant. MOST said they would do what they signed on to do and take responsibility and protect the kids in their charge.. others said they would leave the kids they are responsible for and go get theirs and evacuate, help just their kids. Leaving the kids under their charge to take care of themselves?

It's not just the parents.

One of the parts that makes me scratch my head as CC school systems (and I believe SMC as well) already put out "no outdoor recess that day" due to the heat. It just befuddles be as to why it was not canceled.

The day before there were 20 kids that got sick there due to the heat - you would have thought there was a lessons learned there.