My kid's attending a nature camp next week, and I have to sign a form for permission for her to ride in a van to go to a field site one mile away.
1 mile.
There is a nice, accessible public trail that to leads directly from the camp to the field site. But they are piling 24 kids into 3 vans, driving them 2 minutes, then unpiling, and then doing it all over again in reverse.
I know it's a small thing but if a nature camp can't see what's wrong here, I fear we really are doomed.
sigh.
@DrTCombs Our kid's preschool occasionally does trips in a van, a fact I only found out when I showed up only to find out that there was a field trip and I was expected to have a car seat with me (I was on the bike, so I did not). Instead, I had a very upset toddler who got taken to preschool and then not allowed to attend
They do walk with the kids within town to locations 1/2 mile away, at least. Can't say the same about the parents, however, who drive less than that to drop their kids off...
@mpusto @dx only kind of related but too good not to share; our kid's first preschool was in Aotearoa/NZ. They went on field trips weekly and not once did they get in a private vehicle. One day a colleague stopped in my office to show me a picture she had taken that morning of my kid sitting on a pony in a cricket pitch. They went everywhere: parks, library, creek, museum, supermarket, and, evidently, a cricket pitch.
@DrTCombs @dx Awesome! I bet they had a blast