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Safety on School Trips

I don't know if anyone heard today, but a school girl drowned in Long Beach. She was on a field trip.

This brings up an interesting question. Who is responsible for the child while on a field trip?

Wouldn't it be the teacher or coordinator of the trip?

Take a look at this and give me your thoughts:

http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/top_stories/120902/school-officials-investigate-girl-s-drowning
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This is indeed tragic, and yes, I believe the teachers/coordinators are meant to act in loco parentis. That said, tragedies do happen, nand we shouldn't be too quick to rush to bla,e anybody just yet

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Aren't there lifeguards out there?

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As a parent, I sometimes have to fight the impulse to lock the kid up in a little cubby hole just to make sure she's extra safe and protected from the world.

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@JenMac: Lifeguards are there, but they can't see everyone. At the time of the drowning, the article does not say whether the lifeguard was on duty.

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