[Doc Holliday]

You can never be too careful.

If it a team going to a camp then they normally are placed in dorms, and they are much easier to keep an eye on. the better the camp the less you have to worry as the student tend to be worn down by the constant activity.

Trip with teams playing in tournaments can be good or bad, depends on the kids, and how well things are planned out.

Educational field trips can be great, you must have a schedule so that activities keep the kids as busy as possible.

Senior trips, band trips etc cna be wonderful but you will never have enough supervision. Plus the liability is unreal, a student must be supervised at all times, this can become extremly difficult to do especially during down time when no events, visits to parks etc are planned. Every year you see or read of students falling off balconies attempting to sneak out. I for one don't think students or parents realize how much pressure this places on those who are responsible for the welfare of the students.

Kids will be kids, they will and have taken things to the limit.

I speak from experience as both a student who went on overnight trips and as a chaperone, I know what i did, what i tried to do and what I actually got away with, and to be honest i swore the last time i went on a trip that had dead time that if we made it home without incident I would never do that again, and I havent.