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Post by notblanche on Jun 13, 2018 13:18:29 GMT -6
D.C. doesn't surprise me. There's a new soccer stadium opening this summer near Nats Park and they're nonstop building out that area for residents and tourists.
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Post by jorkzy on Jun 13, 2018 13:30:34 GMT -6
DS will be 12 for the 2026 world cup so i can imagine MH will be super excited to take him to a game, unfortunately it looks like Vancouver is not on the list of hosting cities, which is odd since we have an MLS stadium and the infrastructure to host a major event That is odd. What do they have in Edmonton? A large stadium. Hosted the commonwealth games many moons ago so the infrastructure is there.
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Post by jorkzy on Jun 13, 2018 13:32:06 GMT -6
That is odd. What do they have in Edmonton? they have a really big shopping mall and miles of frozen tundra. I don't know much about Edmonton but it seems like a weird choice. How very dare you. But lol. We are more than our frozen tundra!!1!
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Post by emma on Jun 13, 2018 13:36:45 GMT -6
they have a really big shopping mall and miles of frozen tundra. I don't know much about Edmonton but it seems like a weird choice. I thought Vancouver was included. That's what I heard on the radio at least. My MIL can see the stadium from her apartment and I live in soccer central. We will be right in the thick of it and I'm so excited! I might feel differently when I can't get to work, but I have time to figure it all iutm nope, they are not on the list, people here are sad. I feel like i always miss big sports events, like i moved to Canada 2 months after the 2010 olympics and left the UK 2 years before the 2012 olympics. Now i'm missing the world cup
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Post by regal on Jun 13, 2018 13:38:35 GMT -6
I thought Vancouver was included. That's what I heard on the radio at least. My MIL can see the stadium from her apartment and I live in soccer central. We will be right in the thick of it and I'm so excited! I might feel differently when I can't get to work, but I have time to figure it all iutm nope, they are not on the list, people here are sad. I feel like i always miss big sports events, like i moved to Canada 2 months after the 2010 olympics and left the UK 2 years before the 2012 olympics. Now i'm missing the world cup I'll host you! I went to the 2010 Olympics on a whim and it was so much fun. I know it was a PITA for locals, but I think this will be different. The infastructure is already set and things are spread out so it won't be as disruptive.
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Post by piratecat on Jun 13, 2018 13:40:35 GMT -6
I thought Vancouver was included. That's what I heard on the radio at least. My MIL can see the stadium from her apartment and I live in soccer central. We will be right in the thick of it and I'm so excited! I might feel differently when I can't get to work, but I have time to figure it all iutm Vancouver isn't on the list. Edmonton is, presumably at their football stadium Honestly, I'd be a little surprised if Edmonton ends up on the final list of 16 that will host. It is a long way to travel. So they'll narrow down to 16 from that list of 23?
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Post by emma on Jun 13, 2018 13:41:45 GMT -6
they have a really big shopping mall and miles of frozen tundra. I don't know much about Edmonton but it seems like a weird choice. How very dare you. But lol. We are more than our frozen tundra!!1! sure Jan
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Post by Pizzaslut on Jun 13, 2018 13:44:35 GMT -6
AN OHIO CITY MADE THE LIST! DS will be 11 so H and he will have a blast.
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Post by Pizzaslut on Jun 13, 2018 13:47:25 GMT -6
Oh if the list gets cut, Cincinnati probably won’t make it.
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Post by addymac on Jun 13, 2018 13:52:44 GMT -6
Oh if the list gets cut, Cincinnati probably won’t make it. And that's the one I hope stays so I can drive to it instead of having to fly to NY! gahhh
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Post by geekygirly on Jun 13, 2018 13:54:00 GMT -6
PDQ in case I delete later
Feeling a bit annoyed right now...
DD is supposed to go on a field trip to an amusement park with her preschool tomorrow. It's about an hour away on major highways. I've been a little nervous about having her go on such a long trip on a bus only equipped with lap belts, particularly since they said there wouldn't be enough room on the bus for parents to go on the bus. (We can attend the trip, just need to drive ourselves.) So my current intrepretation is that would make about 4 teachers on a bus to supervise 30ish 3-4 year olds for an hour (assuming all kids go on the trip).
I asked last week about the possibility, since DH and I were already driving, of having DD go in the car with me and meet them there (since there is no particular schedule of events for the trip anyway). I obviously would still pay the full fee (which includes the bus) I was told that wasn't an option and all kids need to go on the bus to the trip, but if we wanted to fill out a release form at the school board office we could drive her home from the trip. DH stopped by the office and filled out the form.
Today I asked the same teacher again to confirm at pickup and the teacher said that if I had filled out a form at the school board office to indicate that we were going to drive her to and from the trip then we could, but since we had only filled it out that we were going to drive her home that she would need to go on the bus in the morning.
Well, we only filled it out that way because last week you told us there was no option for her to go in the car with us. And now you are saying that if WE filled out the form correctly we could have? (I didn't say this.)
I know in the grand scheme of things it isn't a big deal and it will most likely be fine (I've been reiterating the importance of staying seated and belted on the bus the last few days with DD), but I guess I'm annoyed at the same person giving me different information after it is too late to even have the option. I think that is bothering me at this point more than my actual concern about the trip. And I'm also wondering how many other parents may have been given the correct info and will be driving their kids.
(And I also guess I'm a little weirded about the whole needing-to-fill-out-a-form to release a kid to their parental legal guardians who are on the school list of people authorized to pick up the child...I could totally understand if it was a grandparent or another adult. I know they want to cover their legal butts as much as possible...but still...)
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Post by bobyn on Jun 13, 2018 13:55:30 GMT -6
If Dallas is able to host, I know DH will want to take B. He'll be 14 but let's not even talk about that.
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Post by thankfulsnail on Jun 13, 2018 14:04:11 GMT -6
geekygirly, that makes zero sense to me. If I want to put my child in my car at any time for any reason, my child's daycare should not have the belief they can prevent me from doing so. Seriously, wtf?
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Post by melimo1315 on Jun 13, 2018 14:04:12 GMT -6
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Post by melimo1315 on Jun 13, 2018 14:05:56 GMT -6
So I interviewed for a part time teaching position last week and was offered the position today!!! The department head even asked if I'd consider full time after this upcoming school year. I'm so excited! Congrats! What will you be teaching? Thank you! It will be middle school health including sex ed haha
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Post by pobre on Jun 13, 2018 14:06:29 GMT -6
geekygirly , that makes zero sense to me. If I want to put my child in my car at any time for any reason, my child's daycare should not have the belief they can prevent me from doing so. Seriously, wtf? Uh, no? Signing a kid out of school is completely normal. The school has hundreds of kids to handle, there needs to be steps in place to make sure all kids are accounted for. I found this and the other post to be OTT.
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Post by thankfulsnail on Jun 13, 2018 14:08:36 GMT -6
geekygirly , that makes zero sense to me. If I want to put my child in my car at any time for any reason, my child's daycare should not have the belief they can prevent me from doing so. Seriously, wtf? Uh, no? Signing a kid out of school is completely normal. The school has hundreds of kids to handle, there needs to be steps in place to make sure all kids are accounted for. I found this and the other post to be OTT. Sure, but why is it no longer an option for her to sign her kid out? My impression from her post was that she was first told no, there is no way they can take their kid in their car on the way there, then were told they could have, but now they can't? Maybe I got lost somewhere but it doesn't sound like she has the option to sign the child out?
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Post by geekygirly on Jun 13, 2018 14:18:52 GMT -6
Uh, no? Signing a kid out of school is completely normal. The school has hundreds of kids to handle, there needs to be steps in place to make sure all kids are accounted for. I found this and the other post to be OTT. Sure, but why is it no longer an option for her to sign her kid out? My impression from her post was that she was first told no, there is no way they can take their kid in their car on the way there, then were told they could have, but now they can't? Maybe I got lost somewhere but it doesn't sound like she has the option to sign the child out? That's correct. The completed form needs to be sent from the school board office to the school, so since the trip is tomorrow, it was too late for that happen. I guess it would also make more sense to me if it was a daily policy that when I picked up my kid I had to sign them out. But when they release the kids from school they are just handed off to us (assuming us = someone who the teachers know should be picking them up). So it is weird to me why this is different. Again, I think my annoyance at being given incorrect info (and then being given the correct info after it was too late, with the implication that if /we/ had done the right thing, we could have done what I originally wanted), is greater than my worry about the trip at this point. (Since I had already pretty much resigned myself to their policy, and expected to be given the same answer today...I probably just shouldn't have asked again.)
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Post by angelashly on Jun 13, 2018 14:22:41 GMT -6
geekygirly , that makes zero sense to me. If I want to put my child in my car at any time for any reason, my child's daycare should not have the belief they can prevent me from doing so. Seriously, wtf? Wut? It is a liability thing. If she is signed up to go on a school field trip then the school is responsible for her so yes I can see them saying she has to ride the bus
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Post by angelashly on Jun 13, 2018 14:24:01 GMT -6
Uh, no? Signing a kid out of school is completely normal. The school has hundreds of kids to handle, there needs to be steps in place to make sure all kids are accounted for. I found this and the other post to be OTT. Sure, but why is it no longer an option for her to sign her kid out? My impression from her post was that she was first told no, there is no way they can take their kid in their car on the way there, then were told they could have, but now they can't? Maybe I got lost somewhere but it doesn't sound like she has the option to sign the child out? It is. She can still drive her home just not to and I am sure again it is a liability thing
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Post by angelashly on Jun 13, 2018 14:24:43 GMT -6
Sure, but why is it no longer an option for her to sign her kid out? My impression from her post was that she was first told no, there is no way they can take their kid in their car on the way there, then were told they could have, but now they can't? Maybe I got lost somewhere but it doesn't sound like she has the option to sign the child out? That's correct. The completed form needs to be sent from the school board office to the school, so since the trip is tomorrow, it was too late for that happen. I guess it would also make more sense to me if it was a daily policy that when I picked up my kid I had to sign them out. But when they release the kids from school they are just handed off to us (assuming us = someone who the teachers know should be picking them up). So it is weird to me why this is different. Again, I think my annoyance at being given incorrect info (and then being given the correct info after it was too late, with the implication that if /we/ had done the right thing, we could have done what I originally wanted), is greater than my worry about the trip at this point. (Since I had already pretty much resigned myself to their policy, and expected to be given the same answer today...I probably just shouldn't have asked again.) You pick her up at release time though no? so they wouldn't need you to sign her out because the day is done.
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Post by angelashly on Jun 13, 2018 14:25:10 GMT -6
I don't even know why I am getting into this except I have 30 minutes left of work
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Post by pobre on Jun 13, 2018 14:25:23 GMT -6
It's state law here that there has to be daily tracking of kids arrival and departure.
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Post by pobre on Jun 13, 2018 14:26:05 GMT -6
I don't even know why I am getting into this except I have 30 minutes left of work I'm avoiding work.
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Post by Rusty Red on Jun 13, 2018 14:28:18 GMT -6
Same thing was the case when I used to be in marching band. We had to ride the bus there and parents needed to have something on file if we weren't going to ride the bus home. I mean, I get the mild irritation over not being told initially you could take her and now being told you could have, but it's pretty standard to require the child be on the bus for a field trip.
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Post by angelashly on Jun 13, 2018 14:28:24 GMT -6
I don't even know why I am getting into this except I have 30 minutes left of work I'm avoiding work. Same. I am on vacation next week and I need it to start now
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Post by angelashly on Jun 13, 2018 14:29:02 GMT -6
I find it lucky that they were allowing you to take her from the amusement park home when I was in school activities the kids had to ride the bus to the event and back
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Post by AmyG on Jun 13, 2018 14:35:11 GMT -6
I understand being frustrated at being told one thing and then being told something else. But if afraid of the few teachers watching over that many little ones on a field trip, please understand that making transportation changes at the last minute is going to make it even more confusing for those teachers. So they have to say no, to maintain control and accurate head counts both ways. Also often the bus charges an amount based on head count, and then the bus actually counts those heads, so the kid has to be IN the seat on the way there for the bus to get paid the right amount.
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Post by geekygirly on Jun 13, 2018 14:38:38 GMT -6
That's correct. The completed form needs to be sent from the school board office to the school, so since the trip is tomorrow, it was too late for that happen. I guess it would also make more sense to me if it was a daily policy that when I picked up my kid I had to sign them out. But when they release the kids from school they are just handed off to us (assuming us = someone who the teachers know should be picking them up). So it is weird to me why this is different. Again, I think my annoyance at being given incorrect info (and then being given the correct info after it was too late, with the implication that if /we/ had done the right thing, we could have done what I originally wanted), is greater than my worry about the trip at this point. (Since I had already pretty much resigned myself to their policy, and expected to be given the same answer today...I probably just shouldn't have asked again.) You pick her up at release time though no? so they wouldn't need you to sign her out because the day is done. I guess that makes sense. I guess where I get caught up from a hypothetical standpoint is...I'm the legal guardian of my kid. If I came to school and said that I needed to get my kid and hadn't filled out the proper forms, what would they do? Detain my kid? Arrest me? It almost seems like a lawsuit situation waiting to happen at some point if something were ever to happen to a child on school property after a legal guardian tried to pick them up. (Yes, I know the other scenario is a liability concern too which is why they have the forms. And to be perfectly clear, NO I AM NOT PLANNING TO DO THIS.) Anyway, that is neither here nor there at this point. I just hope that tomorrow I don't find out that half the parents are driving their kids because they were given the correct info. (Although I guess then maybe there would be room for parents on the bus? LOL) Also to be clear, if I hadn't been slightly concerned about the number of chaperones on the bus, or it was a shorter trip, or it was not on major highways, or there were better seat restraints, I probably wouldn't have even asked in the first place. It was the combo of all those factors that made me nervous (plus also probably the fact there have been a few well-reported school-bus accidents in my state in the last month that resulted in injuries/fatalities which was perfect timing for the first time I'm sending my kid on a school bus alone :-P ).
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Post by angelashly on Jun 13, 2018 14:39:50 GMT -6
You pick her up at release time though no? so they wouldn't need you to sign her out because the day is done. I guess that makes sense. I guess where I get caught up from a hypothetical standpoint is... I'm the legal guardian of my kid. If I came to school and said that I needed to get my kid and hadn't filled out the proper forms, what would they do? Detain my kid? Arrest me? It almost seems like a lawsuit situation waiting to happen at some point if something were ever to happen to a child on school property after a legal guardian tried to pick them up. (Yes, I know the other scenario is a liability concern too. And to be perfectly clear, NO I AM NOT PLANNING TO DO THIS.) Anyway, that is neither here nor there at this point. I just hope that tomorrow I don't find out that half the parents are driving their kids because they were given the correct info. (Although I guess then maybe there would be room for parents on the bus? LOL) Also to be clear, if I hadn't been slightly concerned about the number of chaperones on the bus, or it was a shorter trip, or it was not on major highways, or there were better seat restraints, I probably wouldn't have even asked in the first place. It was the combo of all those factors that made me nervous (plus also probably the fact there have been a few well-reported school-bus accidents in my state in the last month that resulted in injuries/fatalities which was perfect timing for the first time I'm sending my kid on a school bus alone :-P ). No they would have you sign a release
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