Verona BOE: Chaperones Allegedly Partied on Fifth-Grade Trip
Board promises policy changes for future trips, dismisses punitive actions after fathers allegedly drank, lit fires, left cabins unattended.
[UPDATED: 9:30 p.m. Wednesday] The Verona Board of Education said it will tighten its rules about chaperoning class trips after a group of fathers supposedly held a party in a cabin during a fifth grade camping trip. H.B. Whitehorne Middle School Principal Yvette McNeal emailed details of the incident in a letter to parents of all fifth graders earlier in the week. Additional details were learned at Tuesday night’s meeting, including information the fathers, who were supposed to be chaperoning the 10 boys, left them without a chaperone while they lit fires and drank alcohol at another cabin during a five-hour party. “These fathers should be banned from future class trips,” said Palma Quagliata, a parent of a fifth-grader on the trip. “A …
liz cundari
9:54 am on Sunday, July 15, 2012
I am curious as to what type of punishment you think should happen. If it is preventing them from chaperoning in the future.... don't worry I doubt they would want to. more ›