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Show Trip Planned For 8th Grade Students Carl Winters Middle School history teacher Don Johnson has come up with a different learning experience for eighth grade students at the school. Johnson presented a plan Tuesday night for an eight-day eight-day trip to the east coast allowing students to view history first-hand at places like Williamsburg, Virginia. According to Johnson a survey done at the school indicated 33 of the approximate approxi-mate 90 students were 90 percent sure they would go on such a trip while 67 said they were moderately interested inte-rested in. going. 57 of all students asked said they would be interested in some type of fundraising events to help pay for it. Paying for it is apparently the biggest problem. John-sold John-sold told the board they had worked out an arrangement with two travel agencies. The cost would be $900 per student including air-fare, meals and lodging for the entire eight days. Johnson said he and other teachers along with principal Brian Schiller tried to come up with a program that would give students the cultural opportunity of being exposed to another environment environ-ment while still being fair to those students who might not be able to afford it. "Money is the only major , obstacle to the idea," commented com-mented Schiller. Board member Gary Avise agreed saying he was concerned about those students who don't get to go. "It sounds like a big school function to send 24 students to Washington Wash-ington and 65 don't getto go," commented Avise. Board member Susie Williams Wil-liams said she was also concerned about the money noting students can be "sensitive" under such circumstances cir-cumstances especially "when they're already dealing deal-ing with peer pressure." The board generally approved ap-proved the idea and requested request-ed Johnson to return with more fund-raising ideas and possible solutions for children child-ren to earn part or all of the trip fee. The board also asked Johnson to get a response from teachers on taking the trip during Easter vacation in an effort to lessen the impact on those students who cannot go. |