Natalee Holloway Suspect Joran Van Der Sloot Sought in Peru Murder

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

It was a school tradition, apparently. They had been doing it for years. The school is in a pretty affluent suburb of Birmingham so it doesn't really surprise me.

It is NOT connected to the school...groups of students from graduating classes at MBHS went to places like Jamaica and though this trip had the most attendees so far, they were all set up in basically the same manner, but none of them ever had any affiliation with the school.

I'm so glad they've finally caught him, but it is so unfortunate that he was able to murder another girl. If Natalee's investigation had been done correctly, he wouldn't have killed this girl in Peru.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

It is NOT connected to the school...groups of students from graduating classes at MBHS went to places like Jamaica and though this trip had the most attendees so far, they were all set up in basically the same manner, but none of them ever had any affiliation with the school.

It can be a school tradition without being officially sanctioned by the school. This isn't something that the school would have wanted to take liability for anyway, it's a tradition among the students.

(Why do I feel like I'm having this conversation twice)

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

It can be a school tradition without being officially sanctioned by the school. This isn't something that the school would have wanted to take liability for anyway, it's a tradition among the students.

(Why do I feel like I'm having this conversation twice)

Well I disagree with the way it's worded, but it's been a plague on the school since day one. People still claim it is a school tradition when it's not...community tradition would be more accurate. The school caught a lot of flack for a long time for something it actually had nothing to do with. I can't remember how many years grads had been going to Jamaica but I think the class above us was the first to go to Aruba.

(MBHS will not even let "class" trips to foreign countries by Spanish and French classes arrange the trips through them...no idea if that's par for the course for public school systems but I know they've always been particularly careful of distancing themselves from any trips legally. Except athletic events I guess?)

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

Well I disagree with the way it's worded, but it's been a plague on the school since day one. People still claim it is a school tradition when it's not...community tradition would be more accurate. The school caught a lot of flack for a long time for something it actually had nothing to do with. I can't remember how many years grads had been going to Jamaica but I think the class above us was the first to go to Aruba.

(MBHS will not even let "class" trips to foreign countries by Spanish and French classes arrange the trips through them...no idea if that's par for the course for public school systems but I know they've always been particularly careful of distancing themselves from any trips legally. Except athletic events I guess?)

If it's students from the school going and not a group of grads from all over then I think it makes sense to call it a school tradition while acknowledging it's not an official trip.

I went to private school and we took trips that were sanctioned and through tour companies so, I don't know how it works elsewhere.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

If it's students from the school going and not a group of grads from all over then I think it makes sense to call it a school tradition while acknowledging it's not an official trip.

I went to private school and we took trips that were sanctioned and through tour companies so, I don't know how it works elsewhere.

I get where you're coming from...I should be more clear in that I'm not arguing the point with you actually because you're right, that does make sense...I'm just use to being defensive on that point because so many people put the entire thing on the school.

Any trips we took were through tour companies and the teachers had to book them independently so that the school wasn't technically affiliated in any legal way (I'm assuming that was the point)...except for athletic events I'm guessing, since that's through the school by default. Anyway it was something that parents booked and then advertised through word of mouth. It's ironic it was the biggest trip yet because around half our grade went.