Recently, I went to a Board of Education meeting for my Journalism II class and found it to be very interesting. This meeting took place in West Hartford, Connecticut and it had your basic agenda for the rest of the year, but for the last hour of the meeting it discussed the September 11 attack. The superintendent, Dr. Sklarz decided to cancel all field trips for the rest of the year.
He thought it was best to cancel field trips leaving the state of Connecticut and over seas. The board members approved his decision and thought that it was in the best interest of the students and facility involved with the trips. There were two high school students in the meeting that disagreed with this decision. They found it to be not fair and just to treat elementary students and high school students the same. These boys were precise and had strong opinions about the matter.
I found this to be very educational because I liked the idea that students were entitled to speak their minds about the decision. However, I thought that the decision was fair because what is happening with the country is a serious matter and children should be safe. Teachers should discuss these issues about terrorism to students openly in order to answer any questions they might have. Students should feel free to ask questions. Children should rely on teachers for guidance and support.
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