Rising gas prices all over the country are causing quiet a stir. Newscasts, newspapers, and all other types of media are giving new reports of prices going up each day. Even truck drivers have gotten in on the protest of the rising cost. Almost everyone in America has been affected in some way.
People everywhere in the United States are being forced to recalculate their budgets in order to allow for the extra cash being put into their vehicles.
Education is no different. Schools too are seeing a negative impact of the high fuel prices.
It is costing more to run school buses to transport children to and from school. Public education is costing the counties and states more now than ever before.
Teachers and students are seeing the impact directly by the rising cost of special events and field trips. Because of the higher gas prices, it is costing more to transport students from school to special locations for movies, plays, and other forms of enrichment opportunities.
Schools are having to be very careful which field trips they allow. Administrators are carefully examining the mileage for each trip.
Teachers are finding that some trips are being rejected rather than approved. Some trips have even been cancelled altogether.
Trips that are being approved and taken are causing even more of a burden on families who are already crunching numbers to adjust for their personal gas allowance to get to and from work. Some field trip prices are almost too ridiculous to even ask parents to pay.
A recent pre kindergarten trip cost ten dollars per child.
I think that it is sad that the children are having to suffer the high fuel costs also. Unfortunately, there is little hope of the cost going down, especially before this school year is over.
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