So, Burton said her committee tried to figure out creative ways to be able to bring these educational experiences back to the district, focusing on working with community organizations. “But the fact is that these experiences enhance what the students are learning in school.” “Some schools that have (Parent Teacher Associations) that raised more money were able to provide more trips, maybe a longer opportunity, it just sort of varies on the different things,” said Julie Faryniarz, executive director of the Greenwich Alliance for Education. Therefore, individual school PTAs had to attempt to raise the funds, creating an opportunity disparity within the 11 elementary schools. The application came in the wake of some difficulty funding field trips.Īs the district's budget became more crunched, Gia Burton, co-chair of the Parent Teacher Association Council’s Curriculum Enrichment Committee, said it could no longer offer as many GPS-sponsored experiences as it did in past years, resulting in a loss of some district-wide field trips. Tara Fogel, the district’s K-8 curriculum program director, submitted a grant proposal to the Greenwich Alliance for Education to be able to send every GPS first grade class to the Bruce Museum and every single second grade class to the Greenwich Audubon Center.
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