Thanks for all the responses.  This will give me lots of ideas.


On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Susanne Bunker <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> A few years back the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, MA,
> obtained a $5,000 grant from Sovereign Bank  to fund field trip buses from
> disadvantaged communities within the bank's service area. The communities
> were identified as those having median incomes at or below the poverty
> level using a gov't generated list. The bank also requested that qualifying
> schools be new to the museum so as to introduce new business to the ATHM.
> It took us a few years to use the money but the schools very much
> appreciated the funding and no doubt it made the trip possible for many of
> them. We paid whatever the buses cost - pre-approved, of course, so we
> could manage the budget. Schools attend field trips in groups of two
> classes or multiples of two because two classes fit on one bus. We recently
> ran into issues with field trips involving buses at all because now many
> schools require buses with bathrooms if you are traveling any distance
> (more expensive), and many districts require a nurse to travel with the
> group regardless - which pulls the nurse from the school, so schools have
> to cover this extra staffing. We had long known that bus costs kept
> students in their buildings.
>
>
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> *From: *"Ray Lennard" <[log in to unmask]>
> *To: *[log in to unmask]
> *Sent: *Friday, March 2, 2012 12:25:25 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [MUSEUM-L] Bus reimbursement for field trips
>
>
> The Lenawee County Historical Museum offered such a program a few years
> ago.  Our policy was to offer a flat fee per bus, which was calculated by
> the local ISD transportation supervisor to take the cost of running the bus
> + driver's pay.  It was then a "first come, first served" type operation
> with a set budget (a donor had offered $1500 for the program).  Not one
> school took us up on the offer.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Christina Hirn Arseneau <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 01, 2012 1:53 PM
> *Subject:* [MUSEUM-L] Bus reimbursement for field trips
>
> Greetings!  I would like to hear from any museum who reimburses or
> subsidizes bus/transportation costs associated with field trips.  What are
> your policies or guidelines?
>
> Thank you for sharing,
>
> Christina Arseneau
> Museum Director
> The Heritage Museum and Cultural Center
> St. Joseph, MI
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