There would only be marginal savings in running a camp for 10-15 over one for 20-25. The significant staff, utilities, space, etc. expenditure would be the same for both. Depending on your cost and income structures the additional 5-10 kids could make the financial difference. This is why there are 25-30 kids in many public schools and fewer in many private schools. One way of justifying a small camp would be to make it exclusive for kids of particularly generous donors-just a thought. Nicholas Burlakoff -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Amy West at Higgins Armory Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 8:50 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: in defense of small camps I talked with my boss today briefly about the possibility of budgeting for a smaller camp (assuming 10-12 kids). She said that if she did that, she would be forced to defend running a program for such a small number of kids (and 1 staff would have to be cut from it). So, I put it to the conglomerate brain: is it worthwhile to put time, effort, and staff into a day camp for only 10-15 kids? Frankly, I think so. But I have to put reason to it, and this is all I can come up with right now: The kids get time devoted to topics that are (in our case) often given short shrift (the phasing out of the study of the medieval period in K-12 public school curricula is a very hot topic now in the medievalist community), it's an enrichment program, and we can trim costs respectively: certainly a camp for 10-15 kids doesn't have to cost the same as one for 20-25 kids. Any better reasons from the Museum-L collective brain? ---Amy ------------------------------ Look, I have ONE job on this lousy ship. It's STUPID, but I'm gonna do it, OKAY? - Gwen DeMarco in _Galaxy Quest_ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).