Well, this may be opening a can of worms - but I can’t imagine what this might mean to your liability insurance. We have been considering canceling our summer day camp program, because the rider for sex abuse coverage is astronomical. And that is for a daytime only program, when children are under our supervision - no parent or group leader that attended with them. I’d think the rate for an overnight program where you assume the legal supervision has got to be even more expensive.
That is, if you even want to ask your insurance company and open up that can!
Cindy Boyer
Director of Museums and Education
The Landmark Society of Western New York
Rochester, NY
(585) 546-7029 x12
www.landmarksociety.org
Our mission is to discover, protect, and revitalize the architectural
and related cultural heritage of the Rochester region, and to
educate and inform our community about that heritage.
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] sleepover
program
The educator at our historic site has proposed a new program for this summer. She has suggested a sleepover program where individual children (not groups) are dropped off at the site, parents not included. The museum staff would act as chaperones. Target audience would be children 8-12 years old. We would provide a bedtime snack, breakfast, and activities for the evening.
I have scoured the archives for any information on this type of program, but can only find examples of sleepovers/camp-in programs where parents, teachers, or group leaders are included and functioning as chaperones. Has anyone had experience with the type of program proposed above?
Some of my immediate concerns include ratio of staff to kids, liability, potential special licensing from state/local authorities, vaccination records, gender related issues, what info would be need on release forms...
Any thoughts or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Heather Iannucci
Interim Historic Site Manager
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
914-232-5651
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