High school class trip to Seattle includes stop at strip club
SPRAGUE — When nine students at Sprague High School took their senior trip to the big city recently, the stops in Seattle included Pike Place Market, the Space Needle and a strip club.But that was just the tykes having a little fun. How about Students Left On Bus While Chaperones Gambled In Casino:
The latter was not on the original itinerary.
The Oklahoma City School Board said it is investigating after several Capitol Hill High School students were allegedly left in a casino parking lot during a non-sanctioned field trip while the adult chaperones gambled inside, Eyewitness News 5 reported Wednesday.Mrs. Leggins?
The students were left with a bus driver in a casino parking lot on two occasions, said Brittany Taylor, who paid $250 for the field trip, which was promoted as a six-day college recruitment and recreational outing.
The trip's itinerary included a professional basketball game, a New York Yankee's baseball game, and a tour of colleges in three states.
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The students said they attended the basketball game, but missed the baseball game, and only visited one of the colleges they were scheduled to tour.
"On the sheet there was a bunch we were supposed to go to, but Mrs. Leggins said we were a day behind," Taylor said.
The field trip was organized and led by Capitol Hill High School Principal Herlena Leggins, but was not approved by the district superintendent.Can you say "revised career path"? I knew you could!
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Capitol Hill High School activity funds helped finance the trip, but the expenditures were made without board approval, officials said.
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A copy of an audit of the trip completed by the school board indicates thousands of dollars were spent on the field trip out of the school's activity fund.
It also identifies several people, including the principal and the principal's family, who went on the trip, but were not required to pay the $250 that the students were required to pay.
Leggins could not be reached for comment.
