sunb75
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2014
Were you there as a chaperone?
If so, then the coach's decision makes sense. Parents would come, chaperone during the event or until the parents were ready to go, then take their kids and leave; leaving the event short handed.
For example, my DD#2's band trips required one parent for every 10 students. Students couldn't leave with parents after the trip, they had to ride the bus with the other students. It helped the band teacher keep track of who was where. The only times he made an exception were when one of the students parent (who was not chaperoning, just attending) received a call at the game that the other parent was in a car accident, and it was looking bad, so the teacher allowed the student to leave with the parent and once when DD#2 was injured while performing and we needed to go to the ER. In our case, I was chaperoning (in fact, I was in charge of the volunteers), but I had another parent who was just attending step into my spot and take over while we left.
The coach is in charge of the kids on these trips, and is responsible for what happens to them, even if the parent is there. That being said, he could have talked to you and made an exception with her being ill, but only to return to the hotel and not to go anywhere else. As far as having to stay in the room with the others, that is the coach trying to maintain control over the entire situation, not just the ill child.
Not a chaperone and all I wanted to do was take her back to rest in a bed by herself in a quiet room.