My kids’ school is asking parents to pay £5K for a trip & even showed a video of how good it will be before telling us

A MUM has been near raging aft her girl came location from schoolhouse saying she wanted to spell connected a travel to Ecuador - which would acceptable them backmost £5,000.

She explained successful a video connected her TikTok page that the authorities school had adjacent shown the children a promo clip for the travel without adjacent telling the parents first.

And doing truthful conscionable accrued the magnitude of excitement the pupils - including her 14-year-old girl - had astir the trip, and truthful accrued the magnitude of pressure on parents.

"My 14 twelvemonth aged - she would beryllium conscionable 16 by the clip this trip takes place," the mum said successful her video.

"And her schoolhouse felt it indispensable to person a gathering astir this travel and archer them however astonishing it has been, erstwhile they've done it successful erstwhile years and however if your parents can't spend it past you tin fundraise.

"You tin acceptable up small tiny concern endeavor and rise the wealth yourself.

"Five expansive successful a twelvemonth and a half?"

She insisted she was "absolutely flabbergasted" astatine however the schoolhouse had presented the travel to the students.

"My girl got successful the car past week and said, 'Mum, I privation to spell to Ecuador'," she recalled.

"'Ecuador? You've ne'er mentioned Ecuador?'

"'Oh it's going to beryllium amazing. We're going to spell trekking, we're going to works trees, we're going to overgarment schools'."

The mum-of-three added that she doesn't uncertainty it would beryllium a "fabulous accidental for those that tin spend it", but disquieted she's being the "a**ehole" for saying she doesn't deliberation her girl should go.

In addition, the travel is for a month.

"The longest she's ever been distant from maine is 2 weeks and she was connected vacation with her dada and I spoke to her beauteous overmuch each time and I was getting pictures and videos of what she was up to," she continued.

"This is simply a period successful a rainforest!

"It's a 17 hr flight.

"They did person a Paris travel planned for French art... going to the Louvre and they were doing immoderate sightseeing and that was £600 for 5 days.

"And maine and her dad, we agreed we were going to bash fractional each. £300 for a schoolhouse travel for 5 days, I didn't deliberation that was bad.

"They cancelled that.

"Since past they've enactment connected a skiing travel which was thousands of pounds but luckily she can't skis and she's got nary volition of going connected that.

"But they person truly sold this Ecuador travel to these kids."

"Please springiness maine your opinions, I would emotion to cognize what your sentiment is connected if they've gone astir this the close way," she concluded.

"Should I beryllium saying thing to the schoolhouse astir however they've got each the children's hopes up?"

People were speedy to remark connected the video, with galore agreeing that the schoolhouse had gone astir things the incorrect way.

"Definitely should person spoken to parents first," 1 wrote.

"That's a disgrace, speech astir putting unit connected parents!" different agreed.

"And what trip, costing £5000, is beneficial to their education?" a thid questioned.

"Schools should not enactment fiscal unit connected parents.

"Are the teachers paying £5k each to go?"

"Yet if I wanted to instrumentality my kid connected the aforesaid travel and itinerary for a period during word clip past I would beryllium fined," idiosyncratic other pointed out.

"I’m a teacher of 30 years and that terms is utterly disgusting, particularly successful the existent economical environment," different commented.

"Well said!"

"Just accidental no," idiosyncratic other suggested.

To which the mum replied: "They haven’t made it casual to bash that with however they person sold it to the kids.

"I don’t person a occupation saying no, it conscionable makes the parents retired to beryllium a**eholes."

However, others urged her to see sending her girl connected the trip.

"Both my daughters came location from schoolhouse wanting to spell to Cambodia for £9,500 - aforesaid benignant of trip," 1 wrote.

"We fundraised for a year. Best acquisition of their lives.

"Great for their aboriginal honestly."

"My lad did the satellite situation travel to Nepal successful 2015, outgo £2150. Worth each penny," different said.

"People successful my people managed it, astir 4 oregon 5 of them truly wanted to spell truthful they did a clump of fundraising worldly and managed it successful astir a year," a 3rd commented.

"It's possible!"