[intellec7]

In my opinion, this issue shouldn't have escalated into a lawsuit, but I can concede into understanding the frustration and worry that both the student and the parent feels.

It's uneasy to know that you're not trusted when you believe that you should be. Honestly, if a student can't be trusted, it's the trip coordinator's responsibility to not not grant that student the privilege of traveling. What is not the coordinator's responsibility is to create a 24-hour alarm system that makes it obvious when there has been an infraction. That's silly.

Those who may be accused of "thinking too much" might argue that a student may feel so uncomfortable, that if he or she awakes in the middle of the night and feels the need to obtain something to drink, that student might spend an uncomfortable night because of fear of the sever punishment that results from breaking curfew. Is that the type of system you want to employ: Instilling fear so that students abide by the rules? Of course it tends to work in society, but I'd like to think that any members of a robotics team would be a more mature than that.

It's about respect I think. We have a "watchdog" that monitors our halls when we go on trips. I honestly think she should be getting a good night's sleep instead of terrorizing kids by patrolling the traffic in our hallways.