WA budget cuts leave parents fundraising for students’ ‘rite of passage’

WA budget cuts leave parents fundraising for students’ ‘rite of passage’

Schools across Washington are receiving bigger bills for outdoor-education trips after lawmakers cut a key state subsidy in 2025.

After cuts to Washington state outdoor education, parents try to save class trips - The Daily Chronicle

Echoing throughout a forested Bainbridge Island campus are the typical chirps and chitters of woodland fauna, punctuated by another sound: squeals of delight from fifth graders. The students discover a new animal, which silently slinks back to its home in the pond. A plant previously only seen in textbooks sparks awe. A glimpse of a refurbished fire lookout tower — stairs leading about 120 feet into the air, above the tree canopy — sets off exci…