01/23/2025
Our final post from our trip to DC with some pictures that we had not previously posted. Each of the Inauguration trips present different challenges, the students are different, the weather is an unknown, and the political climate shifts back and forth. However, in the end, there has been a few constants: the support of (1) our administration, faculty and staff of Scranton High, (2) our school board, Superintendent and administration of the Scranton School District, and (3) the Scranton community, the media, and our families and friends within. We can’t have the success that we have had with these trips without the backing of all of those both directly and indirectly involved… and we appreciate it so much. Thank you for having our backs every four years for the Inaugural trips, and any other trips that we organize in between. Finally, our high school, our school district, our families, and our community should be incredibly proud of these students. They sacrificed a 3 day weekend to learn and hang out with their teachers, they went into this blind as to who the candidates would be and who would eventually win, and they paid out of pocket and fundraised a lot of money. They handled themselves as mature young men and women, great representatives of their families. We are so proud of their commitment and effort before and during this once in a lifetime opportunity. We hope that they have learned many history and life lessons from our journeys… because in the end… it’s all about the children.
