SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—The trip in question is a stay at the Catalina Island Marine Institute, where 5th graders get hands-on marine biology lessons and outdoor adventures.
Parents and students at some schools in the district can raise the money, but other schools don’t have the means.
Tuesday night, dozens of parents and students came to the Santa Barbara Unified School District board meeting to voice their anger and disappointment upon learning 5th graders at some schools won’t get to go on the annual Catalina Island Marine Institute field trip…