After pandemic pause, field trips again enlighten kids—and sustain nonprofits

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The morning routine was underway in a windowless Brookview Elementary School classroom where strands of twinkle lights provided a soft glow. Then, the teacher announced it was time to line up.

Excitement bubbled as second graders at the Fulton County school stowed away science notebooks and waited in an increasingly boisterous cafeteria for buses to take them on the year’s first field trip.

What’s something you might see, asked teacher Jelisa Miller.

A wolf, a giraffe, a monkey, a tree, the kids guessed.

“When we come back, I’m going to ask you this question and your answers will be completely different,” she said.

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