Expecting to see more of this kind of thing. Here, this upstate New York district is zero-budgeting field trips this year, and only allowing trips completely funded by the PTOs.

We started talking about this a while back with this post on Fundraising and the Economy, but the issue is only going to get tighter in the coming months. We have some of our own research coming out shortly on how groups are doing this fall $$-wise.

Now's the right time to think ahead as to how you can make sure you're still able to build community and involvement and support your school, even with a lower budget. Would love to hear your ideas, if you're already making those adjustments.