Duluth East High Schoolers change course for worldwide travels

Nearly 30 Duluth East High Schoolers wanted to modified their worldwide journey plans. The preliminary journey to Egypt has been within the works for 2 years. However, with the current battle involving Iran, educators determined it might not be protected for college kids touring internationally to the Middle East.

Lee Kruger, a social research trainer at Duluth East High School, mentioned the U.S. Department of State issued a number of journey warnings. There are a complete of 14 Middle Eastern international locations the place worldwide guests are suggested to be cautious, together with Egypt.

“Ultimately we got an alternative trip on short notice. So we are now going to same timeline in three weeks where we’ve pivoted to Germany and, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein. I think it’s going to be a good alternative,” Kruger mentioned. “Safety is ultimately the top priority. It was supposed to be a 10 day trip to Egypt. Our trip is still going to be 10 days and there’s no extra costs. So it’s, it’s kind of a one for one. It’s obviously not our first choice, but this is a great alternative.”

With the adjustments made to go in the direction of Europe, Kruger says many of the Duluth East High Schoolers are nonetheless going. Only a handful of scholars and fogeys have determined to not take part within the journey.

U.S. Embassy Cairo is open and operating normally.  The State Department’s Travel Advisory for Egypt stays unchanged at Level 2 ‘Exercise Increased Caution,’ with ‘Do Not Travel’ steering for the Northern and Middle Sinai in addition to components of the Western Desert