Months after parents and students at an Ajax elementary school petitioned administrators to restore their cancelled overnight trips, the two sides have reached an agreement to see them return.

Families received a letter from Southwood Park Public School on Oct. 1 informing them about the decision to cancel such trips, which meant that Grade 8 students would no longer go on a graduation trip to Ottawa.

Students in Grades 6 and 7 would have also missed out on overnight trips to Claremont Nature Centre in Pickering and to Muskoka Woods, respectively.

The letter said overnight trips “can present unintentional barriers for some families due to cultural or personal circumstances."

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