Mini Poll: Spring Break Broke?

Will you be taking a Spring Break vacation this year?

Yes
Yes, and I'll be spending it in St. Louis
No
No, but my kid(s) will

Given the wide range of available travel discounts and the state of your own finances, are you more likely to take advantage of this year's Spring Break deals and discounts or to save your money?

Take advantage of the deals - I still need a vacation
Save my money

Assuming MayorSlay.com were paying for your Spring Break vacation, where would you most like to go?

Somewhere warm, like Florida
Somewhere snowy, like Colorado
Somewhere dry, like Arizona
Somewhere foreign, like Italy
Somewhere tropical, like the Dominican Republic
Somewhere close and elegant, like Downtown's Four Seasons Hotel

In general, do you think that the Spring Break party culture has gotten too dangerous for young people?

Yes, I think there are too many under-age drinkers on Spring Break
No

When do you think kids are old enough to go on Spring Break by themselves?

When they can drive
When they're seniors in high school
When they're in college
When I'm not supporting them anymore
Anytime, as long as it's a service-oriented trip

Which of the following statements best corresponds to your feelings about the St. Louis tradition of Spring Break trips by high school seniors?

I'd pay for my kids' trips. They're only young once.
They're only young once, but they should pay their own way.
Senior trips are too dangerous
Senior trips are unnecessary

Which of the following is the just barely acceptable ratio of adult chaperones to high school students on a Spring Break trip?

One adult for every fifteen students
One adult for every ten students
One adult for every five students
One adult for every student
Two adults for every student
No chaperones (If you are not in high school and make this selection, please turn in your adult card.)

Should high schools and colleges encourage more community service-orientated Spring Break trips?

Yes
Yes, but just high schools
Yes, but just colleges
No

Would widely reported mysteries, like the disappearance of Natalee Holloway a few years ago, make you less likely to let your own children take a Spring Break trip?

Yes, and it has
Yes, and it would
No

Would widely reported stories, like the current violence in some Mexican border towns, make you less likely to let your own children take a Spring Break trip?

Yes, and it has
Yes, and it would
No

Testing your honesty about double standards: would you be more likely to let a male 18-year-old offspring go on an un-chaperoned Spring Break trip this year, than you would a female offspring?

My daughter could go
My son could go
Neither of them would be going
Either could go