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In reply to the discussion: Every 4th Grader in America to Get a One-Year Pass to Every National Park for them & their Family! [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)As I said, this is not a "send your kid to Yosemite" program, it's all national public lands and parks, a waiver of entrance fees.
Yosemite is packed and popular, people from all around the world come there for a once in a lifetime experience.
As world population has grown, so has the number wanting to go to Yosemite.
I don't know why you're concerned, did you think that beneficiaries of this program will be able to cut in front of people with reservations?
Is it just the sheer increase that in interest in Yosemite that this program might produce?
Here's what I think:
4th grade is perfect, kids are curious and this will be transformative, regardless of which park they visit, because some kids have never ever been to any park except their own city park, and that might be filled with trash and crackheads.
The program will help provide transportation for school kids, a far better way actually to get kids in compared to individual cars.
I think it's terrific.