Yesterday, June 1, Kent School faculty, fourth grade students and parent chaperones were involved in an on-water boating incident while on a field trip. The group was on a Chesapeake Bay Foundation vessel in Dorchester County. This annual field trip is culminating experience of Kent School’s Lower School Bay Studies science curriculum.
All members of the Kent School group were transported to either Dorchester General Hospital or Easton Memorial Hospital. There were no serious injuries. Everyone was released no later than 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) President William C. Baker issued this statement following an accident involving a CBF boat with Kent School fourth-grade students and parents on board. “At approximately 5:30 this afternoon a Chesapeake Bay Foundation boat apparently struck a submerged object west of Bloodsworth Island. There were 23 students, parents, teachers, and staff on board, and there are no life threatening injuries. It looks like all will be discharged from the hospitals tonight.
“CBF will conduct an investigation into the incident, and cooperate with the Natural Resources Police and Coast Guard, to better understand the cause of today’s accident.”
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