Students at Green Middle School will have to wait to take their trip to Washington D.C.

"We can't control everything but when we have the opportunity to prevent a possible situation from happening, we want to take all sorts of precautions," said Julie McMahan, school district spokesperson.

In other words, safety comes first and that'a s mantra that the owner of Traveling Classrooms, the company that is coordinating the trip, repeats as well. Owner Bob Jackson says he's okay with the school district's decision even though he's only aware of one other district in the region that's taking the same approach. In fact, Jackson is taking a group from Lake High School to the nation's capital this week.

Lake High School is a much smaller group and they're just there Friday afternoon through Saturday and they're still opting to go, which I think is a good thing," said Jackson. "I do understand the concerns of the parents of Green Middle School and I fully support the decison that Green made."

McMahan is aware that most schools that have planned trips are still proceeding as planned but says her district is comfortable making decisions that are based on the needs of their own students, parents and employees that may differ from what some other district is doing. McMahan says the students will probably get more out of it by waiting.

"Where does their fear lie?  Where is their hesitation? Are they going to be spending their whole time texting their parents back and forth, saying 'hey, we're okay,'" said McMahan. "That kind of takes away and diminishes the value of the educational experience."

Jackson says that despite the well-circulated video that shows a possible terrorist threat on Washington, D.C., the city's usual high alert has not been elevated.  Jackson says he regularly communicates directly with the Department of Homeland Security and several security teams connected directly with tourist stops that are part of his itinerary and everyone says that as of now, it's business as usual.

McMahan and Jackson both say they're hoping the students can take the trip in February.