AggieMom,
I understand where you are coming from but “common sense” says - you sign an agreement and if the agreement has a health clause and doesn’t allow for refund, and you sign it, you cannot expect a refund.
On the flip side, if you don’t sign it, they won’t allow you at their camp.
It’s really that simple.
It’s sort of like - if your house is destroyed by an earthquake or act of god, the insurance won’t pay - it’s disclaimed.
So not to get in a covid/rights, etc. discussion - everyone here is in within their rights:
The camp has, not just the right but the obligation, to ensure their campers are in a safe and healthy environment. Hence, their responsibility to remove a sick student. They have revenue targets to hit to run the camp and have made it non-refundable. To your point, they could have made it refundable or pro-rated but they chose not to - and that’s their right.
It’s your right to either accept their terms and participate or to not accept their terms.
It seems you want to make it political, etc. and it’s really not that.
I hope your son enjoys whatever activity he participates in this summer - and i hope for all of us, we’re not dealing with this issue again in a few months. All of us need this to go away…or at least need a long break!!
Good luck.