The ongoing classroom saga

@NJChicaa (123167)
United States
June 16, 2025 11:33am CST
I asked the building principal if I could be moved to a downstairs room since I can't go up and down the stairs safely these days with my balance issues. I've been using the elevator for a month now. That is all well and good but in the event of an actual emergency I wouldn't be able to use it and wouldn't be able to get down the stairs. It is pretty obvious that I've been having a tough time getting around to anyone who has seen me walking around my room, in the halls, etc. Both the supervisor and principal took my request seriously. I was kind of surprised that I didn't have to jump through hoops with medical documentation. I saw the principal a couple of times last week and he told me that he was still working on my situation. Just now he texted me and said that to get me downstairs I might have to be in 2 different rooms. That sucks but there isn't any other option--I simply cannot stay in a 2nd floor classroom. I've done it before and I can do it again. Anyway there are 2 days left in the school year. I wish he would have gotten on this sooner so I could have spent the past couple of weeks packing everything up. I don't want to have to deal with it over the summer.
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@TheHorse (227691)
• Walnut Creek, California
18h
I hope you get things resolved for next year.
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@Juliaacv (53728)
• Canada
18h
Maybe they can narrow that down to just 1 classroom come the start of the new school year. I am sorry too, I didn't know that you were having balance troubles-take care NJ.
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@AmbiePam (99271)
• United States
19h
I am glad they are moving you. I was afraid they were going to make you stay put.
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@DaddyEvil (150810)
• United States
19h
Uhm... you have a HUGE workforce available to you... Use the students to pack everything up and move it to the new classrooms or where ever you'll store it between the classrooms. They're only doing free-time stuff anyway right now, correct? Nobody should complain if you use slave labor.
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@sallypup (64799)
• Centralia, Washington
16h
I hope things work out better for you soon. Do you walk around a lot in the classroom or can you mostly teach sitting?
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@LindaOHio (191370)
• United States
Just now
I hope everything gets set up in your favor.
@JudyEv (356137)
• Rockingham, Australia
11h
I guess two rooms is better than staying where you are.