When It All Falls Down

Have you ever felt as if your tower is about to fall?

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I work in a district that shuffles teachers in October,

based on classroom numbers.

Of this, I was not aware upon hiring.  

Then I saw it happen to a friend last fall.

You can be settled and zooming right along,

only to discover that head office has 

decided your building has too many warm bodies,

but the classrooms aren't full.

So they reassign you to a school that ended up with
more students than projected,

where you discover that your classroom is a prior closet 

and there are no techie things or tables available.

I like my school, my room, my stuff.

I love my students.

Yesterday, we discovered that a fourth kindergarten room
is being added for next year.

At first, I jumped for joy because it meant that
our principal is trying to lower our class sizes.

(At one point, all three K rooms had 25 students;
the limit is 30 before an aide is requested)

But it didn't take long for me to realize that
I'm the one in the reassign spot for next year.

I also know that, based on our numbers in October, 

we wouldn't have merited a fourth teacher
--by Christmas, yes!--

 I need to wrap my head around the possibility
that I will be moved, after the year has begun.  

As it stands now, I have a 45-minute commute each way; 

if I'm moved to a school on the other side of the city,
I'm looking at 90 minutes in the car, twice a day.

When you add the almost certain fact that a refigured class 

is assembled in a less than fair way,
the picture looks even less appealing.

Has this happened to you?

Do you work in a district that uses this model?

How can I see the glass as half-full in this type of challenge?  I want to….

That tricky bronchitis virus turned into a form of
pneumonia and I'm back in bed for the weekend,
after being in class on W, Th, F.  

I intended to work on lesson plans, but found myself here,

pouring out my heart to anyone willing to read this post. 

Right now, I don't see the positive spin on a possible reassignment.

But I know the truth is still true.  

 I leave you with this gorgeous slideshow and the words of Chris August….