nmr79

I would have done (and have done in the past) the same thing.

I'm working my school district's day camp, which is housed in my building, so I get to stay in my office. I'm sure Covid protocols will still be in place, but it's for a 3 hour day, and it's only 5 weeks long. The pay is way better than what I make...

I heard about this on the news:(. Awful.

I'm staying, but it's because I'm a bit trapped. I'm a single parent, and I need to be close to home, and to have the same schedule as my daughter, who is 11. I really miss working PM and overnight shifts, and will never be a morning person, ...

OMG, the hockey families are the absolute worst here, too. When the state went back to more restrictive measures in Nov, all sports were supposed to stop. They continued traveling out of state, and of course the overwhelming majority of our positiv...

Usually I get a gift or two from teacher friends (We exchange sweets or coffee gift cards, something little), and our PTO give us each a check. This year, my admin gave me a bottle of wine and a gift card for a local restaurant that has good t...

I will absolutely take it as soon as it's my turn for it. I have been reading up on the Moderna and Pfizer trials, and it sounds like Astra Zeneca is in good shape, too. I'm open to whichever is available when I'm eligible.

We're sending pretty much anything illness-related home, even if it's just one symptom. We have been open/hybrid since August, and I have never been this busy! The parents hate it, but agreed to it last Summer when they got their way with opening th...

Same here. We're working 9-3, and honestly, my case management for 504's and the amount of new IEP health histories I have to collect is keeping me relatively busy. I'm a single parent, so I definitely can't look for another job, but at the same ti...

Ugh! I can't even deal with that kind of nonsense. Also, what are you supposed to do for her in 30 min? I'm assuming she had a cold. Yuck, I'm so sorry:(

Pretty much all of this !

I tried 1 time to arrange to make an important call during lunchtime. I got my administrator's blessing, and went to my car at 1 PM to make said call. I was gone 20 minutes, just out in the parking lot. I had my walkie talkie, and posted a sign on...

Two more weeks for me. Then the looooong stretch before June 9. The 8th graders are really trying my patience!

Ugh, I'm sorry. I wonder how many "My mask broke/itches/bothers me" visits you'll have headed your way.

Oh yes, vomit gets double-bagged, and I get rid of that myself, mainly because I don't want to smell it while I'm waiting for someone else to deal with it!

I also use the regular bin. It's emptied daily. If I have a particularly bad one, I will have the bin emptied/changed after the episode, if it's early in the day. I will sanitize any surfaces that got blood on them, but yeah, I'm not too freaked a...

That's the kicker! You didn't even get a break! That's going to be what makes me snap, too. Some of these kids have antennae and can sense when I want to house a sandwich (usually around 2, when I'm ready to pass out), and then present with vague ...

Did you see the cool website that a HS junior created? https://ncov2019.live/about

Yep- two were early on (Jan.- both recovered, one had been in Wuhan and the other was her husband). Two more happened last week, and they just admitted a possible 5th to a hospital in the city.

I'm worried about O'Hare, too. It's where we're supposed to fly out of for Spring break. We're at our 5th possible case in IL as of this morning, but all are in Chicago-area. The airport is huge, with lots of international travelers. Not a bad id...

Oh I am so over the staff hypochondriacs!

eyeglass repair (the kit is here, so I don't mind, but it certainly isn't medical) babysitter for any student who doesn't want to be in class, but also isn't ill (usually all of the behavioral and/or class avoidant kids) gym pass writer (even with a ...

63 more days (not counting Spring Break). Even if all travel shuts down, and my daughter and I are quarantined in the house for coronavirus craziness, it will still be a week of no work! I'm just glad my daughter goes to school in the same distric...

Ugh! We are now tracking every last symptom of any sick staff or students, since I'm in Chicagoland, and we have had a handful of cases. None are in my town, and I'm in a middle school, where students will claim to have everything to get out of goin...

Ugh, this year has been crazy! The special ed teachers like to use me as a drop-in babysitter for them to dump kids. There are no medical issues, all behavioral, though I guess the student who picks her scabs all day could use a little more help wi...