Am I overreacting?!

I'm with you. I just wouldn't do it. Too much of a liability. I would ask if they encourage teachers to be in a locked room, potentially with lights out, one on one with student. If it were my office where I have a huge window and the office staff is in the same area, maybe. But it sounds like you are pretty isolated.

You could also say that in the event of an emergency and someone needs to get in, unlocking the door is wasting precious seconds (a stretch, but hey).

No. The Health Office is OPEN.

It would be a deal breaker if I always had to be in a closed room with a student. One accusation ruins my whole life. The world today, you just need to accuse, doesn't even need to be in the realm of truth.

I keep the latch mechanism locked so if I shut my door it will be locked. Otherwise it remains open. Many have come through with security assessments and have approved this. I'd discuss it with the security people and have them intervene. Classroom doors are to be locked all the time.

I do the same as OD and our security here says that's good enough. All classroom doors are supposed to be locked, but this year we got Magnets that cover where the door latches that are to be removed during an emergency. This way no one needs to open the door for anyone locked out that was at the bathroom or somewhere else. I have mixed feelings about that. Most teachers still get dinged for not locking their doors.

Due to where your office is, I would be really hesitant to shut the door. I'm in a similar situation, and my admins HATE whenever I need to close the door because I'm really here for emergencies and a closed door takes up time.

You're not overreacting. One size doesn't fit all. Hang in there!

We are supposed to keep our doors closed and locked - fire code issue - they do a yearly check with us - walk thru the building making sure everything up to code from the amount of paper on the walls, all window treatments sprayed with fire retardent spray to not having anything within so many inches of the ceiling, etc etc and they check the doors. I keep my door open but locked as Old Dude does - I gave the reasoning for my open door is that I have a little one that uses a walker and/or wheelchair that comes to see me twice a day and that child does not have the strength to open the heavy doors.

I magnet strip over the lock hole and my door handle stays locked. I rotate between an open/closed door while in, like others stated, due to confidentiality purposes. My office is in a frequently trafficked hall and has a window. Elementary level. I feel comfortable with this set up.

The Health Office door is so much more than just a door. I feel like it is worthy of a love poem. Definitely worthy of its own rules.

I would not also close my door. (I'm also in a basement with pretty much no windows and every single heating pipe that runs through the building goes through my office - so it is kinda like being in a tomb!) Like OD, my door automatically locks behind me. My door actually has a keypad entry and it will lock a user out after so many failed code attempts after which the door can only be unlocked by a key that only a couple of people have.

my door tends to stay closed by unlocked, but i'd say a good 1/3 of the time i lock and chock. it gets hot in here, even with the a/c on.