demoralized in MCPS

[Anonymous]

On a different note, my classroom temperature is above 86 degrees during the day. I have told the building service numerous times over the past 3 years that it's impossible to breathe in the room. Emails are addressed to the principal who asks the building manager to bring someone to fix who does little more than manipulate the thermostat. the temperature is bearable for a few days until it goes up to close to 90 degrees again. This continues until sometime in April when the heat is turned off.
I've been told this is a way admin manipulates situations when they want to "surplus" teachers.
Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On a different note, my classroom temperature is above 86 degrees during the day. I have told the building service numerous times over the past 3 years that it's impossible to breathe in the room. Emails are addressed to the principal who asks the building manager to bring someone to fix who does little more than manipulate the thermostat. the temperature is bearable for a few days until it goes up to close to 90 degrees again. This continues until sometime in April when the heat is turned off.
I've been told this is a way admin manipulates situations when they want to "surplus" teachers.
Any suggestions?

With the flu and now the corona virus, your classroom is a perfect breeding ground for germs at that temperature.

[Anonymous]

I have many photos of ceiling tiles with mold on them. Sadly they aren’t much of a priority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have many photos of ceiling tiles with mold on them. Sadly they aren’t much of a priority.

Are you in a title one school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On a different note, my classroom temperature is above 86 degrees during the day. I have told the building service numerous times over the past 3 years that it's impossible to breathe in the room. Emails are addressed to the principal who asks the building manager to bring someone to fix who does little more than manipulate the thermostat. the temperature is bearable for a few days until it goes up to close to 90 degrees again. This continues until sometime in April when the heat is turned off.
I've been told this is a way admin manipulates situations when they want to "surplus" teachers.
Any suggestions?

My admin loves me and the heat in my room is the same way. I get headaches and my students get nosebleeds. But my admin freaked out over a rumor that I was leaving so clearly I’m not being surpluses. I think the issue is many buildings with aging systems and insufficient engineers among the building services staff.

[Anonymous]

The sky is falling!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have many photos of ceiling tiles with mold on them. Sadly they aren’t much of a priority.

Are you in a title one school?

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The sky is falling!

It is . . .

Public ed - imo - is dead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have many photos of ceiling tiles with mold on them. Sadly they aren’t much of a priority.

If it's an older building, those tiles might also have asbestos. I know a teacher who's ceiling tiles were crumbling because of bats in the school's ceiling. Not only was she and her students exposed to bat feces but when she sent a sample of the tile to a lab, it tested positive for asbestos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have many photos of ceiling tiles with mold on them. Sadly they aren’t much of a priority.

If it's an older building, those tiles might also have asbestos. I know a teacher who's ceiling tiles were crumbling because of bats in the school's ceiling. Not only was she and her students exposed to bat feces but when she sent a sample of the tile to a lab, it tested positive for asbestos.

Could be but we have a dripping water issue on the bottom floor. The a/c units drop downstairs. Every room I’ve been in downstairs has had moldy ceiling tiles. One of my colleagues with allergies can’t even come in my classroom because of the mold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The sky is falling!

Not you again. You still haven't come up with a better line?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On a different note, my classroom temperature is above 86 degrees during the day. I have told the building service numerous times over the past 3 years that it's impossible to breathe in the room. Emails are addressed to the principal who asks the building manager to bring someone to fix who does little more than manipulate the thermostat. the temperature is bearable for a few days until it goes up to close to 90 degrees again. This continues until sometime in April when the heat is turned off.
I've been told this is a way admin manipulates situations when they want to "surplus" teachers.
Any suggestions?

My admin loves me and the heat in my room is the same way. I get headaches and my students get nosebleeds. But my admin freaked out over a rumor that I was leaving so clearly I’m not being surpluses. I think the issue is many buildings with aging systems and insufficient engineers among the building services staff.

Why do teachers put up with this abuse?

When there was no heat in my portable, I brought in a heater. Admin said it was a fire hazard but they did nothing. My colleague kept hers on all weekend long! lol

I barged into my principal's office one day - ran past his bulldog of a secretary - and interrupted his meeting with a parent until I got my way. We didn't get the best heaters, but all four rooms had one within a week.

I cannot believe how weak we've become. We don't stand up for each other or ourselves. Time to take a stand.

And to you, PP - Administrators do NOT love you if they expect you to develop headaches each day. Stop fooling yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On a different note, my classroom temperature is above 86 degrees during the day. I have told the building service numerous times over the past 3 years that it's impossible to breathe in the room. Emails are addressed to the principal who asks the building manager to bring someone to fix who does little more than manipulate the thermostat. the temperature is bearable for a few days until it goes up to close to 90 degrees again. This continues until sometime in April when the heat is turned off.
I've been told this is a way admin manipulates situations when they want to "surplus" teachers.
Any suggestions?

My admin loves me and the heat in my room is the same way. I get headaches and my students get nosebleeds. But my admin freaked out over a rumor that I was leaving so clearly I’m not being surpluses. I think the issue is many buildings with aging systems and insufficient engineers among the building services staff.

Why do teachers put up with this abuse?

When there was no heat in my portable, I brought in a heater. Admin said it was a fire hazard but they did nothing. My colleague kept hers on all weekend long! lol

I barged into my principal's office one day - ran past his bulldog of a secretary - and interrupted his meeting with a parent until I got my way. We didn't get the best heaters, but all four rooms had one within a week.

I cannot believe how weak we've become. We don't stand up for each other or ourselves. Time to take a stand.

And to you, PP - Administrators do NOT love you if they expect you to develop headaches each day. Stop fooling yourself.

It’s not like I don’t see them begging and fighting the County for repairs and a new school. It’s not like we have “good classrooms” that they are reserving as rewards. All of our spaces are crappy in 6 or 7 different ways. At least mine doesn’t have mold, which I’m allergic to. But there are moldy rooms close by. And for every sauna we have there’s an equal number of freezers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sky is falling!

It is . . .

Public ed - imo - is dead.

and better than ever!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sky is falling!

It is . . .

Public ed - imo - is dead.

and better than ever!

nope

fully disagree

It's worse, and I'm talking from experience - MANY YEARS of it.


Keep on believing, PP, if it makes you feel better.