Full day job, no students until 12:30. What would you do?
I picked up a full day high school job today from 8:00-3:30. This is a school district with A and B days, so students only have 4 classes per day, each 1.5hrs.
I picked up my rosters from the office and saw that I have second block planning, which would give me from roughly 10-12:30 free, since lunch is after second block.
I just got to the classroom and saw in the sub plans that likely no students will show up to first block from 8:30-10. It’s a class of 20 seniors and 3 juniors. The seniors are out for the rest of the year, and all 3 juniors are testing. This means that I won’t have any classes until 12:30 this afternoon.
Normally I would go home for my long lunch (I live very close to the school). I’ve never had an issue in this district when I’ve asked to leave for planning + lunch, as long as I check in with them first. It seems absurd to ask to leave for ~4 hours, but it seems even more absurd to sit around in an empty classroom for that long!
I am waiting around to see if anyone will show up to first block. If no one does, I think I’ll check in with the front office and see if I can leave and come back at noon. Im just a bit worried they’ll submit my time as a half day assignment if I check in at the front office.
What would you do?
UPDATE for those who are curious:
I couldn't exactly hide in the classroom, because I had to go to drop off the attendance sheet (they want it at the beginning of each block and I didn't have any students to bring it down for me). I waited about 25 minutes to be sure that no students were coming. I explained the situation in the office and asked if they needed me anywhere before 12. They said I was fine to leave and come back.
So I went home, did some laundry, did the dishes, cleaned up a bit, sat around, read all of your comments, and then headed back to school at 12 for the last block.
They just sent my time sheet over for a full day of work!