I had my classroom taken, despite seniority. I'm angry.
I've been at my current district since 2021, so I'm going into my sixth year. I'm about in the middle of the department for seniority, because a huge number of people transferred to another school early on.
I had a room for two years, but at the start of this year, I was told I was back to being a floater. The reason given was that they changed the system to give AP teachers priority, then teachers with bigger classes.
I was also assured that it was temporary and I would almost certainly get a classroom again next year.
This has never happened to anyone else in the department in the time I've been here, and even changing rooms, much less losing one entirely, is very rare. I was even told myself in the past I had nothing to worry about.
Well, I got a letter telling me next year I'm set to be a floater again. I emailed my department head about this and was given a vague answer about "multiple factors." I looked through the list of teachers and even filtering for APs, Honors, and ELLs, there's still three teachers lower in seniority who have rooms. Rooms are assigned based on department, and since it's Social Studies, there isn't any equipment considerations.
I was lead to believe it was just bad luck of the draw. Maybe so last year. I don't buy it anymore.
My impression? My department head knows I interviewed to go to that same other school the other co-workers went to a few years back. They've been actively critical of me for that choice.
So when they decided to rework the system to give priority to APs and such, they needed to kick someone out of the rotation. They already saw me as a potential flight risk, so the logic was to not piss people off less likely to leave.
Is this worth leaving the district over? Is it potentially greviable despite not being in the contract? Is this normal or uncommon in other districts?
Thank you,