I made a decision / myLot

United States

April 9, 2025 6:57am CST

With the state of the economy it has been said that if you have a job you should keep it. My employer--the Special Education Co operative--came out with their continuing employment survey, to plan for next year. I asked for half time at my position for next year. I am pretty sure that I can get the hours I want in one program or another, but I would really like to stay in the program I am in, and my lead teacher thinks we could do it. Nothing is decided yet, of course. On another front, we had an actual visit with the school and classroom where my student will be going. I talked with some of the paraprofessionals there, and they had some questions about how to best work with him. I was very satisfied with the outcome. Ellen went as well, and of course had different questions. We will spend the next six weeks working on that transition, but let us just say I am relieved.

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18 responses

Greenery8

@grenery8 (15764)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

10 Apr

i am glad you are relieved and there are good news on the horizon. you are right; keeping our current job is must.

OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (93636)

• United States

10 Apr

I hope it all works out well Heather.

Kareng

@kareng (72460)

• United States

10 Apr

That sounds like a good solution to cut your hours. Good luck keeping your same position. I wouldn't think that would be a problem. That sounds like a relief indeed! I hope your student does well with the new school.

Always smiling

@allknowing (143763)

• India

10 Apr

Hope everything goes as planned. You will have more time for yourself now.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (350883)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Apr

This sounds as though it's proceeding nicely. I hope it all works out for both you and the student.

LindaOH

@LindaOHio (186632)

• United States

10 Apr

Sounds encouraging. I hope everything works out for you.

BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (49279)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

9 Apr

Why is he changing schools?

celticeagle

@celticeagle (173138)

• Boise, Idaho

9 Apr

I hope you are able to keep the same position next year. It's nice that the place where your student is going to be going is so workable.

rebelann1949

@rebelann (113739)

• El Paso, Texas

9 Apr

I hope it all goes exactly as you want it to

Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (53038)

• Canada

10 Apr

Your school year must be coming to an end soon.

Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (114512)

• Marion, Ohio

9 Apr

Glad things are looking good

RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (83909)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

9 Apr

I hope it all goes just like you want it to,

Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (63759)

• Centralia, Washington

9 Apr

I'm glad you are finding a way to best care for yourself.

A A

@anya12adwi (10226)

• India

9 Apr

Wow! I hope you enjoy your time at home!

Amber

@AmbiePam (97167)

• United States

9 Apr

Oh, that sounds very positive, Heather. I’ so glad it looks like he’ll be getting the support he needs. I’m glad you decided you could afford to work half the amount of time next school year. You could use less stress.

snowy

@snowy22315 (187793)

• United States

9 Apr

Yay! Half time sounds like a great compromise.

@DaddyEvil (145797)

• United States

9 Apr

I'm glad you asked about scaling back your hours, at least. I know you still need the job, though, or some job to help with bills. I hope it all works out for you. I hope the other paras will take good care of your student. I'm sure they'll try... Maybe not as good as you did, but still... Enjoy your day at work.

Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (42733)

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9 Apr

I am sure you put a lot of thought into that decision. You have a lot on your plate, and it's good that you are cutting back to have more time at home. It sounds like your student will be well taken care of, too.