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[Jengirlmama]

I feel like I should have been able to get some sort of compensation or assistance with unemployment. I have ADHD and anxiety of course. I took a SPED job in another district, left my current SPED teaching job to protect my very innocent and immature daughter with ADHD and anxiety because they just rearranged the school district and was put into a gang middle school 5-8 that had riots from the first day and kids arrested. She was thrust into the middle of it and the school was disorganized. It was tramatic. We put her in Catholic school only to realize she needed a medicine increase and time to adjust to new kids and school but they only gave her a week. So I took the other job. So she could go to a school in another district. My other daughter was in large classrooms and bullied with anxiety and escalated by her SPED teacher. Sounded like she was forceful. She did make honor choir and enjoyed it. I was put into a classroom and had to do investigative work to figure things out two teachers aides took Math and ELA (the evaluative subjects) and I was given Science and Social Studies by the leaving SPED teacher and an aide who was quitting and supposed to leave with a student while the class of 17 was to be in my room. Aides were asked to come help but never did, copiers broke printer did not sync, I had to buy a projector, you tube was blocked from their ipads, wifi barely worked kids could not read but were smart enough to know things, curriculum was too high, some kids had emotional issues, some autism many ADHD, I had 23 on my caseload and could not find eval materials my mentor was swamped my principal was swamped. I sent emails about need aide help, referred to mentor but union said was supposed to be principal. Head principal pretended I was fine. My older daughter was running out of class bullied, accidently dropped her violin and forbidden to take it home, sent to detention for other kids behavior. Younger daughter sent away from neigborhood and then put in a class with boys who hit her kept away from other kids put her in cape hold and she’s clausterphobic did not let her be in choir. She hid in the closet and was pulled out causing a goose egg. Pricipal said she cried and didn’t want to go art even though she loved art. We jerked her out of school and put her in a Public Homeschool. My in laws kept her for a couple of hours a day. My house became a complete disaster it was stressful at home. I got migraines frequently. After turning in grades over fall break I was so tired that I thought there was something wrong with me and went to a clinic. They found nothing wrong but suspected fibro. I almost did not come back to work. I had told admin. How I needed help. I decided I need to move into the other classroom down the hall they said ok and when I promptly did it out of desperation the aides walked out crying! By thanksgiving I was very behind on IEP’s and being turned in for showing videos while a substitute had my class so I could work on testing after we spent time figuring out where these materials were and what to use. Last week of school union advised me to take sick leave and turn in resignation. My own doctor decided I had fibro, but perhaps it’s I can’t be 5 people and disrespected syndrome made worse by ADHD and anxiety. By last week in December the other new teacher came in but by then I was used up and angry. My quitting made my husband mad he thought I should have gotten another job first. When? Between being cross examined child suspensions, migraines, severe exhaustion, and panic attacks? Husband did not want to put older kid in half day mental health hospital half day public school so we put both in the homeschool. It was like pulling teeth the curriculum was a lot and frustrating for them I felt the need to clean house and husband pushing me to find a job that paid the same, and Medicaid did not like anything we turned in to prove I wasn’t working and did not contact me directly about non acceptance. Took a bit to get on husband’s insurance. My kids and I were on fumes to stay medicated. I did not want to take a job with them struggling with homeschool and not properly medicated. I finally was about to be hired as a para, then corona virus. I would like to know what my rights are and if unemployment or Americans with disabilities can help me? I just read that burnout is now classified as mental illness and not a disease.

[Jengirlmama]

It’s okay guys. We got our stimulus check and it looks like things may be getting sort of back to normal at the end of the month. So I should be able to get a summer job with my skills and experience.

[GatsbyCat in reply to Jengirlmama]

Hey Jengirlmama~

Wow!! Sounds like a huge amount of things happening. Glad you got the stimulus check.

I will keep fingers crossed for summer job. I'm glad stuff is moving forward for you.

Best wishes with kids, hubby and Life!!