I was told "a few weeks" and then told that they were doing next year's timetable early. I think they'll want to know pretty soon after school resumes for term 3 - so I've got about three weeks.

I do wonder if I'd get a clear answer if I asked them about the implications of refusing to teach science and future redundancies...

I do want to stay at that school - after 6 years we've finally got a fantastic HOD (unlike the previous one who spent years trying to beat me into the ground and/or get me fired) and I know the faculty will work really well as a team next year... it's 10 minutes from home - there's only two schools closer, one's catholic (and very hard to get a job at) and the other is the state school... and that's in the category of never in a million years will I work there!

If I do get made redundant, we'll likely head West... and I'm not prepared to leave Sydney until we're done with IVf clinics, so I need to be here for a few more years yet.

It is tough... and I know nobody can give me an answer - but thanks for taking the time to read and help me work through stuff, Muppity.

BW