I would go during passing periods and breaks, making sure to lock
the classroom door. That way, if I return late, the kids are
waiting outside, and not inside.

That said, there were a few times when I was taking some powerful
antibiotics (and drinking a lot of water), when I had to excuse
myself - leaving the students to responsibly carry on without me
for a few minutes. Luckily, I expected and coached my students to
be self-disciplined and socially responsible, so leaving them alone
was not a problem. (Now, if one of them had a heart attack while I
was out, that would have been a problem. But had I chosen to stay
and "hold it," the damage to my own innards would have been far
more likely. When you gotta go, you gotta go!)

Another option would be to contact another staff member (with no
students at the moment) to stand in for you while you go. If you
can't call them, you could send a student to them with a note.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

:-)

Tom

On 10/30/09, this teacher is denied bathroom wrote:
> So, when do teachers get to go to the bathroom? I can't just walk
> out of a class to take care of it, and quite frankly, as a middle
> aged person, it isn't always a matter of running to the bathroom
> and coming right back....kwim? I don't really get much planning
> breaks or lunch breaks because of the nature of my
> responsibilities for my school. Many many times I get home and
> realize that I haven't gone all day.
>

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