The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) permits qualifying employees of certain employers with up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off to treat a serious medical condition or to care for an immediate family member with a serious medical condition.
One of the differences about having a pet in a classroom vs. at home is that a classroom is noisier and the pet must become used to many people. This can be stressful on some animals, and we want to keep stress on our pet to a minimum.
# 1. I'm considering getting a mini aquarium for my classroom this year, and plan to have low maintenance fresh water fish, I think. The problem is that when we have vacation, say in December, I would have to take them home with me.