Long story short, I go barefoot almost every where ago for the health of my feet and back, and for the past 9 years, I've taught shoeless in the classroom. New VP comes in and decides it needs to come to an end. I contact HR and after a bit of runaround – the lady didn't want to answer my question if I can go shoeless in the classroom if I'm in pain, instead she kept offering me medical advice, she finally admitted in an email, “There is no policy, but it is professional expectation that you wear your shoes.” I end up getting a doctor's note as well just to cover my ass even more so. I searched up our district policies and I can't find anything that would specifically be against taking off my shoes in the classroom.
I also want to have my students do so as well – I've seen some studies about how it can relax kids, but again, my VP was like, it's against the rules.i searched that up as well and I can't seem to find something specifically against it.
Can anyone provide some insight on Policy versus Professional Expectation?