Thanks for the response. It seems so...sticky of a situation to ask for a letter of recommendation when Im worried about them know that I'm looking since I don't want them to non-renew me as a punishment for looking which is a possibility since I'm with a charter school that can and will let go of teachers at any time for any reason. The staff in general is miserable and all talking about looking elsewhere next year and we even had a teacher choose not to come back after winter break. Moral is low but we are all worried about securing another placement before we say anything other than whispered break room vents between colleagues.
I think that I'll go with what you mentioned, "just keeping an eye out for something perfect with perhaps a shorter commute". It's so awkward and fear of repercussions is real. Ugh if the P choose to non renew me over it I guess I could sub but i couldnt really afford the pay cut
