In a message dated 5/11/2005 10:05:39 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
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Do I have a legal 
right to demand that they change my schedule back to  the way it was 
supposed to be?  My baby has a cow's milk allergy and a  soy allergy - we 
have not been able to find any formula that she can  tolerate.  Please let 
me know if you have any information that could  help me.  Thank you!<<

<<Unfortunately, I have already  tried to explain to my principal and 
assistant principal the necessity of  breastfeeding my baby.  It just does 
not seem as important to them as  it is to me, of course.


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Sara, 
It seems that this mother has made every effort to be reasonable.   What 
happens when the schedule is changed for other teachers?  Are they  notified 
first?  Are they consulted?  Why was she not called prior to  her schedule, which 
she specifically requested, being changed?
 
Could the principal or asst. principal come to her classroom during the  time 
that she needs to go pump so that she does not leave her class  unattended.  
It seems that if they are unwilling to change her schedule  then they should 
be willing to make this schedule work for the remainder of the  six week 
session until she can get the schedule she requested.
I would suggest that she get her baby's pedi to write a prescription for  
breastmilk which she can then show to her boss as well as the Mother-Friendly  
worksite program information and the 101 Reasons to Breastfeed.  I realize  that 
a principal in TN isn't going to be overwhelmed by a program from TX but it  
makes the point that this isn't an unreasonable request (i.e. she isn't asking 
 them to write a policy (yet), provide a fridge (yet) or otherwise go out of  
their way...I say yet because if they are willing to help her at some point 
then  the school might do these other things at a later date (hopefully)).
 
Barring all these things, she could contact her legislator and explain the  
situation.
 
Best of luck!
 
Christie Pillado
El Paso, TX
 
Mother-Friendly worksite program from Texas Department of Health 
_http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/wichd/lactate/mother.shtm#item5_ 
(http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/wichd/lactate/mother.shtm#item5) 
 
101 Reasons to Breastfeed
_www.promom.org_ (http://www.promom.org) 
 

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