<human>: I am a teacher at a small private high school in Massachusetts.  In recent weeks, faculty use of the water cooler has become an issue with administration.  Many of us on the faculty carry Nalgenes and other water bottles around the school.  The faculty room is the only water cooler we have access to, and it's two stories below some of our classrooms.

Administration has responded that teachers aren't to take any of the water out of the faculty room.  It is fine to drink up during lunch or a free period, but we cannot fill up our large water bottles and bring them back to our classrooms.

Depending upon each teacher's schedule (and the location of their classroom), this can be troublesome.  For example, it is not unusual for a teacher on the third floor to have classes the first four periods of the day, lunch duty in the cafeteria, and then a class following lunch before getting a free period.  Such a schedule would leave this teacher hard-pressed for an opportunity to adequately "drink up" between 7:30AM (the start of homeroom) and 12:25PM (the end of fifth period).  While it is now into Fall and classrooms aren't necessarily sweltering anymore, hydration is unfortunately not simply a seasonal concern.

The frustration sets in when it is okay to drink (for example) six 6-ounce cups of water (36 ounces total) in a hurry between classes, but not okay to fill up a 32-ounce Nalgene and drink it at your leisure in your classroom over the course of a morning.  At the same time, administration has a very limited budget and wants to curb those who might be using excessive amounts of water (such as filling up before they leave for the day).  Both sides have valid points, which has led to the search for a compromise.

One of my colleagues tried to calculate how much it would cost teachers out-of-pocket to defray the cost of ordering more water jugs each month.  She presented the plan and figures (such as per-teacher cost per month), but it didn't seem to get very far.  Apparently more specifics or a more feasible plan are needed.

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<bot>: The cost of drinking water at my school has caused a situation inconvenient for most of the faculty.  Administration needs (very detailed) specifics before they will give any consideration to a plan to lessen the cost of more water jugs.