Two teachers request the science laboratory for the same period. What is the most defensible administrative response?

Correct answer: Apply transparent criteria after consulting both teachers. Transparent criteria applied after consulting both teachers are fair, defensible, and focused on instructional need.

• Give priority to the teacher with longer service. Length of service is not an instructional criterion.
• Rotate access regardless of instructional requirements. Rotating access regardless of instructional requirements ignores real needs.
• Give the laboratory to whoever requested it first. First-come-first-served ignores differences in instructional need.