Substitute reorganized my classroom, threw away student work, and moved my plants… am I overreacting?

I need a sanity check from others because I'm pretty frustrated and wanted to make sure that I'm not overreacting. I had a substitute on Friday, and when I came back, I realized that my classroom had been rearranged in ways I hadn't asked for. Some papers were discarded, including student work that hadn't been filed yet. I keep all assignments for documentation purposes, especially for students with support plans, so now I am missing some pieces that I may need for later. Items on my desk were also moved around/removed and things around my file cabinet had been gone through and shifted. She also moved my plans, including an orchid that's already struggling and and pretty particular about lighting 😭 Students told me that they weren't able to follow the directions I left. They were supposed to quietly swap papers to have their classmates look it over, but that wasn't allowed. One student had their Chromebook taken away because he was trying to access a YouTube video that I had specifically linked into Canvas. Even though the information for the assignment was on the board, I also posted the information to Canvas so the substitute directed them to Canvas, but if a student read the directions off of another students Chromebook because they didn't have theirs, she would fuss at them. She also was super nitpicky about when they could turn in their assignments. I normally let them turn it in as they finish, and she told them not to turn it in until the bell rings. Overall, students told me that expectations felt inconsistent and that the environment was overly strict. I completely understand that subbing is not easy, but going through materials, discarding papers, and changing procedures without direction feels like a lot. At the end of the day, I dropped by briefly to grab some papers before leaving for the weekend and she mentioned that she had cleaned and sanitized my desk and that my kids were so talkative and rude generally. She even mentioned to me some of the kids got put out of the classroom and when she gave me the names, I just KNEW that something wasn't right because those names were my most helpful and sweetest students. I didn't really know how to respond because that not something I would typically expect/want done. Am I overreacting or is this as out of bounds as it feels? I'm honestly thinking about leaving an explicit "PLEASE DON'T REORGANIZE" note from now on. submitted by /u/Constant_Leader_8551 [link] [comments]