A joint committee of a local teachers' association and the Tacoma Public Schools studied stress conditions for classroom teachers. Teachers estimated the magnitude of stress for forty-four events and noted those which they had actually experienced. "Involuntary transfer" was perceived as the most stressful event; seventeen per cent of the teachers reported having been involuntarily transferred during the year of the study. Seventy-five per cent reported having to "manage disruptive children," an event which ranked fourth in the perceived stress gradings. A moderately high negative correlation (-.51) was found between reported stress-induced exhaustion and days absent; a similiar but positive correlation (.46) was found for exhaustion and the number of stressful events experienced by a given teacher. (Authors/LH)