<prompt> Human: I have been looking for a new job, because the current job is not working, financially speaking, and is not stable, due to mercurial bosses. Im in a giant hole right now, and I really need to find a new job soon. Im a teacher at a small newish charter school that is in the same building as a large, longstanding private school. Our schools seem to have a good relationship and we refer studentsfamilies back and forth when we feel theyre better suited to the other school. The admin of my school know the admin of the private school, although I couldnt guess as to how closefriendly they are. We have made arrangements to use some of their facilities, and when we do, one of our admin go to supervise, so they go over there on occasion. A position has opened up at the private school and I would like to apply it for it, but Im worried that theyll mention something to my admin if they see them--not necessarily maliciously, but anything could be detrimental if I dont get the job. The admin at my current school are very vindictive and Im worried they would either a find a reason to fire me b try to bully me out of my job, as theyve done this to other teachers. Would it be appropriate to add some kind of PSnote to my cover letter referencing our schools relationship and asking for discretion? Should I not apply at alldoes it seem too risky? Edit: to clarify, this is not the only job Im looking at, and in the past month have applied for many other positions with schools further away.THANKS everyone! I have decided not to apply at that location at this particular time, its just too risky. I appreciate all of your advice and support!  <response>: I did this. Im currently in a job where I can quite literally see my old desk from my current one - Im just across the street. My new employer absolutely understood the need for discretion and the recruiter even met me in restaurants instead of always having me walk into the building. However... This happens all the time in my industry. People often hop jobs every few years, and its a small enough community that inevitably youre switching to something just down the road, and people know people at each company, and its no big deal. Its generally not taken personally. It sounds like this is a slightly more entangled situation, where youre not exactly able to make a clean break from your old job, and your adminstration might feel consequences from hiring you. My first thought would be to pursue everything else first, then try this if youve got no other immediate options. 