While staff turnover was much higher for charter teachers overall, elementary charter teachers under the age of 30 were less likely to move than their counterparts in
traditional elementary schools in Los Angeles.
In the past two years, with the help of the federal Promise funding, Neval Thomas, the
remaining traditional elementary school, has received an updated library, teacher training, a parent resource center and on - site after - school programs.
Current doctoral student Hilary Bresnahan taught in
a traditional elementary school before switching to a charter school with an extended day, 200 days a year, plus 20 mandatory Saturdays.
Recently, Dawn Brooks DeCosta, the principal of
a traditional elementary school in Harlem, was looking for way to boost her students» social and emotional skills.
Non-traditional spans (K - 8 and 5 - 8) definitely outperform
the traditional elementary schools or middle schools.
SAISD has 48
traditional elementary schools (PK - 5), one traditional academy (PK - 8), 10 traditional middle schools, and eight traditional high schools.