By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh,
Joanne Faryon and Claire Trageser
At Fay Elementary School, 27 out of 29 teachers received layoff notices this year. This means the elementary school in the City Heights neighborhood could start the year with almost all new teachers.
Eileen Moreno, principal of the school, said more schools in San Diego’s low-income neighborhoods have incurred layoff notices this year and in past years.
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She said she thinks this pattern happens because it is more challenging to work in low income schools, so teachers who have been working for longer will move on to higher income schools. Because layoffs go by seniority—with newer teachers being laid off first—schools like Fay with newer teachers will see more layoffs.
If you look at schools with high numbers of layoffs, “there’s a pattern that jumps out at you,” she said. “They’re the low poverty schools.”
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