Tag: Fay Elementary School

  • Where Layoffs Destroy a School’s Fabric

    Laura Barragan has known her son Nathan’s preschool teacher, Athena Gonzalez, for six years. That’s because Gonzalez also taught Barragan’s 5-year old daughter, Joanna, and her 9-year-old son, Angel. Barragan has a lot of uncertainty in her life. She doesn’t know whether her husband will keep his job as the recession continues to roll on.…

  • City Heights Elementary School Could Lose All But Two Teachers

    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…