Case Study: Norco Elementary

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Norco Elementary is a kindergarten thru fifth grade elementary school with 31 classroom teachers, 26 regular education teachers and 5 special education teachers. In addition, the staff also includes two counselors, one nurse, eight paraeducators, one speech therapist, eleven support staff (this includes Reading Recovery, Math Resource, and Literacy and Math Interventionists), one librarian, and six enrichment teachers (Figure 1.3) (NES Brag Book, 2016-2017).

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