The unit is designed for a 3rd grade classroom at Vincent E Mauro Science, Math Technology Magnet School in New Haven. Vincent E. Mauro services k-5 and next year will add on pre-kindergarten. Mauro is currently a Priority School. It is located in the Hill section of New Haven, Connecticut. It is one of the largest Kindergarten- Fifth Grade Elementary Schools in New Haven.
Vincent E. Mauro presently accommodates 490 students: 54% are African American, 45% are of Hispanic descent and 1% other. We currently have 23% of our students serviced in our Bilingual Program and 6% of our students serviced in our Special Education Program. Currently 11% of kindergarten has scored below standard on CAP. 67% of our first graders, 59% of our second graders and 38% of our third graders scored below district standard on the DRA. Many students did not achieve mastery on the 2001 CMT.
There are four third grade classes. Each class consists of no more than 27 students. Classes are fully mainstreamed with about 20 special education students who are fully integrated into a third grade class. A special education teacher team-teaches with the regular education teacher in the academic core classes for 1 hour a day.
