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UFT Elementary Charter School |
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300 Wyona Street Brooklyn, NY 11207 Phone: (718) 922-0438 Fax: (718) 922-0543 Website Map |
Principal: Michelle Bodden Parent Coordinator: |
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WHAT'S SPECIAL: Two teachers in every classroom DOWNSIDE: Shared cafeteria space with sometimes rowdy middle school students |
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Grade levels: K to 5 Class size: 25 Enrollment: 925 Ethnicity %: 1 W; 81 B; 17 H; 2 A |
Reading scores:  Math scores: |
District 19 Admissions: Lottery/District 19 priority Neighborhood: East New York More school data |
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The UFT Charter School was founded by the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) with great fanfare and expectations in September 2005indeed, a documentary about the start of the school debuted at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. The school was planned by a task force of teachers, professional development specialists, union officers and former union leaders. "The UFT's success will prove that the union is not to blame for the city schools' problems," said UFT vice president Michelle Bodden. While many proponents of charter schools have suggested that excessive union regulations prevent ordinary public schools from being successful, the UFT Charter School is out to prove that it's possible to run a good school while following the union contract.  |
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(parent) Aug 13, 2010 |
This school has not been the same since Ms.Bodden has become school leader. She does not have a repoire with the parents or her teachers. Since Ms. Bodden has become school leader the school has... read more |
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| May 23, 2006 | Parent Doreen Foster-Gilling writes that she particularly likes the school's approach to reading and writing. She also notes that her child is "emerging as a social being who believes that she is a... read more | |
| May 9, 2006 | The school is "definitely progressive" in its approach to teaching reading, although it also has kids prepare at an early age for taking standardized tests, according to a mother who is also a... read more | |
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| This page was last updated on Aug 25, 2010. |
