A student walks by a mural of Cesar Chavez, namesake of an elementary school in the Alum Rock Union School District that has become an early learning center. Photo by Lorraine Gabbert.
Renaissance Academy at Fischer teacher Luvia Solis and her students suffered in a classroom that sometimes reached 88 degrees this past school year. Photo by Lorraine Gabbert.
The barriers Ray Minter put around his Jackson Avenue home in East San Jose aren’t always enough to stop cars from crashing into it. Photo by Jana Kadah.