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Phil Holmes, 66, makes a point about an essay by Josalyn Burns. Holmes offered View Park Preparatory a gold standard of teaching. If a View Park student got an A from him, the principal figured, it would mean they were ready to compete with the best of the best.

Phil Holmes, 66, makes a point about an essay by Josalyn Burns. Holmes offered View Park Preparatory a gold standard of teaching. If a View Park student got an A from him, the principal figured, it would mean they were ready to compete with the best of the best.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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Phil Holmes is greeted by Mister Searcy at View Park. One student said of Holmes: “He’s a phenomenal teacher ... because everything he does connects together. And even if you don’t know it then and there, it will ... be connected to a larger thing later on.”  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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