Signs and banners welcome students at Fremont High as the school reopened with a largely new staff and a program makeover. It’s the first Los Angeles Unified high school to be reconstituted because of poor academic performance. The teachers union and school staff contend that teachers were scapegoated for problems that were outside of their control. See full story(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Marianne Gomis, a new French teacher at Fremont High, talks about the classroom rules to students on the reconstituted school’s first day of classes. See full story(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Rafael Balderas, Fremont principal, observes students as he walks the open area during lunch break on the reconstituted school’s first day. See full story(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Eleventh-grader Doris Sanchez, 16, works on her first paper in Marianne Gomis’ French class. See full story(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Fremont High students Yoanna Topete, left, Yoana Vazques, Ulises Sierra and Victor Del Carmen show off their new uniforms during lunch break at the reconstituted school. See full story(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Returning teacher Jake Sanchez talks to students about the rules in his health class. See full story(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Students mill about on the reconstituted Fremont High’s first day of classes. See full story(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
