At the Plein Soleil elementary school, which provides education for impoverished boys, director Michel Vaillaud tells Haitians left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake that they must leave the grounds. An argument ensued. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
A student raises the Haitian flag on the boys’ first day back at school since the quake. In the background is Michel Vaillaud, who, with his wife, Francoise, founded the school. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Only two dozen of the 200 students enrolled at the school were there for the reopening. The building was designed by two Haitian architects who relied on internationally accepted building codes, and it rode out the earthquake with only a few hairline cracks in its concrete floor. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
