понедельник, 5 марта 2012 г.

Giving it her all

A typical work week is 60 hours, but community ties and the chance to make a difference for kids keep a Pilsen principal on the job

Clutching a notebook and three sharpened pencils, Principal Coralia Barraza smoothly zigzags around the piles of books and huddles of students in the halls of the Orozco Fine Arts & Sciences Elementary. It's not quite 9 a.m., but she has already held one meeting some 90 minutes ago and her day is in high gear.

Barraza stands just 4 feet 9 inches tall, but her voice carries over the banging locker doors as middle-grades students rush to their first class: "Good morning. How are you? Don't leave anything on the floor." She strides down the …

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