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Sixth-grader Holly Cleveland shares her book with Roxanne Mitchell in the school library. Mitchell has been the principal at Foothill Ranch Middle School - grades 5-8 - in Twin Rivers Unified for three years. Since then the staff has been changed and the API has grown by 49 points. The school has nine special education programs on campus as well. Photographed Thursday, December 6, 2012. -
Eight-grader Max Quinteros, left, gets a hug after he informed his principal, Roxanne Mitchell that he made the honor roll. Photographed Thursday, December 6, 2012. -
Roxanne Mitchell has been the principal at Foothill Ranch Middle School - grades 5-8 - in Twin Rivers Unified for three years. Since then the staff has been changed and the API has grown by 49 points. The school has nine special education programs on campus as well. Thursday, December 6, 2012. -
An upset eighth-grader gets the full attention of his principal, Roxanne Mitchell as she works to calm the young student. Photographed Thursday, December 6, 2012. -
Maria Lewis helps kindergartener Valerie Soto-Galvan, 5, with her alphabet lesson. Lewis took over Whitehead Elementary two years ago and test scores have improved greatly. Ms. Lewis is among a new wave of principals being brought into low-achieving, often low-income schools to turn things around. Lewis replaced half of the staff and gave parents - most who don't speak English - a voice. Students have made giant academic gains and the parents are more involved. Photographed Wednesday, September 26, 2012. -
Filling in for a teacher, Maria Lewis leads the kindergarten students through a lesson. Photographed Wednesday, September 26, 2012. -
Filling in for a teacher, Maria Lewis leads the kindergarten students through a lesson. Photographed Wednesday, September 26, 2012. -
Maria Lewis disciplines students during a conversation on the playground. Lewis took over Whitehead Elementary two years ago and test scores have improved greatly. She is among a new wave of principals being brought into low-achieving, often low-income schools to turn things around. Photographed Wednesday, September 26, 2012. -
Maria Lewis encourages students to move from the area and head to their classrooms. Photographed Wednesday, September 26, 2012. -
First-grader Zahir Raqeeb, 5, gets undivided attention from his principal, Maria Lewis. Lewis took over Whitehead Elementary two years ago and test scores have improved greatly. Photographed Wednesday, September 26, 2012. -
Maria Lewis talks to a group of students at her Woodland elementary school. Photographed Wednesday, September 26, 2012. -
Maria Lewis talks to students at the conclusion of their lunch period. Lewis is among a new wave of principals being brought into low-achieving, often low-income schools to turn things around. Photographed Wednesday, September 26, 2012. -
Canen Peterson, left, greets second-grader Ria Srivastava, center right, while her mother mom, Pooja Srivastava, watches. Her other daughter, fifth-grader Annika Srivastava, looks from behind. Peterson became principal at Folsom's Theodore Judah Elementary in 2010 when parents were railing against sending their kids to that "prison school." Since then, enrollment has grown, community support has expanded and the school has an advanced learning academy. The API score has jumped by 90 points. Photographed Thursday, November 9, 2012. -
Every morning, Principal Canen Peterson, center, greets parents outside his school in Folsom, Theodore Judah Elementary. Photographed Thursday, November 9, 2012. -
Peterson observes first-grader Michael Dai during a visit to his class. Photographed Thursday, November 9, 2012. -
Principal Canen Peterson prepares to lead first-graders to their class. Photographed Thursday, November 9, 2012. -
Peterson, leads first-graders to their class including Drew Wise, center. Photographed Thursday, November 9, 2012. -
Principal Canen Peterson hugs pre-schooler Marcos Perez-Miguel, 4, upon his arrival to school. Peterson greets students and their parents each morning at Theodore Judah Elementary in Folsom. Photographed Thursday, November 9, 2012. -
Principal Nancy Purcell greets students who gather on campus before their first class shortly after 8am. Purcell was moved to Fern Bacon Middle School to turn things around and she has. The school API jumped up 55 points in one year. The school is one of the district's priority schools - meaning more resources are poured into them to help improve them. Tuesday, November 13, 2012. -
Purcell presents a class schedule to a new eight-grade transfer student who moved to California from another state. -
Seventh-grade teacher Reza Muhvi, left, and Principal Nancy Purcell talk to a student outside Mahvi's classroom. -
Principal Nancy Purcell listens in on seventh-graders who work on a math problem. Purcell and her administration team visit classrooms each Tuesday morning to observe the teachers and provide them with valuable feedback. -
Principal Nancy Purcell listens and observes students and their teacher during class. Purcell and her administration team visit classrooms each Tuesday morning to observe the teachers and provide them with valuable feedback.
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