Photos: First day of school
Students walk to class on the first day of school at the new, single-gender Girls Academic Leadership Academy in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Lots of photos are taken at the front gates of the academy. The school is housed at Los Angeles High in Mid-Wilshire.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Alexis Escuadro, left, Delia Mizrahi and Leila Shiva greet one another at the academy.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)A sixth-grade English and history class at the academy. The school, which serves grades six to 12, has a technology emphasis — and a flight simulator to go with it.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Ninth-grade English teacher Carina Miller carries a computer to the school.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)