the morning air was crisp that Monday when twelve year old Roberto Alvarez walked along the way to Lemon Grove Grammar School It was January 5 1931 the first school day after the Christmas holiday As much as Roberto liked being on vacation he was happy to be going back to school
Newspapers and the local chamber of commerce boasted that the rural community of Lemon Grove just east of San Diego California had a modern five room stucco school But that morning as the school's principal greeted students he didn't welcome them all
