School districts start to face sanctions

First-grade students perform an experiment at Las Palmitas Elementary School in the Coachella Valley Unified School District Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, in Thermal, Calif. The Coachella Valley Unified School District is considered one of the worst in the state and faces sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)At Las Palmitas Elementary School, nestled between rundown homes and fields of grapes, peppers and dates in Southern California, 99 percent of students live in poverty and fewer than 20 percent speak English fluently.


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