Hundreds of Alta Loma High School students crowded into the gym’s bleachers, laughing and talking during a midmorning break from class.
“What you are about to see is a criminal sentencing based on an actual DUI case that occurred in San Bernardino County,” senior Delaney Townsend, 17, solemnly said over the public address system. “The 911 calls and crime scene photos are real.”
Read the rest of the article: “How Alta Loma High is convincing its students to stay sober at prom” by Beau Yarbrough, San Bernardino Sun, April 19, 2017
Photo: Junior Dante Garcia, left, portrays a convicted DUI driver as he’s sentenced to 8 years in jail, with defense attorney Nereyda Higuera, of the Law Offices of the Public Defender of San Bernardino County, during a mock DUI court case, as part of the school’s Sober Prom program, at Alta Loma High School in Rancho Cucamonga Wednesday.
Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Southern California News Group staff photographer