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The back of the shirt worn by a former teacher

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The front of the shirt on a Jose Barrios teacher

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Principal Bobby Trujillo

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Vietnam Veterans 358 Color Guard posts the colors

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Lowering the U.S and New Mexico flags for the last tim

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Preparing to fold the American flag

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Some of the students

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More of the students

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Trujillo hands the folded New Mexico flag to Lt. Gov. Howie Morales

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Morales speaks of the transition of the school

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Two students and Trujillo present the folded American flag to Cynthia Nanez, the daughter of Officer Jose Barrios for whom the school was named

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Trujillo also gives Nanez the photo of her father that graced an interior wall of the school

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To continue a tradition, stidents reached as high as they could with Christmas ornaments

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Students and staff

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More staff and students

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Will Tracy, director of Aldo Leopold Charter School, which will move into the building

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Trujillo hugs one of the students

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The gym where many events took place

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he two Wills, Tracy and Hawkins, the superintendent of Silver Consolidated Schools