Ann Marie Sullivan

Ann Marie Sullivan, principal of La Monte Academie in Laguna Niguel, is chatting with a student in her office. The conversation is animated, warm. Sullivan asks for a description of the formal gown the girl wore to a recent senior prom. "Will we be able to see the pictures?" she asks. Neither acknowledges the fact that Sullivan won't ever be able to see the photographs. She has been blind since birth.

Ann Marie Sullivan, principal of La Monte Academie in Laguna Niguel, is chatting with a student in her office. The conversation is animated, warm. Sullivan asks for a description of the formal gown the girl wore to a recent senior prom. "Will we be able to see the pictures?" she asks. Neither acknowledges the fact that Sullivan won't ever be able to see the photographs. She has been blind since birth.

An undercover narcotics investigation at Monte Vista High School ended today in the arrests of 15 students as they arrived for school, San Diego County sheriff's deputies said. Three students are still being sought, Sheriff's Department spokesman David Stafford said. He said the inquiry began in September and involved an undercover woman deputy who enrolled at the school as a student.

Sheriff's deputies arrested 19 "former and present" Monte Vista High School students Thursday morning, capping a six-month investigation into narcotics trafficking on and around campus. Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. Rich Hendrickson said an undercover deputy posing as a student made 26 small purchases of methamphetamines and marijuana since September.