Alum Rock students celebrate Cesar Chavez Day at Mexican Heritage Plaza

The Alum Rock Union School District Mariachi Band plays for students at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose on March 30, 2023. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)

Hundreds of Alum Rock Union School District students marched to the Mexican Heritage Plaza in East San Jose on Thursday morning, continuing a three-decade-long tradition to celebrate labor leader Cesar Chavez.

There were chants of “Sí, se puede,” and the students were treated to a string of performances by the district’s mariachi students, folklorico dancers, student poets and the Aztec dancing of Calpulli Tonalehqueh — interrupted only by a few speeches from grown-ups invested in

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