Castelar Elementary students get exercise during library time

Since 2003, students at the Chinatown school have had to trek two blocks to the L.A. Public Library, as plans to construct a new library on their own campus have repeatedly stalled. Shortly after 10 a.m., Lily Wong's first-grade class gathered into two single-file lines outside Castelar Elementary School in Chinatown. With two strings of yarn around each student's neck -- one holding an index card with their names printed in black marker, the other holding their library cards -- the class of about 20 students shuffled their little feet along the sidewalk of Yale Street for an excursion.

Castelar Elementary students get exercise during library time