Students arrive at Fenger High School at about 8 a.m. today. (Alex Garcia / Chicago Tribune) Fenger High School showed some signs of returning to normal this morning as students quietly trickled into classes — and police cars patrolled the block. The scene was a marked contrast from Monday , when politicians, community activists and concerned parents converged on the school in the Far South Side’s Roseland neighborhood in the wake of the beating death of 16-year-old student Derrion Albert. Today there was relatively little commotion as students arrived on foot and by bus at the school, 11220 S. Wallace St. A few school administrators stood at the entrances, welcoming students before they passed through metal detectors. Several police cars, marked and unmarked, patrolled the blocks around the building. On Monday, four Fenger students were charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of Albert, who authorities say was an “innocent bystander” who got caught up in a street fight between groups of rival teens from two different neighborhoods. The beating was captured on video by an acquaintance of Albert. The mother of one teen, Eugene Riley, 18, told the Tribune her son was in the video, but that he was trying to defend his brother during the street fight. Silvonus Shannon’s mother said she couldn’t bear to watch the recording, but doesn’t believe her 19-year-old son could stomp on Albert’s head. Also charged with murder are Eric Carson, 16, and Eugene Bailey, 18. Bailey is scheduled to appear in bond court this afternoon. — Staff report

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Fenger calm this morning as students arrive