Images: Back to school for more suburban students
A group of moms take photos of their children before they head inside for the first day of school at Country Trails Elementary School on Elgins far-west side. School District 301 started classes Wednesday along with many other regional school districts.
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Students and parents file onto the playground to line up with their classes for the first day of school at Williamsburg Elementary School in Geneva on Wednesday, August 22.
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Daytime custodian Paul Roth stands watch as students wait for the signal to head to class Wednesday morning at Country Trails Elementary School. Students who walk or are dropped off must wait in the front hallway of the school before proceeding to class, just ahead of the students arriving by bus.
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Students recite the school pledge before the start of the first day of school at Williamsburg Elementary School in Geneva on Wednesday.
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First-grader Mason Rosborough wipes his mouth after his mother Caryn tried to do some last-minute cleanup on him just before the first day of school at Country Trails Elementary School in Elgin.
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First-grade teacher Marti McCloud gives a thumbs-up to the performance of her students while her co-teacher Lisa McMorris gives them instructions before moving to their other class across the hall during the first day of school at Lincoln Elemetary School in St. Charles Wednesday. McCloud and McMorris are team teaching a class of 44 students. This is the first year for team teaching at Lincoln and theyre using it for 2 first-grade classes.
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Kindergartner Maggie Kuang walks off the bus during the first day at Laura B. Sprague School in Lincolnshire Wednesday.
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Third-grade teacher Karen Hayes poses for a picture with her new students on the first day of school at Williamsburg Elementary School in Geneva on Wednesday.
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Lupe Morales, 7, lower center right, attempts to find out which class room she is in during the first day of school at Gifford Elementary School in Elgin.
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Liam Jackowiec, 10, with Amy Ralston, 8, and her sister Dana, 6, walk with their mothers Marg Jackowiec and Cathy Ralston to Williamsburg Elementary School for the first day of school in Geneva on Wednesday.
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New superintendent Scott Warren greets children walking off the bus during the first day at Laura B. Sprague School in Lincolnshire Wednesday. Warren is the superintendent for the Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103.
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Clutching her first apple of the year, Williamsburg Elementary School principal Julie Dye greets and waves to students as they file into the building for the first day of school in Geneva on Wednesday.
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Shelley Svoboda lovingly holds the face of her son, Nicholas, 7, as they wait on the playground for the first day of school at Williamsburg Elementary School in Geneva.
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Parents are allowed to observe the first ten minutes of class in Tina Huffmans second-grade class on the first day of school at Williamsburg Elementary School.
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Juda Reynolds, 10, holds his box of school supplies ready to start the fifth grade on the first day of school at Williamsburg Elementary School.
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Five-year-old Erick Flores walks hand-in-hand with his mother Monica Urbieta to the first day of school at Gifford Elementary School in Elgin.
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Doug Rodgers takes a photo of himself and his son, Tom, 9, before the start of fourth grade at Williamsburg Elementary School in Geneva.
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Jessica Driessen playfully tries to give her daughter, Iris, 9, a kiss as she squirms out of her hands on the first day of school at Williamsburg Elementary School in Geneva on Wednesday. Iris is entering fourth grade.
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Fiona Reynolds kisses and hugs her son, Jonah, 6, before he starts first grade at Williamsburg Elementary School in Geneva on Wednesday. Jonah was just fine with school starting, but Fiona was a bit choked up. Its always the mum, she said. Jonah has twin brothers, Isaac and Juda, 10, also at the school.
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Linda Li teaches Mandarin Chinese to freshmen on the first day of school at Streamwood High School.
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Judy Steinbeck, left, sorts out schedules for students on the first day of school at Streamwood High School.
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Students make their way through the early morning sunlight to attend the first day of school at Streamwood High School.
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