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Kids converge on Elmwood Elementary for school starting in Naperville

Posted August 17, 2017 1:00 am

Marie Wilson

Whether by bike, by foot, by bus, by car or even atop a parent's shoulders, dozens of Naperville Unit District 203's young students arrived Thursday morning to start the year anew at Elmwood Elementary School.

Elmwood welcomed its newest crop of students to an expanded space with an addition of classrooms built this summer. The school board paid $837,700 to contractor RL Sohol of Plainfield for the work.

Elmwood and Steeple Run elementaries saw classroom additions this summer while Ranch View Elementary School got a new playground, among other construction or renovation projects the district completed in recent months.

Before the school year began, District 203 brought back a tradition of hosting an All-Staff Kickoff for the new school year. The event, offered Monday and Wednesday mornings, was a pep rally with a multimedia presentation about the state of the district for employees from bus drivers to teachers and top administrators.

Brian Paupore gives his son Andrew, 5, a better look at the kids lining up for the first day of school Thursday morning at Elmwood Elementary in Naperville. Andrew was about to begin his first day of kindergarten at the school, which this summer built additional classrooms for the youngsters. Bev Horne/borne@dailyherald.com

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