PHOTOS: School starts in Metro Atlanta

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PHOTOS: School starts in Metro Atlanta

Metro Atlanta goes back to school this week starting with Atlanta Public Schools, Gwinnett, Clayton, and Cobb County schools.

080322 Conley, Ga.: Students wear mandatory clear book bags as they walk to their classrooms during the first day of school for Clayton County public schools at Anderson Elementary School, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in Conley, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

080322 Conley, Ga.: Wearing mandatory clear book bags, students walk down the hallway to their classrooms on the first day of school for Clayton County public schools at Anderson Elementary School, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in Conley, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

080322 Conley, Ga.: Students search for their teacher on the wall during the first day of school for Clayton County public schools at Anderson Elementary School, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in Conley, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

080322 Conley, Ga.: Second grade student Kevin Martin and his mother Tiffany Martin walk to his classroom on the first day of school for Clayton County public schools at Anderson Elementary School, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in Conley, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

080322 Conley, Ga.: Kindergartener Kila Reyes gets a pencil from a teacher as she walks to her classroom on the first day of school for Clayton County public schools at Anderson Elementary School, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in Conley, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

080322 Conley, Ga.: Students wear mandatory clear book bags as they walk to their classrooms during the first day of school for Clayton County public schools at Anderson Elementary School, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in Conley, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

080322 Conley, Ga.: Students walk to school with their parents on the first day of school for Clayton County public schools at Anderson Elementary School, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in Conley, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

080322 Conley, Ga.: Wearing a mandatory clear book bag, Pre-Kindergarten student Gregory Samuel III walks with his father Gregory Samuel II during the first day of school for Clayton County public schools at Anderson Elementary School, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in Conley, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

080322 Conley, Ga.: First grade teachers wait in the hallways for their students on the first day of school for Clayton County public schools at Anderson Elementary School, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in Conley, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

080322 Conley, Ga.: Principal Tonia Luttery, center, poses for a photograph with fifth grader Lauren Krasenics, left, and fourth grader Lyric Hambrick on the first day of school for Clayton County public schools at Anderson Elementary School, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in Conley, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

080322 Conley, Ga.: Teacher Anthony Sanders passes out pencils to a student as she arrives to school on the first day of school for Clayton County public schools at Anderson Elementary School, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in Conley, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

080322 Conley, Ga.: Students walk to school with their mother on the first day of school for Clayton County public schools at Anderson Elementary School, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in Conley, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

August 2, 2022 Buford - Rhonda Zambo helps Justin Park during Biology class on the first day of school at Seckinger High School in Buford on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. All 9th grade students and special education small group will be in-person learners and all 10th - 12th grade students will be digital learners on August 3. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

August 2, 2022 Buford - Rhonda Zambo gets to know her new students during Biology class on the first day of school at Seckinger High School in Buford on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. All 9th grade students and special education small group will be in-person learners and all 10th - 12th grade students will be digital learners on August 3. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

August 3, 2022 Buford - 9th grade students arrive for the first day of school at Seckinger High School in Buford on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. All 9th grade students and special education small group will be in-person learners and all 10th - 12th grade students will be digital learners on August 3. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

August 3, 2022 Buford - 9th grade students arrive for the first day of school at Seckinger High School in Buford on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. All 9th grade students and special education small group will be in-person learners and all 10th - 12th grade students will be digital learners on August 3. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

August 3, 2022 Buford - 9th grade students arrive for the first day of school at Seckinger High School in Buford on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. All 9th grade students and special education small group will be in-person learners and all 10th - 12th grade students will be digital learners on August 3. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Students arrive for the first day of school at Hope-Hill Elementary School in Atlanta on Monday, August 1, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Lisa Herring (center) visits Hope-Hill Elementary School on the first day of classes in Atlanta on Monday, August 1, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

(L-R) Savior Wright, 9, Arman Wright, 6, and their father Quentin Wright arrive on the first day of school at Hope-Hill Elementary School in Atlanta on Monday, August 1, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Students arrive for the first day of school at Hope-Hill Elementary School in Atlanta on Monday, August 1, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Students arrive for the first day of school at Hope-Hill Elementary School in Atlanta on Monday, August 1, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Students arrive for the first day of school at Hope-Hill Elementary School in Atlanta on Monday, August 1, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Students arrive for the first day of school at Hope-Hill Elementary School in Atlanta on Monday, August 1, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Students arrive for the first day of school at Hope-Hill Elementary School in Atlanta on Monday, August 1, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

(Left to right) Colin Wade, Keira Depreist and Bre Gaiters ask Cobb County Superintendent Chris Ragsdale a few questions during a press conference at Kemp Elementary on Monday, August 1, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

Kemp Elementary Principal Billy Pritz (left) gives Cobb County Superintendent Chris Ragsdale (right) a tour of the school on Monday, August 1, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

Kemp Elementary Principal Billy Pritz (left) and Cobb County Superintendent Chris Ragsdale (right) talk to students in a third grade class on Monday, August 1, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

Parents walk their children to Kemp Elementary on the first day of school on Monday, August 1, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com

080322 Conley, Ga.: Students wear mandatory clear book bags as they walk to their classrooms during the first day of school for Clayton County public schools at Anderson Elementary School, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in Conley, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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