Photos: Atlanta students go back to school

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Photos: Atlanta students go back to school

Brooke and Jonathan French escort their daughters Claire (right) and Leah (left) toward E. Rivers Elementary School on Jan. 25, the first day of in-person learning for Atlanta Public Schools. Leah, a third grader, will have to wait to go back to school Feb. 8. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

A lion, E. Rivers Elementary School mascot, greets parents and students for the first day of in-person learning for special education students and prekindergarten through second grade students at E. Rivers Elementary School in the Atlanta Public Schools district on Jan. 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Parents and guardians escort their E. Rivers Elementary School students to the building for the first day of in-person learning for special education students and prekindergarten for Atlanta Public Schools on Jan. 25, 2010. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

E. Rivers Elementary School students get their temperatures checked by school faculty and staff before entering the building during the first day of in-person learning for special education students and prekindergarten through second grade students for Atlanta Public Schools on Jan. 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Parents and guardians escort their E. Rivers Elementary School students to the building for the first day of in-person learning for special education students and prekindergarten through second grade students in Atlanta Public Schools on Jan. 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

E. Rivers Elementary School students get their temperatures checked by school faculty and staff before entering the building during the first day of in-person learning for special education students and prekindergarten through second grade students at E. Rivers Elementary School in Atlanta Public Schools on Jan. 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Agata Bugaj and her second grader Noah are greeted by a lion, the E. Rivers Elementary School mascot, during the first day of in-person learning for special education students and prekindergarten through second grade students in Atlanta Public Schools on Jan. 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Jennifer Williams walks with her first grade daughter Nora as they make their way to E. Rivers Elementary School during the first day of in-person learning for special education students and prekindergarten through second grade students in Atlanta Public Schools on 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Parents and guardians escort their E. Rivers Elementary School students to the building for the first day of in-person learning for special education students and prekindergarten through second grade students in Atlanta Public Schools on Jan. 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

E. Rivers Elementary School students make their way to the school building for the first day of in-person learning for special education students and prekindergarten through second grade students in Atlanta Public Schools on Jan. 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

E. Rivers Faculty and Staff make their way into the school building for the first day of in-person learning for special education students and prekindergarten through second grade students at E. Rivers Elementary School in Atlanta Public Schools on Jan. 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

E. Rivers Faculty and Staff make their way into the school building for the first day of in-person learning for special education students and prekindergarten through second grade students at E. Rivers Elementary School in Atlanta Public Schools on Jan. 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

E. Rivers Elementary School third grader Leah French joins her parents, Brooke and Jonathan French, as they wave through a window at her sister, Claire, as she makes her way down the hallways during the first day of in-person learning for special education students and prekindergarten through second grade students at E. Rivers Elementary School in Atlanta Public Schools on Jan. 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Credit: Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com

Brooke and Jonathan French escort their daughters Claire (right) and Leah (left) toward E. Rivers Elementary School on Jan. 25, the first day of in-person learning for Atlanta Public Schools. Leah, a third grader, will have to wait to go back to school Feb. 8. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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