PHOTOS: Metro Atlanta students return to classrooms

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PHOTOS: Metro Atlanta students return to classrooms

Students wearing face masks get a tour of their new school during the first day of school at Pearson Middle School in Marietta, Monday, August 2, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Principal Joey Moss greets students in the hallway on the first day of school at Clark Creek Elementary School in Acworth, Georgia, on August 2, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Teacher Christopher Alexander checks the temperature of students before they enter the building at Lake City Elementary school Monday, August 2, 2021.STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Lake City Georgia police officer J. Yancey hands out pencils on the first day of school at Lake City Elementary Monday, August 2, 2021.STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Whitney Fearon takes a photo of her daughter Elise (9) and her teacher Ms. Emily Ashworth on the first day of school at Clark Creek Elementary School in Acworth, Georgia, on August 2, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Pupils at Lake City Elementary School pick up breakfast on Aug. 2, 2021, the first day of classes. (Leon Stafford / AJC)

Students walk through the hallway on the first day of school at Clark Creek Elementary School in Acworth, Georgia, on August 2, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

First grade teacher Alyssa Bettis checks in with her students on the first day of school at Clark Creek Elementary School in Acworth, Georgia, on August 2, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Fifth grader Drag Cook (10) gets off the bus on the first day of school at Clark Creek Elementary School in Acworth, Georgia, on August 2, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

First grade teacher Ms. Fauls greets a new student with a hug on the first day of school at Clark Creek Elementary School in Acworth, Georgia, on August 2, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Students arrive for the first day of classes at Lake City Elementary in Morrow on Aug. 2, 2021. (Steve Schaefer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

08/02/2021 —Marietta, Georgia — Pearson Middle School Principal Dean Yoder greets students as they exit their school busses during the first day of school at Pearson Middle School in Marietta, Monday, August 2, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Kindergarten teacher Rebecca Coleman greets her new students on the first day of school at Clark Creek Elementary School in Acworth, Georgia, on August 2, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Parents in their children lineup to enter Lake City elementary on the first day of school, Monday, August 2, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Physical Education Coach Monica Sicka greets a few masked students as they enter Pearson Middle School during the first day of school in Marietta, Monday, August 2, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

A Pearson Middle School student wearing a face mask exits their bus during the first day of school at Pearson Middle School in Marietta on August 2, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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Students wearing face masks get a tour of their new school during the first day of school at Pearson Middle School in Marietta, Monday, August 2, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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