Kids arrive on first day of school

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Kids arrive on first day of school

Photos: Kids arrive at on the first day of school at Milton's new Birmingham Elementary and Lawrenceville's new Archer High School.

Kristen Ryals arrives at Milton's new Birmingham Falls Elementary School with her daughter, Jamison, 6, for Jamison's first day of kindergarten. Ryals also brings supplies for the classroom.

Jamison gets a hug as her mom, Kristen Ryals, leaves the kindergarten. Birmingham Falls Elementary School is the first new public school to open since Milton became a city.

Kim Kenney gives her daughter, Katherine, 6 a hug as she leaves her first grade classroom at Birmingham Falls Elementary.

Cars back up on the first day of school at Birmingham Falls. the school has 54 classrooms and has a capacity of 850 students.

Fifth-graders (from left) Jamie Maaskant, Zachary Humphries and Riley Anderson get ready t to enter Dunwoody Elementary as Zachary's mom, Leslie Baulman (background) finishes her drink.DeKalb School Superintendent Crawford Lewis was on hand to greet parents and students.

Emily Christensen, 10, hugs mother Cheryl goodbye as she begins her first day of school Monday at Dunwoody Elementary.

Fourth-grade teachers Joi Kilpatrick rolls in to Dunwoody Elementary on Monday morning.

DeKalb County Superintendent Crawford Lewis addresses Charlotte Davis' 4th grade Spanish class Monday.

Philip Reid holds daughter Gabby as parents lined up to learn what room their child would be in Monday. Gabby had butterflies in her stomach all night and didn't get much sleep because she was so excited about her first day.

Kathryn Johnson takes pictures of her daughter in the school bus in front of Archer High during the first day of school in Lawrencevile. Johnson's daughter attends Harbins Elementary.

Jennifer Benton, advance placement biology teacher, gets to know her students during the first day of school at Archer, a new school of more than 1220 students and 71 teachers in Lawrenceville.

MIles Ferguson, 10, (right) Connor Steeles, 5, and Mary Beth Johnson, 7, wait in front of Archer High School for their ride to their elementary school. They are the children of Archer teachers.

The Pedowtitz family, including 4-year-old Ashley, dad Jeff, 10-year-old Alex, 10, and mom Cherie, the mom. at far right is Allison Watry, 11 (5th grade, not related). Not visible is their son Zach Pedowitz, 8 (3rd grade). The first day of school at Milton's new Birmingham Falls Elementary School. It is the first new public school to open since Milton became a

Students wait to descend from the first bus on the first day of school at Birmingham Falls Elementary in Milton.

Off the bus!

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Kristen Ryals arrives at Milton's new Birmingham Falls Elementary School with her daughter, Jamison, 6, for Jamison's first day of kindergarten. Ryals also brings supplies for the classroom.

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