Students line up to enter the bjuilding Wednesday on the first day of the school year at Lincoln Elementary School in Augusta.
First-graders Amileya Tyler, left, and Madilynn Tyler walk toward Lincoln Elementary School on Wednesday with their mother, Kylie Cheever, and grandfather David Cheever on their first day of the school year in Augusta. Kylie Cheever attended to the same grade school, too.
George J. Mitchell School student Naomi McGee hangs on to her mother, Rachel, on Wednesday after arriving at the Waterville school on the first day of school. Asked if she was nervous, Naomi said, "No, but my older brother is."
George J. Mitchell School Principal Allan Martin welcomes kindergarten student Trent Colson as he happily arrives by bus Wednesday, his first day of classes, at the Waterville school. The school will open to all students this Friday.
Standing in front of a "welcome back" banner, principal Heather Gauthier points out to children which door to use to enter the building Wednesday on the first day of the school year at Lincoln Elementary School in Augusta. The school, which includes students in kindergarten through sixth grade, has an enrollment of about 310 this year.
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