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Founders Elementary School Principal Connie Rohlman helps students find their way on the first day of school Wednesday in DeKalb.
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Bridgette Rutowski helps Angela Trevino and her children, Allayah,10, and Adonnis, 8, Gonzales, find their teacher and their classrooms Wednesday before school at Founders Elementary. (Sam Buckner)
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DeKalb School District 428 Superintendent Doug Moeller directs traffic before the first day of school Wednesday. (Sam Buckner)
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Melanie (10) and Stephanie (7) walk into Founders Elamentary for the first day of school on Wednesday August 24, 2016. (Sam Buckner)
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Sam Buckner for Shaw Media. LeBran (9) eats breakfast in the cafeteria before starting the first day of school on Wednesday August 24, 2016.
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Sam Buckner for Shaw Media. Founders elementary starting the year off on a quiet rainy morning on Wednesday August 24, 2016.
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Sam Buckner for Shaw Media. First graders lineup in the gym before heading off to their classrooms on Wednesday August 24, 2016.