New year starts strong: Teachers, staff welcome students as the school year gets under way

  • Superintendent Beverley Levine chats with a student at Oglethorpe County Primary School on the first day of the school year. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)
    Superintendent Beverley Levine chats with a student at Oglethorpe County Primary School on the first day of the school year. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)
  • Kaylan and Adam Carter comfort their son Cohen on the first day of kindergarten as daughter Charlotte looks on at Oglethorpe County Primary School on Monday. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)
    Kaylan and Adam Carter comfort their son Cohen on the first day of kindergarten as daughter Charlotte looks on at Oglethorpe County Primary School on Monday. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

    Teachers in matching T-shirts and smiles lined the decorated halls. Parents arranged their students for pictures before walking them to their classes. Buses and cars eased through the wait to drop off…