Students talk before heading to class at Seventh Ward Elementary on the first day of school for the 2019-2020 school year on Friday, August 9.
Karly Robertson (right) gives a high-five to a fifth grader entering her classroom at Seventh Ward Elementary on the first day of school for the 2019-2020 school year on Friday, August 9.
Lauren Doucet (left), a fifth grader, and Chlea Bellony, a fourth grader, pose for a photo with a frame at Seventh Ward Elementary on the first day of school for the 2019-2020 school year on Friday, August 9.
Students get off a bus at Seventh Ward Elementary on the first day of school for the 2019-2020 school year on Friday, August 9.
Fifth-graders in Karly Robertson's class say the Pledge of Allegiance at Seventh Ward Elementary on the first day of school for the 2019-2020 school year on Friday, August 9.
Fifth grade students gather by class before the start of school at Seventh Ward Elementary on the first day of school for the 2019-2020 school year on Friday, August 9.
A bus driver turns a bus around in front of Seventh Ward Elementary on the first day of school for the 2019-2020 school year on Friday, August 9.
Doyle Elementary Principal Donna Sibley, right, welcomes back student Kylie Lambert on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
Doyle High teacher Darrell Frasier, right, hands out a schedule to a student on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
Doyle High teachers Kenny Mix, seated left, and Guy McDonald, seated right, share a laugh with students as they hand out schedules on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
Doyle High students head to class on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
Doyle Elementary instructional coach Latricia Davis helps a student find her homeroom on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
Doyle High students gather in the courtyard on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
Doyle Elementary students walk from the bus to their homerooms on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
Doyle Elementary students enjoy breakfast in the cafeteria on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
Pre-K teacher Jamie Barthelemy welcomes back students to Doyle Elementary on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
Ashley Mannino holds up an illustration she colored in Kate Pilney’s second grade class at Doyle Elementary on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
Doyle Elementary students play with their name tags on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
Doyle Elementary second-grade teacher Kate Pilney walks around her class on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
From left, Doyle High freshmen Hunter Atol and Jace Singleton check out their schedules on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
Doyle High freshmen Cynthia Ambrose, left, and Shay Payne look over their schedules on the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, Aug. 9.
Levi Milton Elementary students line up for breakfast on the first day of school. A federal program that pays for breakfast and lunch at Livingston Parish schools is in its third year.
Students get color tags on their backpacks as they get off their buses on Friday at Levi Milton Elementary in Walker, The color matches a color sign on each bus to the child will know what bus to get on.
School bus driver Katherine Borden gets a photo of daughter MaKynze on the first day of school at Levi Milton Elementary.
Dawn Rush, left, Director of Curriculum for the Livingston Parish School System, brings treats to Levi Milton Elementary on Friday, the first day of school. At tight is teacher Jason Vande Vuss.
Crossing guard Calvin Carney, who began as a guard in 2013, said traffic is usually heavy on Burgess Avenue in front of Walker Freshman High School in the morning.
Walker Freshman High Principal David Clark directs students into the school on Friday morning the first day of class.
Parent Marlena Gremilllion and Walker Fresh High librarian Amanda Watson takes photos of their daughters at the school. The trio stops by for "their morning hugs,"' in the front office, Gremillion said, before going to their own school.
Springfield High assistant principal John Chewning hands a student his schedule on the first day of classes in Livingston Parish on Friday.
Springfield High principal Spencer Harris welcomes students back to school on the first day of classes in Livingston Parish on Friday.
Students take their seats in one of the classrooms in the new building on the campus of Albany Lower Elementary School on the first day of classes in LIvingston Parish on Friday.
An exterior view of the new classroom building on the campus of Albany Lower Elementary School on the first day of classes in Livingston Parish on Friday.
Teachers escort students on the first day of school at Denham Springs Elementary
A line of cars waits to drop off students at Denham Springs Elementary.
A group of teachers and students await the first day of class at Denham Springs Junior High.
Leah Henderson works the carpool line at Denham Springs Junior High.
A group of Freshwater Elementary teachers put the finishing touches of Meghan Yerby's classroom before the first day of class.
