A crowd of students gather in the commons area before the start of classes on the first day of the 2018-19 school year at Denham Springs Junior High.
Live Oak High students walk toward the main building before the first day of school at Live Oak High School on Wednesday, August 8.
Students walk toward the school after getting off buses before the first day of school at Live Oak High School on Wednesday, August 8.
Live Oak High students greet one another as they wait for the doors to open for the first day of school on Wednesday, August 8.
Lisa Craft, Live Oak High production manager, encourages a student to take bags of food as part of the "Breakfast in the Classroom" initiative before the first day of school on Wednesday, August 8.
Students get off buses before the first day of school at North Live Oak Elementary School on Wednesday, August 8.
Students walk to class by other students waiting in the hall to enter their classrooms before the first day of school at North Live Oak Elementary School on Wednesday, August 8.
Students line up to enter their new classroom before the first day of school at North Live Oak Elementary School on Wednesday, August 8.
Volunteer Lindsay Piper gets a hug from a North Live Oak Elementary student before the first day of school on Wednesday, August 8.
Walker High School students find their homeroom classes in the commons area in front of the cafeteria on the first day of school Wednesday.
Walker High School students negotiate the new sidewalk behind the news administration/classroom building on the first day of school Wednesday.
The first Walker High students arrive at the commons area in front of the cafeteria before 7 a.m. on the first day of school Wednesday. Lists of homerooms were posted on the cafeteria walls.
Teacher Chad Vasiliauskas checks the homeroom assingments for some new sophomores at Walker High School on the first day of school.
Walker High School students walk on the new sidewalk to their homerooms in the news administration/classroom building on the first day of school Wednesday.
Ashley Vessier fixes a colored tie-off to son Gavin's booksack at Waker Elementary School. Students were given different colored tie-offs to match the color assigned to their bus.
Waker Elementary Assistant Principal Ashley Smith welcomes third-grader Bailey Parke to school in the car-rider line.
Walker Elementary Assistant Principal Ashley SMith helps a student get out of his car in the car-rider line on Wednesday.
Parents walk into Walker Elementary with their children on the first day of school on Wednesday.
Parents walk into Walker Elementary with their children on the first day of school on Wednesday.
Denham Springs High School sophomores Jerry Gaspard and Anthony Higgins review their schedules on the first day of the 2018-19 school year.
Denham Springs Junior High School principal Bryan Wax greets sixth grader Dexter Delatorre on the opening day of the 2018-19 school year.
Denham Springs Junior High School eighth grader Landon Szubiaski awaits his schedule from teacher Cindy Stelly on the opening day of classes for the 2018-19 school year.
Eighthh graders Cllaire Aikens, Avie Martello, Summer Poole and Alanna Ingram await the start of class on the first day of the 2018-19 school year at Denham Springs Junior High.
Hannah Sorrel, Blair Clary and Bailey Chiquet are all smiles on the first day of their senior year at Denham Springs High School.
French Settlement Elementary School students are all smiles on the first day of the 2018-19 school year.
A bus rolls into French Settlement Elementary School to drop off students on the first day of the 2018-19 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
French Settlement Elementary School students make their way to campus for the start of the 2018-19 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
French Settlement Elementary School students grab a breakfast before heading to the cafeteria to eat before the start of the 2018-19 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
French Settlement Elementary School students take a seat on the ground in front of their homeroom to await the start of the school day on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
French Settlement Elementary School employee Lebetta Benton, standing, chats with students as they eat breakfast before the start of the 2018-19 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
A student at French Settlement Elementary School entertains his friends with some dance moves while they wait in line for breakfast during the first day of the 2018-19 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
Students gather in the commons area at French Settlement High School for the first day of the 2018-19 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
Four friends form a circle in the commons area at French Settlement High School to catch up after the summer break at the beginning of the first day of the 2018-19 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
A teacher at French Settlement High School instructs students where to go during the first day of the 2018-19 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
Students at French Settlement High School head to their homeroom classes after the bell rings to signal the start of the 2018-19 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
French Settlement High School students wait to check in to their homeroom class on the first day of the 2018-19 school year on Wednesday, Aug.8.
Albany High teacher Maegan Howes hugs a senior student as she arrives on the first day of school Wednesday.
