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Science teacher Cheryl Fulghum, left, and Principal Terrence Yarborough walk the empty halls of Carl Sandburg Middle School on September 6, 2011. Students would begin arriving in 20 minutes for the fiScience teacher Dale Witt prepares his classroom at Carl Sandburg Middle School for the first day of school on September 6, 2011.Elizabeth Vargas, left, and brother Matthew Vargas wait for their bus to Mt. Vernon High School on the morning of September 6, 2011. Elizabeth was worried when the bus was "already 15 minutes late onEnglish teacher LaMonica Brevard affixes alphabet stickers to desks at Carl Sandburg Middle School before students arrive on September 6, 2011.A teacher waits for students to cross before waving on cars in front of Carl Sandburg Middle School on the morning of September 6, 2011.Students unload from buses at Carl Sandburg Middle School on September 6, 2011.Teachers Cheryl Fulghum and Dale Witt direct students to their first-period classrooms at Carl Sandburg Middle School on September 6, 2011.Students, parents and administrators recite the Pledge of Allegiance at Carl Sandburg Middle School on September 6, 2011.Students proceed to classrooms on the second floor of Carl Sandburg Middle School on September 6, 2011.Parents and school buses drop off children at Fort Hunt Elementary School on September 6, 2011.Parents take photos of students on the first day of school at Fort Hunt Elementary School on September 6, 2011.Elizabeth Maurer hugs Nathaniel Hancock before classes while Hannah, center, and Herold Hancock, right, look on at Fort Hunt Elementary School on September 6, 2011.Erin Swart, left, speaks with Ann Marie Parsons about opportunities with the parent-teacher association during a breakfast meeting at Fort Hunt Elementary School on September 6, 2011.Mari Frost watches as a father waves to his child on the first day of classes at Fort Hunt Elementary School on September 6, 2011. Frost is a student safety patrol.As school administrators introduce themselves to parents, library books await to be organized at Fort Hunt Elementary School on September 6, 2011.