Bulloch Schools off to smooth start with new faces, schedules

Statesboro High and Portal High shift to block schedules; pandemic recovery still an issue

Perched atop a cajon drum, Mill Creek Elementary School music teacher Chris Anderson gets to know his students during the first day of the 2023–24 school year on Aug. 1, 2023. This is Anderson's first year at Mill Creek, replacing retired longtime teacher Lisa Ponder. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)

Bulloch Schools first day — Perched atop a cajon drum, Mill Creek Elementary School music teacher Chris Anderson gets to know his students during the first day of the 2023–24 school year on Aug. 1, 2023. This is Anderson's first year at Mill Creek, replacing retired longtime teacher Lisa Ponder. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)

Students arrived on the 15 campuses of the Bulloch County Schools district Tuesday morning for the start of the 2023-24 term with no major problems reported. Answers to “What’s new this year?” include a return to 90-minute block scheduling at Statesboro High and Portal High, and about 186 new personnel throughout the system.

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