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Forward-looking school year begins with renewed focus on attendance
Newest normal includes concerns from kids’ mental health to a bus driver shortage
Mattie Lively Elementary School second grade teacher Macy Tankersley gets a big hug from student Tristan Gordan, 7, during a school tour on the first day of the new school year on Monday, August 1.
Mattie Lively Elementary School second grade teacher Macy Tankersley gets a big hug from student Tristan Gordan, 7, during a school tour on the first day of the new school year on Monday, August 1.
Bulloch County Schools started classes Monday for what is envisioned as an almost completely back to newest-normal, post-pandemic school year. Some emphasis on attendance is even being restored for the school district’s expected 11,000-plus students, 10,787 of whom showed up the first day.
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