PHOTO GALLERY: First Day of School at Freedom

Superintendent Rick Mills leans in to talk with a student at Freedom Elementary.

Social Worker Valerie Morrison tags Angel Escamilla with a wristband denoting how he will get home.

Michelle Fegan and Haleigh Zambello serve on the safety patrol.

Meghan and Melody Dillingham head to Meghan's classroom.

Ann and Emma Chapman prepare to take Ann to her second-grade classroom.

Aiden Wilson, Evan Tepfer and Logan Ulloa are in the same class.

William Cooper, 8. reads a book on whales while he waits for school to start.

Founding principal, Gary Holbrook, helps with check-in.

Aliya and Addison Thompsen, of Freedom, are all smiles.

Adele Lomastro, 6, colors once she settles into her classroom.

Melody Klaymeier, 6, colors in her classroom.