The first day of school began smoothly at Wake Forest Elementary with families walking to school together and students arriving in car pool and by bus.
Principal Denise Tillery, kindergarten teacher Deborah Dial and a grand parent of students at the school talk about the excitement of the first day of classes.
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Principal Denise Tillery, teacher Deborah Dial and Marianne Thomas outside the kindergarten classroom where Thomas dropped off her granddaughter for her first day of school.
Families walk to school on the first day of classes at Wake Forest Elementary.
A light rain brought out umbrellas, but not deter families from walking into school on the first day.
A Wake Forest community group was thanking fathers who brought their children to school on the first day. Fathers were welcomed, given a sticker showing their support for their children and offered donuts.