Photos: First day for TUSD schools
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First day of the 2017-18 school year for students in the Tucson Unified School District. More than 2,600 teachers work in the district, which also supplies 35,000 meals to students each day of the school year.
First day of school for TUSD
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Carlos Ochoa, left, sneaks in to give his 5-year-old son Gio a last hug before lining up for his first day of kindergarten during the first day back to school for students in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
First day of school for TUSD
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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A student is walked to class on the first day back to school for students in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
First day of school for TUSD
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Angelica Molina has some last words of comfort (and the blanket doesn't hurt either) for 5-year-old son Drayden Sanchez before his first day of kindergarten in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
First day of school for TUSD
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Sisters Lydia, 6, left, and Molly Miller, 4, stand together so mom and dad (Nina, left, and Kai) can snap their photo during the first day back to school for students in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
First day of school for TUSD
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Parents wave goodbye as kids line up to head in for class during the first day back to school for students in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
First day of school for TUSD
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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A crossing guard halts neighborhood traffic for a student during the first day back to school for students in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
First day of school for TUSD
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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School administrators talk with parents at the "Tea and Tissues" breakfast during the first day back to school for students in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
First Day of School
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From left to right, Kaylee Heiberger, 14, Katherine Amoureux, 15, Nicholas Mena, 15, and Jasmine Nault, 16, compare their class schedules on their first day of school at Sabino High School, 5000 N. Bowes Road, on August 03, 2017.
First day of school for TUSD
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Carlos Ochoa, left, sneaks in to give his 5-year-old son Gio a last hug before lining up for his first day of kindergarten during the first day back to school for students in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
First Day of School
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Elizabeth Schneider, 14, middle, waits for Jill Ronsman, assistant principal, to get her updated class schedule on the first day of school at Sabino High School, 5000 N. Bowes Road, on August 03, 2017.
First day of school for TUSD
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
A student is walked to class on the first day back to school for students in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
First day of school for TUSD
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Angelica Molina has some last words of comfort (and the blanket doesn't hurt either) for 5-year-old son Drayden Sanchez before his first day of kindergarten in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
First day of school for TUSD
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Sisters Lydia, 6, left, and Molly Miller, 4, stand together so mom and dad (Nina, left, and Kai) can snap their photo during the first day back to school for students in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
First day of school for TUSD
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Parents wave goodbye as kids line up to head in for class during the first day back to school for students in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
First day of school for TUSD
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
A crossing guard halts neighborhood traffic for a student during the first day back to school for students in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
First day of school for TUSD
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
School administrators talk with parents at the "Tea and Tissues" breakfast during the first day back to school for students in the Tucson Unified School District at Peter Howell Elementary School, 401 N. Irving Ave., on Aug. 3, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 350 students enrolled for the school year at Peter Howell.
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