First day of school

Students pour into Linwood Elementary and Shadle High schools on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, the first day of classes for Spokane Public Schools.

Photos by Dan Pelle and Jesse Tinsley.

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Fri., Aug. 28, 2009

Izabel Garcia heads toward class to present her third-grade teacher, Monica Headley, a rose on the first day of school at Linwood Elementary in Spokane. Headley teaches a combined second- and third-grade class and taught Izabel last year.

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English teacher Rob Archer tries to explain the route to a classroom to senior Anna Hulse, right, before school starts on the first day of school Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at Shadle Park High School. The school is undergoing phased reconstruction, and hallways are a maze.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
A crossing guard assists a Linwood Elementary student across Weile Avenue on the first day of classes in Spokane Public Schools on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
Students wander through the gym and commons area before classes start on the first day of school Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at Shadle Park High School.

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Teacher Monica Headley welcomes Gabriel Johnson to the second grade at Linwood Elementary School on the first day of classes Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009.

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Michael El-Ayache, a sophomore, works on a library computer before classes start on the first day of school Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at Shadle Park High School.

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Debbie Dunhan attaches a name tag to first-grader Symphonie Carlson on the first day of classes Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at Linwood Elementary in Spokane. Dunham is starting her 29th year of teaching at Linwood.

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Standing in a new hallway, librarian Christine Hanson helps freshman Chris Roncal find his classroom as classes start on the first day of school Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at Shadle Park High School.

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Debbie Dunham's first-grade class lines up in the hallway – boys on one side, girls on the other – as they learn where the restrooms are located Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at Linwood Elementary School. Classes started for Spokane Public Schools on Thursday.

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Students meet on the street corner before classes start on the first day of school Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at Shadle Park High School.

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Honistee Moore completed the initial task in Debbie Dunham's first-grade class at Linwood Elementary in Spokane on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, the opening day for Spokane Public Schools.

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After settling into her new desk at Linwood Elementary, Kendyl Dodge, 6, has her picture taken by her mother on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, the first day of classes in Spokane Public Schools. Kendyl is in Debbie Dunham's first-grade class.

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Debbie Dunham's first-grade class at Linwood Elementary recites the Pledge of Allegiance on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, the first day of classes for Spokane Public Schools.

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