Cheney first day of school

Students line up for the first day of the 2021-2022 school year at Salnave Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Cheney Public School District.

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Wed., Sept. 1, 2021

Second-grader Clayton Kenison gives Principal Celina Brennan a bouquet of flowers for the first day of the 2021-22 school year at Salnave Elementary School on Wednesday. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Cheney Public School District.

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First grader Quintin Reisenauer clings to his mom, Kaitlin Reisenauer, on the first day of the 2021-2022 school year at Salnave Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Cheney Public School District.

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It's a family affair: Fifth grader Chuck Pullen receives a hug from mom Kristen Bell while dad Nathan Pullen and Great Dane Earl look on during dropoff on the first day of schoo at Salnave Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Cheney Public School District.

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Parents Breanna and Vincent Slawter say goodbye and steer daughter Kinley to the line of Mrs. Amanda Larson's second grade class at Salnave Elementary School on the first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Cheney Public School District.

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Second grade teacher Amanda Larson greets student Kinley Slawter on the first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1. at Salnave Elementary School Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Cheney Public School District.

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A student departs a bus for the first day of the 2021-2022 school year at Salnave Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Cheney Public School District.

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Robert Roettger, superintendent of Cheney Public School District, helps a student find her class on the first day of the 2021-2022 school year at Salnave Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Roettger announced this week he’d be leaving the district and taking a job at the NorthEast Washington Educational Service District, effective July 1.

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Calm before the storm: Early morning sunlight filters in through the windows to the Salnave Elementary School commons before the first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Cheney Public School District.

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Principal Celina Brennan greets a student on the first day of the 2021-2022 school year at Salnave Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Cheney Public School District.

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Students line up for the first day of the 2021-2022 school year at Salnave Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Cheney Public School District.

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Second grader Clayton Kenison puts his mask on for the first day of the 2021-2022 school year at Salnave Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Cheney Public School District.

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Students line up for the first day of the 2021-2022 school year at Salnave Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Cheney Public School District.

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