Kiya Tomlin, a member of the Pittsburgh Promise Board of Directors, hands out backpacks made by Day Owl to students Elaina McDade, center, 11, and Cameron Chapman, right, 11, at Pittsburgh South Hills Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Beechview. The We Have Your Back(pack) project provided 1,600 backpacks to all 6th graders in the Pittsburgh Public School District. The project was initiated and funded by the Richard King Mellon Foundation. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Gateway’s Jaquon Reynolds tries to get the ball past Thomas Jefferson on Friday, September 3, 2021, at Gateway Senior High School in Monroeville. Thomas Jefferson won 21-16. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mt. Lebanon running back Alex Tecza celebrates with Charlie Pellegrino after scoring a first quarter touchdown against Upper St. Clair in their WPIAL game on Friday, Sept. 03, 2021, at Mt. Lebanon High School, in Mt. Lebanon. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Superintendent Dr. Anthony Hamlet, right, talks with Tyrique Whitson, 17, of Highland Park, on his bus ride to Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy for the first day of classes on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Highland Park. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Superintendent Dr. Anthony Hamlet, right, rides the bus with Tyrique Whitson, 17, of Highland Park, on his way to the first day of classes at Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Highland Park. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Students arrive at Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy for the first day of classes on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Oakland. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Students arrive at Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy for the first day of classes on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Oakland. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Paul Mecklenburg walks briskly with his son Calvin, 5, along N. Homewood Avenue to kindergarten at Shady Side Academy Friday, Sep. 3, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Teacher Robert Lingg, left, helps 7th grader Bhawit Paudel, 12, and his father, Shishir, of Squirrel Hill, find his homeroom assignment outside Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy for the first day of classes on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Oakland. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Students arrive at Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy for the first day of classes on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Oakland. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Malcolm Scott, 6, (his birthday is today) from Regent Square waits for the bus with his mother, Rachel Masilamani for his first day of first grade and his first solo bus ride at the corner of Forbes and Braddock Avenues Friday, Sep. 3, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
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