Annette Matthews kindergarten class waits in the hallway during a tour of Osborne Elementary School in Sewickley on the first day of school on August 24, 2015. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Rekiya Seymore, 8, poses for a portrait on the school bus after the first day of school for students at St. Benedict the Moor School in the Hill District. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette
West View Borough crossing guard Debbie Hall shepherds students across busy Perry Hwy. to the West View Elementary School on the first day of school in the North Hills School District. She’s been a crossing guard for nine years. (Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette)
Gabrielle Johnson-Thomas writes on a whiteboard during her first day of kindergarten at Manchester Academic Charter on August 26, 2015. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
From left Chris Cross, junior, Cristian Bang, senior, and Isabella DiRenzo, junior, do a scavenger hunt in the chemistry lab on the first day of school for students at the Western Pa School for the Deaf in Edgewood on Monday, August 24, 2015. The scavenger hunt was meant to show the students where safety equipment is located in the lab. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Annette Matthews’ kindergarten class takes a running tour of the playground Osborne Elementary in Sewickley on Aug. 24, 2015. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Wilkinsburg High School seniors Remy McIntyre, 17, Chelsea Martin, 18, and Anfrenee Fleming, 17, hang out in the cafeteria before classes start on Aug. 25, 2015. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Adapted physical education teacher Ben Brimyer lifts a parachute over the head of Giana James, 5, during class at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children in Oakland on Aug. 26, 2015. The students use the parachute as a basic activity that gives them a sensory reward for following directions, Mr. Brimyer said. (Julia Rendleman/Post-Gazette)
Jay’Lin Herring, fourth from right, and Lamonte Hunter, third from right, dance during story time at Manchester Academic Charter on Aug. 26, 2015. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Nathan Benedict of Sewickley walks his daughter Brenna, 5, into her first day of kindergarten at Osborne Elementary in Sewickley on Aug. 24, 2015. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Middle school math teacher William Roberson, center, greets seventh grader Chase Horne, 12, after school at St. Benedict the Moor in the Hill District on Aug. 24, 2015. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
From left, middle school students Dani Fisher, Olivia Larson and Ayesha Austin joke around after lunch at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Edgewood on Aug. 24, 2015. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Students take a quiz in Dan Kuban’s fifth grade math class at Manchester Academic Charter on Aug. 26, 2015. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Constance Thompkins, 9, and Danyel White, 10, head out of school at St. Benedict the Moor School in the Hill District on Aug. 24, 2015. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Landon Claybourne, left, 6, and Amoni Thompson, 6, center, wait to board the school along with Jazmine Hale, 13, at St. Benedict the Moor in the Hill District on Aug. 24, 2015. Jazmine escorted kindergarteners to the bus to make sure they knew which one to get on. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
