Brattleboro, Vt., Union High School Principal Steve Perrin talks with Mica Martel, 17, before walking through the doors to start the senior year during the first day of school for 11th and 12th graders on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Brattleboro Union High School’s staff band “The Rolling Bones” play for the 11th and 12th graders returning for their first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Brattleboro Union High School’s staff band “The Rolling Bones” play for the 11th and 12th graders returning for their first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Brattleboro Union High School’s staff band “The Rolling Bones” play for the 11th and 12th graders returning for their first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Brattleboro Union High School’s staff band “The Rolling Bones” play for the 11th and 12th graders returning for their first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Brattleboro Union High School’s staff band “The Rolling Bones” play for the 11th and 12th graders returning for their first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Brattleboro Union High School’s staff band “The Rolling Bones” play for the 11th and 12th graders returning for their first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Iris Roberts and Charlie Driscoll, kindergarteners at Guilford, Vt., Central School, crouch down while playing with bricks in their outside classroom on the first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Skylar Harris and Onagh Dougherty, kindergarteners at Guilford, Vt., Central School, play in a kitchen in their outside classroom on the first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Brattleboro, Vt., Union High School Principal Steve Perrin talks with Mica Martel, 17, before walking through the doors to start the senior year during the first day of school for 11th and 12th graders on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Adam Norcia, a groundskeeper at Brattleboro, Vt., Union High School, hangs the American flag up to start the school year on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Brattleboro Union High School’s staff band “The Rolling Bones” play for the 11th and 12th graders returning for their first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Brattleboro Union High School’s staff band “The Rolling Bones” play for the 11th and 12th graders returning for their first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Brattleboro Union High School’s staff band “The Rolling Bones” play for the 11th and 12th graders returning for their first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Brattleboro Union High School’s staff band “The Rolling Bones” play for the 11th and 12th graders returning for their first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Brattleboro Union High School’s staff band “The Rolling Bones” play for the 11th and 12th graders returning for their first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Brattleboro Union High School’s staff band “The Rolling Bones” play for the 11th and 12th graders returning for their first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Guilford, Vt., Central School Kindergarten teacher Maira Arteaga reads a story to her class on the first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Iris Roberts and Charlie Driscoll, kindergarteners at Guilford, Vt., Central School, crouch down while playing with bricks in their outside classroom on the first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Mackenzie Ruth, 5, a kindergartener at Guilford, Vt., Central School, enjoys a snack on the first day of class on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Skylar Harris and Onagh Dougherty, kindergarteners at Guilford, Vt., Central School, play in a kitchen in their outside classroom on the first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.