Durango students return for a new year
Gina Preszler, a kindergarten teacher at Needham Elementary School, gets to know Fletcher Barnett, 5, on Monday morning at the start of the first day of school.
Susie Shows, a kindergarten teacher at Needham Elementary School, helps Jack Schowalter, 5, and Jack Kuhn, 5, left, organize their school items Monday morning on the start of the first day of the school year.
Jenny McKenna, Needham Elementary School’s new principal, welcomes students on Monday for the first day of the school year.
Students, teachers, staff and parents line up to enter Needham Elementary School on Monday for the first day of the 2017-18 school year.
Students, teachers, staff and parents line up to enter Needham Elementary School on Monday for the first day of the 2017-18 school year.
Michael Bork, a physical education teacher at Needham Elementary School, gives high-fives to students on Monday morning as they return to school for the first day of the 2017-18 year.
Tina Evans, a school crossing guard at Needham Elementary School, helps students and parents to cross the street on Monday for the first day of school.
Durango Fire Protection District was on hand Monday morning at Needham Elementary School, as well as at other schools in the district, to remind drivers to slow down and be careful as students make their way back to school for the year.
Durango School District 9-R teachers, staff, administrators and students kicked off the 2017-18 school year Monday morning. Students returned on a day when the first total solar eclipse in decades is making its way across the United States.
