Bright yellow school buses lined up at Suwannee Primary Monday afternoon,

ready to take children home after the first day of school. The buses slowed as parents and kids made their way hand-and-hand across the street to their waiting vehicles.

Five-year old Brentson McCall, a kindergartener, said it was a “good” first day as he and schoolmate Emma Herrington, 6, crossed the street each walking beside their parents.

All the while, Superintendent Jerry Scarborough and school board member Julie Ulmer stood in the center of the street monitoring the flow of traffic and waving to parents and students.

“Everything seems to have went very smooth,” Scarborough said. “Kids came with big smiles. A few parents were of course sad to leave their kids, but overall everything went very well. It was a very good day.”

Summer Worth, the mother of kindergartener Jace Worth and Kyzer Worth, a pre-K student, cheerfully crossed the street with her boys. Kyzer Worth, when asked if he had a great first day of school replied, “Yes sir!”