Students head back to school in Anchorage on a first day that felt ‘more normal’

Jesse Afolabi, 13, started her first day of eighth grade at Romig as well. Before walking into school, her mom, Annie Belts, hopped out of the car to snap a first-day-of-school picture of Afolabi posing by a birch tree.“I normally take the bus, and it is a little bit of a problem,” Afolabi said. “Today we got it covered because it was the first day of school, so it was different. We’re hoping to do a lot of different carpooling with my friend and hoping that the buses will come back.

Dobler said he didn’t know how long his crossing guard duties will last — it all depends on how many students walk and what happens with the bus route suspensions, an issue the district has characterized as temporary with more drivers in training.Some students will have to wait weeks before they can take a bus to school. Bus service is being provided on a rotating basis to three groups, which will have three weeks of bus service followed by six weeks without it.

One group of students who still have their usual bus route service includes those who travel from Girdwood to South High on the winding Seward Highway every day. Fairview did have at least some bus service Thursday, though many families still walked their kids in.] The first-day energy rippled through a seventh grade social studies class taught by Mears Middle School

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