Students at 23 Guilford County elementary and middle schools were back in class on Monday. These are "restart" schools — a designation meaning they receive flexibility on certain state rules as part of their attempts to improve academics. That flexibility applies to areas such as the school calendar, finances and staffing.
PHOTOS: Western Guilford Middle School students "restart" school
Jill McClanahan welcomes Western Guilford Middle students to the first day of school in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, August 15, 2022.
A Western Guilford Middle student steps off the bus to the first day of school on Monday.
ABOVE: Western Guilford Middle students arrive for the first day of school in Greensboro on Monday. RIGHT: Whitney Oakley, Guilford County Schools’ acting superintendent, talks with sixth graders at Western Guilford Middle School.
Western Guilford Middle Principal Chase Arrington and Whitney Oakley, Guilford County Schools' acting superintendent, talk to a student at Western Guilford Middle in Greensboro on Monday.
Whitney Oakley, Guilford County Schools' acting superintendent, at Western Guilford Middle in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, August 15, 2022.
Whitney Oakley, Guilford County Schools’ acting superintendent, waves to a bus driver at Western Guilford Middle in Greensboro on Monday.
Whitney Oakley, Guilford County Schools’ acting superintendent, talks with sixth graders at Western Guilford Middle in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, August 15, 2022.
Whitney Oakley, Guilford County Schools' acting superintendent, watches as students arrive at Western Guilford Middle in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, August 15, 2022.
Jill McClanahan welcomes Western Guilford Middle students to the first day of school in Greensboro on Monday.
Whitney Oakley, Guilford County Schools' acting superintendent, welcomes Western Guilford Middle students to the first day of school in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, August 15, 2022.
A Western Guilford Middle student steps off the bus to the first day of school in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, August 15, 2022.
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