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Photos: First day of school for College Community students

Aug. 31, 2020 1:06 pm, Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 4:59 pm
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Students return to school at Prairie Creek and Prairie View in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, with coronavirus precautions in place.
Fifth-grader Emmalyn Miller laughs with her mother, Stefanie Miller, on the first day of school at Prairie Creek Intermediate in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Prairie View Elementary principal Mike Hansen greets a new student on the first day of school in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Jared Langton helps son Jackson with his backpack as he prepares to start kindergarten at Prairie View Elementary on the first day of school in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. Langton also attended Prairie View as a student, and was dropping off (from left) first-grader Peyton and his twin brother Brayden and second-grader Eli. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Buses line up to drop students off at Prairie Creek Intermediate on the first day of school in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Sixth grader Max Myers runs to the door of Prairie Creek Intermediate on the first day of school in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Fifth grader JaCari Henigan pulls on her backpack as she arrives for the first day of school at Prairie Creek Intermediate in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Elsa Rochford arrives with parents Nick and Linea Rochford for her first day of kindergarten at Prairie View Elementary in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Prairie View Elementary principal Mike Hansen directs students on the first day of school in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
A sign at Prairie Creek Intermedia reminds students to wear their masks on the first day of school in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Instructional coach Tifani Daly helps Keenan Langton find his fifth grade home room on the first day of school in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Siblings Alex (left) and Pyper Danly pose for a photo on the first day of school at Prairie View Elementary in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. Alex was starting fourth grade, and Pyper first grade. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Fifth grader Elijah Xayasouk walks into the Prairie Creek Intermediate building for the first day of school in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Fifth grader Aubrielle Hewitt walks into the Prairie Creek Intermediate building for the first day of school in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Prairie Creek Intermedia principal Jen McDonnell guides Matthew Formanek to the fifth grade door on the first day of school in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Sixth grader Samele Willigs gets off the bus for the first day of school at Prairie Creek Intermediate in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Sixth grader Hailey Brown gets off the bus for the first day of school at Prairie Creek Intermediate in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Fifth grader Payton Owens gets off the bus for the first day of school at Prairie Creek Intermediate in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. College Community students in the A block started class on Monday, and the B block will begin Thursday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)