| SCHOOLS: Ridgefield's return to classes goes smoothly
With the buildings all polished up, students and staff excited to be back and seeing old friends, even most buses running on time Tuesday, the Ridgefield Public Schools got the new academic year off to a promising start. "It looked great," Deborah Low said after her first opening day as a superintendent of schools. "There were balloons, banners, bulletin boards, a lot of parent cameras, teachers very excited. The students coming off the buses all looked just really dressed up and excited." The maintenance staff's summer work was very evident. "Each of the buildings looks so clean and polished and cheery — very inviting for students," Ms. Low said. .
Register and School Bells Ring
When the holiday weekend is over, school starts. Cash registers are ringing along with school bells. The National Retail Federation says it expects families to spend 6.9 percent more this year than last year on back to school merchandise. The NRF predicts total spending will reach 18.4 million dollars. "Binders, spirals pens, pencils, paper, folder, shirts and pants and hoodies and stuff," Kendra Everts named the items on her back-to-school list. "Mostly my cell phone, some clothes come in handy, but I like my cell phone," high school junior Andrea Marcera said. The list for every student is different, heading back to class means making one last stop at the mall. For parents it's all about the necessities. "I try to get what she needs to start off school," Andrea's mother Lori Marcera said.
Group gives Atlanta school lunch a D, DeKalb a B
Toss those chicken nuggets and pass the soy milk: A veggie-lunch-lovin' advocacy group this week nearly failed Atlanta's public schools — with a D+ — while giving DeKalb County schools a passing B- for the food they serve at lunch. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine's annual school lunch survey targets school systems that participate in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National School Lunch Program. .
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