First day of school at Randolph Park Elementary school in Anniston. First grader Aubree Williams is ready for first grade. Photo by Bill Wilson.

Sonja Brown, principal of Randolph Park Elementary school, greets the kids in the cafeteria on the first day of school. Photo by Bill Wilson.

First day of school at Randolph Park Elementary school in Anniston. Photo by Bill Wilson.

First day of school at Randolph Park Elementary school in Anniston. First grade teacher Tabitha Smith helps Messiah Williams with his belongin…

First day of school at Randolph Park Elementary school in Anniston. School supplies in Tabitha Smith's classrooom. Photo by Bill Wilson.

First day of school at Randolph Park Elementary school in Anniston. First grade teacher Tabitha Smith directs her students into their classroo…

First day of school at Randolph Park Elementary school in Anniston. Mary Jackson, a first grade teacher, places a nametag on Leeah McInnis. Ph…

First day of school at Randolph Park Elementary school in Anniston. First grade classroom of Mary Jackson who has been teaching for 20 years. …

Sonja Brown, principal of Randolph Park Elementary school, hugs third grader Kingston Brown on the first day of school. Photo by Bill Wilson.

First day of school at Randolph Park Elementary school in Anniston. Samuel Green, a fifth grade teacher, greets kids. Photo by Bill Wilson.