Third grade best friends Brody Bean and Eli Cadman walk into Guy E. Rowe Elementary School in Norway on the first day of school on Aug. 28. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat

Travis Libby kisses his son, Oden Libby, before Oden walks into Guy E. Rowe Elementary School on the first day of the year on Aug. 28 as his mother, Nicholle Libby, looks on. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat

Adults and students mill outside of the Guy E. Rowe Elementary School on the first day on Aug. 28. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat

Guy E. Rowe Elementary Principal Catherine Bickford greets students on the first day of school on Aug. 28. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat

Students file into Guy E. Rowe Elementary School in Norway on the first day back to class on Aug. 28. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat

Sarah Osborne, of Waterford, says goodbye to her son, 6-year-old Hunter Osborne, before he goes back to school at Guy E. Rowe Elementary School in Norway on the first day of the year on Aug. 28. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat