School is back in session for Georgetown ISD

Rigo Garcia holds hands with his son Roman, 4, as Roman heads for his first day of Pre-K class at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Dad K.J. Anderson waits for the doors to open at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school, joined by his daughter Andrea Aclese-Anderson, 14, and her brother Alaxander, 9. Alaxander is going into the 4th grade at Cooper while big sister will be a freshman at Georgetown High School. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Mom Alicia Willingham waits with her first-grader son Kaden for the doors to open at Cooper Elementary School on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Sophia Avalos, 6, was anxious to join her first grade classmates at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

4-year-old Cayman Wade is accompanied by his father Terrent Polk as he's off for his first day of Pre-K at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Nina Curry takes a photo with her grandson Cooper Lockwood, 4, in his Pre-K classroom at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Nina Curry gives her grandson Cooper Lockwood, 4, a kiss before leaving him for the day in his Pre-K classroom at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Dad Rigo Garcia holds the hand of his son Roman, 4, as they make their way through a hallway to Roman's Pre-K classroom at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

5-year-old Jedidiah Barrera spends time with his mom Jackie Barrera before mom leaves him with his kindergarten classmates at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

6-year-old Charlotte Hejny settles into her first grade classroom at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

4-year-old Cooper Lockwood, joined at left by his father Braxton Lockwood, totes a large backpack as he prepares to go into his Pre-K classroom at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Principal Greg Vidal visits a Pre-K classroom at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of classes. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Pre-k student Aaron Varga, 4, is pictured in his classroom at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Teacher Emily Luna spends time with her kindergarten class at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Teacher Emily Luna spends time with her kindergarten class at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

9-year-old Laurimart Cardenas, right, spends time with her mom Yessika Sanchez before going to her fourth grade classroom at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

4-year-old Pre-k student Daniel Scott salutes during the Pledge of Allegiance at Cooper Elementary on Thursday morning, August 15, 2024, the first day of school. On the wall at left is a cougar, the school's mascot. Cooper Elementary has 572 students enrolled this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.