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Cooper Elementary School kindergarten teacher Mackenzie Lapke, left, welcomes new student Skyler Jacob, 5, to the first day of kindergarten classes as he clings to his mother, Kayla Thompson, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. in Spokane, Wash.
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Ashley Kelley snuggles with her daughter, Autumn Kelly, before parents left their children in school for the first day of kindergarten classes in Nancilee Sloan’s room at Cooper Elementary School, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Spokane, Wash.
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Cooper Elementary School kindergarten teacher Nancilee Sloan, center, leads new students, including Ava Bedwell, right, down the hall to their first day of class, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Spokane, Wash. At left, Nadia Varalyuk walks her son, Aiden.
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Nick and Nadia Varalyuk wave and blow kisses to their son, Aiden, before they leave Nancilee Sloan’s kindergarten room on the first day of classes at Cooper Elementary School, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Spokane, Wash.
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Pictures of Lorrin Jurasin’s kindergarten students are posted in the hallway at Cooper Elementary School on th first day of class, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018.
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Cooper Elementary School kindergarten teacher, Nancilee Sloan, demonstrates how to proper way to raise your hand and not speak until called upon, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, on the first day of kindergarten classes.
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Cooper Elementary School kindergarten teacher, Mackenzie Lapke, gives instruction to her students on how to hold their hands when sitting in a group on the floor Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018 was the first day of kindergarten class.
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Cooper Elementary School kindergarten teacher Nancilee Sloan welcomes Isaiah Moore to his first day of kindergarten classes, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Spokane, Wash.
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