Eager elementary kids go back to school in Richmond County

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – On Thursday, Richmond County elementary school kids went back to the classroom.

It was the first day of the new academic year for all students in Columbia and McDuffie counties. In Richmond County, elementary students started Thursday, with the rest of the schools to follow on Monday.

The superintendent for Richmond County says safety is the No. 1 concern this year.

One of the new safety initiatives on the way is upgrading the camera systems at schools.

The Richmond County School System is also implementing new math standards to build a strong foundation beginning in early grades.

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The superintendent says teachers spent all summer training on the new math standards.

One mother says she started preparing for the school year early on in the summer.

“For my third-grader, they sent one kind of an in-between packet so we didn’t kind of have any learning loss over the summer. We made sure he got the packet done. I did some reading with my kindergartner. She’s working on writing, and she’s learning some words, too, so we just kind of did less schoolwork but not nothing, so we were prepared when we started,” Jen Leisey said.

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