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PHOTOS: Cloudy Skies and Brilliant Smiles Mark First Day of School in Newtown

Controlled chaos ensued as children boarded buses for one of the most celebrated days of the year.

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While some parents waited with their children in cars in front of the Reed Intermediate School, in the back, music teachers, dressed formally as conductors, greeted the buses and the deboarding students. 

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