Doris Allen, left, who works in the Food Service Department for Regional School Unit 73, checks in fourth-grader Kailee Parker for breakfast on the first day of classes Wednesday at Spruce Mountain Elementary School in Jay. The district provides free breakfasts for students. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)

Linda Flagg walks with her son, third-grader Lyric Flagg, to Spruce Mountain Elementary School in Jay on the first day of classes Wednesday. Linda Flagg said the plant she brought was for school secretary Rebecca Spencer. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)