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The new school year began Tuesday for about 350,000 Chicago Public Schools students. Children and their parents dodged raindrops as weather made for a soggy start to the morning.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot attended a ribbon cutting for the opening of the new Englewood STEM High School and planned to visit two other schools later in the afternoon.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her wife Amy Eshleman tour the new Englewood STEM High School which opened Sept. 3, 2019.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her wife Amy Eshleman tour the new Englewood STEM High School which opened Sept. 3, 2019.
Students are welcomed into South Shore Fine Arts Academy for the first day of CPS classes on Sept. 3, 2019.
Students are welcomed into South Shore Fine Arts Academy for the first day of CPS classes on Sept. 3, 2019.
Holding a bag over her head, Laura Kamara, 8, and her brother, Alpha Kamara, 13, arrive in pouring rain for the first day of school at Armstrong School of International Studies on Sept. 3, 2019.
Holding a bag over her head, Laura Kamara, 8, and her brother, Alpha Kamara, 13, arrive in pouring rain for the first day of school at Armstrong School of International Studies on Sept. 3, 2019.
Principal Tanyelle Hannah-Reed welcomes students arriving to Mays Elementary School on Sept. 3, 2019.
Principal Tanyelle Hannah-Reed welcomes students arriving to Mays Elementary School on Sept. 3, 2019.
Carolina Flores, left, with her two daughters, Giselle Beltran, 5, and Ashley Beltran, 10, arrive in the rain for the first day of school at Armstrong School of International Studies on Sept. 3, 2019.
Carolina Flores, left, with her two daughters, Giselle Beltran, 5, and Ashley Beltran, 10, arrive in the rain for the first day of school at Armstrong School of International Studies on Sept. 3, 2019.
Chicago police Officer Delbert Howell welcomes students into South Shore Fine Arts Academy on Sept. 3, 2019.
Chicago police Officer Delbert Howell welcomes students into South Shore Fine Arts Academy on Sept. 3, 2019.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot asks a student to step to his left as he blocks speakers at the podium during a first day of school rally at the new Englewood STEM High School on Sept. 3, 2019.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot asks a student to step to his left as he blocks speakers at the podium during a first day of school rally at the new Englewood STEM High School on Sept. 3, 2019.
Students and parents arrive in the rain to South Shore Fine Arts Academy for the first day of CPS classes on Sept. 3, 2019.
Students and parents arrive in the rain to South Shore Fine Arts Academy for the first day of CPS classes on Sept. 3, 2019.
Principal Tanyelle Hannah-Reed greets students arriving to Mays Elementary School on the first day of school, Sept. 3, 2019.
Principal Tanyelle Hannah-Reed greets students arriving to Mays Elementary School on the first day of school, Sept. 3, 2019.