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Venezuelan migrants Carla Perez chats with Ronald Larez as they arrive for the first day of school and their parents talk with school administrators at Ogden International Elementary School on Aug. 21, 2023. Larez had to wait with other migrants while parents filled out additional paperwork.
Venezuelan migrants Carla Perez chats with Ronald Larez as they arrive for the first day of school and their parents talk with school administrators at Ogden International Elementary School on Aug. 21, 2023. Larez had to wait with other migrants while parents filled out additional paperwork.
A child skips to her first day of classes for Chicago Public Schools outside Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale on Aug. 21, 2023.
A child skips to her first day of classes for Chicago Public Schools outside Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale on Aug. 21, 2023.
Zeaniah Skillon, 6, talks with a teacher as Chicago Public Schools students arrive for the first day of class at Ogden International Elementary School on Aug. 21, 2023.
Zeaniah Skillon, 6, talks with a teacher as Chicago Public Schools students arrive for the first day of class at Ogden International Elementary School on Aug. 21, 2023.
Students arrive with parents on Chicago Public Schools' first day at Ogden International Elementary School on Aug. 21, 2023.
Students arrive with parents on Chicago Public Schools’ first day at Ogden International Elementary School on Aug. 21, 2023.
Third graders line up and socialize as they arrive on Aug. 21, 2023, for their first day of class at Ogden International Elementary School in Chicago.
Third graders line up and socialize as they arrive on Aug. 21, 2023, for their first day of class at Ogden International Elementary School in Chicago.
Elijah Skillon, 5, holds onto his father, Gregory Skillon, as students arrive for the first day of class at Ogden International Elementary School on Aug. 21, 2023.
Elijah Skillon, 5, holds onto his father, Gregory Skillon, as students arrive for the first day of class at Ogden International Elementary School on Aug. 21, 2023.
Pre-kindergarten teacher Megan Provenzale works with a student on the first day of class at Brighton Park Elementary School in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2023.
Pre-kindergarten teacher Megan Provenzale works with a student on the first day of class at Brighton Park Elementary School in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2023.
A students reacts as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson enters a classroom on the first day of school at Kenwood Academy High School on Aug. 21, 2023.
A students reacts as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson enters a classroom on the first day of school at Kenwood Academy High School on Aug. 21, 2023.
Mayor Brandon Johnson greets Principal Karen Calloway on the first day of school outside of Kenwood Academy High School in the Kenwood neighborhood, Aug. 21, 2023.
Mayor Brandon Johnson greets Principal Karen Calloway on the first day of school outside of Kenwood Academy High School in the Kenwood neighborhood, Aug. 21, 2023.
Mayor Brandon Johnson receives high-fives from pre-kindergarten students on their first day of school at Chicago Public Schools' Brighton Park Elementary School on Aug. 21, 2023.
Mayor Brandon Johnson receives high-fives from pre-kindergarten students on their first day of school at Chicago Public Schools’ Brighton Park Elementary School on Aug. 21, 2023.
On the first day of classes for Chicago Public Schools, a family walks toward Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale, Aug. 21, 2023.
On the first day of classes for Chicago Public Schools, a family walks toward Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale, Aug. 21, 2023.
Schoolchildren get a hug on the first day of school at Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale on Aug. 21, 2023.
Schoolchildren get a hug on the first day of school at Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale on Aug. 21, 2023.
A family walks through a crosswalk on the first day of school at Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale on Aug. 21, 2023.
A family walks through a crosswalk on the first day of school at Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale on Aug. 21, 2023.
Schoolchildren receive instructions on the first day of school outside Carl Von Linne Elementary in the Avondale nieghborhood, Aug. 21, 2023.
Schoolchildren receive instructions on the first day of school outside Carl Von Linne Elementary in the Avondale nieghborhood, Aug. 21, 2023.
A child gets a hug on the first day of school for Chicago Public Schools at Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale on Aug. 21, 2023.
A child gets a hug on the first day of school for Chicago Public Schools at Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale on Aug. 21, 2023.
Students check in with a Chicago Public Schools official prior to the first day of school at Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale on Aug. 21, 2023.
Students check in with a Chicago Public Schools official prior to the first day of school at Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale on Aug. 21, 2023.