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Katherine Williams finishes putting up a bulletin board in her classroom at Mayer Elementary School Monday morning. She anticipates 17 students will show up today in her combined first- and second-grade class.
Photo by Sue Tone

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Teachers set up their classrooms earlier this week in anticipation of students' return to school this morning."I'm excited to take the kids one step further," said Jamie Radford, fifth-grade teacher at Mayer Elementary School. She was referring to the school's improved Performing Plus label the Arizona Dept. of Education released this past week.

August 4, 2010