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August 29, 2006

School starts in Providence / Photo

Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski
Jerry Luongo, a physical educational teacher, and Mrs. Rachel Clark, a kindergarten teacher at West Broadway Elementry School, line students up to return to their rooms after a morning assembly.

PROVIDENCE – It’s the first day of school in Providence today, and Mayor David N. Cicilline was at some of the elementary schools welcoming 26,000 students back to the books.

Cicilline began visiting the Charles N. Fortes Academy at 7:45 a.m. He planned to move on to the Alfred A. Lima Sr. Elementary School, Webster Avenue Elementary School, Vartan Gregorian Elementary School and then Harry Kizirian Elementary School.

In tomorrow's Providence Journal and on projo.com, Journal staff writer Jennifer Jordan will write about the state's efforts to improve the health of students by banning soda machines and increasing their physical activity, among other measures.

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