Here's how the first day looked at one Forsyth County school Midway Elementary School welcomed students and families for the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Craig Anthony, the school resource officer at Midway Elementary School, attaches the United States flag during on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, during the first day of the 2019-20 school year. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School welcomed students and families for the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School welcomed students and families for the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School welcomed students and families for the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School welcomed students and families for the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School welcomed students and families for the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School welcomed students and families for the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School welcomed students and families for the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School welcomed students and families for the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School assistant principal Greg Walkup gives high-fives to students as they walk in for the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School welcomed students and families for the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School welcomed students and families for the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School welcomed students and families for the first day of the 2019-20 school year on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School first-grade teacher Michele Clanton hugs a student on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, during the first day of the 2019-20 school year. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School administrators Jan Munroe (from left), Jennifer Brown, Daphne Rogers and Greg Walkup speak during the morning announcements on the first day of school Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia Midway Elementary School principal Jan Munroe greets a student on the first day of school on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. - photo by Brian Paglia