Richland One Welcomes Students Back to School

Five-year-old Tre Shaun Mathis went to school for the first time Monday morning. 

He stood in Ms. Merritt's kindergarten classroom at Pine Grove Elementary with his mom, his aunt and his uncle, who were all there to wish him a good first day of school.

"Now you have a good first day of school, OK?" said Tre Shaun's mom, Renee Mathis, as she hugged him goodbye.

Before he went to sit on the carpet with his classmates, Tre Shaun gave his uncle a fist pound and his aunt a hug. 

His mom made sure his teacher knew how to get in touch with Tre Shaun's family, but she wasn't sad to leave him. 

"I'm actually excited," Renee Mathis said. "I think I was more excited than him. He has a wee bit of anxiety."

For Tre Shaun, it was his first day in a classroom setting, but for other students, walking into the school was more familiar. 

Richland One welcomed back more than 23,000 students Monday at its 50 schools across the county. 

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