Hampton Township School District students returned from summer break to start classes on Aug. 25.

The students probably had mixed feelings about reporting on a warm, basically cloudless morning. For some, the weather lifted their spirits as they anticipated seeing their friends and making new ones during the new school year.

For others, a couple more days of enjoying sunshine for another couple of days before heading for high school, middle school or elementary school would have been more ideal.

Whatever the case, this marks the first time in three years that students since 2019 that students and staff members have been able to report without wearing masks, although the option to do so certainly remains open.

To members of the Class of 2023 and all the other grades, welcome back!

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