Selah Christopher (center) is handed a notecard as she steps off the bus with her brother Elijah at Davis Elementary School in Marietta on Monday, August 4, 2014.
August 4, 2014 Marietta – Selah Christopher (center) is handed a notecard as she steps off the bus with her brother Elijah at Davis Elementary School in Marietta on Monday, August 4, 2014. Teachers and administrators at the school dressed as pirates for the first day of classes. Students in Cobb County and Atlanta public schools headed back to class on Monday for the new school year. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL