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Chicago Public Schools students return to the classrooms on the first day of school on Sept. 5, 2017.
Students head back to school
Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune
Crossing guard Pierre Maury holds up a stop sign as students leave John Milton Gregory Elementary School after the first day of school Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, in the Homan Square neighborhood of Chicago. 
