BROSVILLE — A cool and breezy summer morning greeted students in Pittsylvania County on their first day back at school Monday. The return was delayed after Tropical Storm Debby threatened to bring flooding rains and possible tornadoes to the region Thursday and Friday. Pittsylvania County Schools were closed both of those days as safety precautions, marking the first time — at least in recent memory — the school year start was shuffled.
Even before the time came to let students inside — officially at 7:50 a.m. — cars were lined up at the back of Brosville Elementary School awaiting for a staff member to emerge, giving the signal to start unloading.
Zack and Jordan Turner were near the front of the car-rider line with their returning student. Brosville Elementary School students enter the school Monday after getting off a bus. Monday marked the first day of class for Pittsylvania County Schools.
“Nervous, nervous,” Zack Turner told the Register & Bee when asked of his feelings. “Just excited,” he continued. “Our girl’s going to first grade.
” The young student — and her parents — woke up at 6 a.m. Monday to get ready for the school-year launch.
“Had to get Chick-fil-A going this morning,” he said with a smile. The tropical delay didn’t faze these parents, with the husband pointing to “safety fist.” In what would soon become a recurring theme of the morning, accolades freely flowed for the small school along U.
S. 58, about 10 minutes outside.