CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Monday was a busy day all across the community as students began the 2021-22 school year with a half-day at Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools. Students are scheduled to return for their first full day on Thursday, Aug. 12.

Interim Director of Schools Angela Huff said she was happy to see the students, teachers and staff returning. “We are very encouraged to begin this new school year to see our boys and girls back in person,” Huff said.

Many parents along with other members of their family brought their youngsters for their first day at East Montgomery Elementary. For students who rode school buses, the teachers who greeted them wrote their bus number on the back of their hand to make sure they wouldn’t forget. East Montgomery’s enrollment is around 650 K-5 students.

Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
School buses drop off students for the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Eliana Tuller and her daughter Isabella at East Montgomery Elementary School for Isabella’s first day of Kindergarten for the 2021-22 school year Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
L-R, Margaret Pace, Dr. Angela Huff, Janet Staggs, Anthony Johnson, and Chris Reneau welcome students back for the new school year outside East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers greet K-5 students on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at East Montgomery Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).

At Richview Middle, teachers and faculty welcomed students back with fist bumps and wishing them a great first day. The enrollment at Richview Middle is close to 1,200 6th through 8th grade students.

Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
CMCSS Spokesperson Anthony Johnsons said nearly 65 percent of students in the district utilize school buses as transportation to school. (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)
A school crossing guard directs traffic on Richview Rd. in front of Clarksville High School on the first day of the 2021-22 school year (Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Students gather in the gym on the first half-day of for the new 2021 school year at Richview Elementary School Monday, August 9 2021 (Lee Erwin).
Teachers and CMCSS administration greet 6th-8th grade students for their first half-day of the 2021-22 school year at Richview Middle School Monday, August 9 (Lee Erwin)

There are more than 37,000 students in the school system with approximately 1,100 students enrolled in virtual school.