Back to school for London kids [Video]

The new school year got underway for most London area students today – and this year new province-wide rules for cell phones will be impacting classrooms.

With a wave, and a kiss blown from mom, elementary school children headed off for the first day of the school year this morning.

For all parents, it is a tough day of transition.

High school student Ibrahim said that while he was looking forward to the new year, it wasn’t without it’s first-day jitters, “I’m pretty excited. Pretty nervous at the same time. I actually just moved to a new school.”

First-day stress is nothing new according to the principal at Northbrae Public School in London’s north-east end according to Principal Tara McDonald, “We all have butterflies and we tell the children that too as they’re arriving. That is totally normal.”

Northbrae Public School, September 4, 2024 (Sean Irvine/CTV News London)

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