First Day of School in Hamilton County

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – More than 44,000 students flooded the halls of Hamilton County Schools today for the first day of the new academic year.

The school system says it was a typical first day with some problems they’re working to resolve before tomorrow.

We caught up with Superintendent Bryan Johnson who visited 12 schools in the district today.

He tells us overall, he’s pleased with how the first day went.

“We want to better day two than we were day one. So we want to make sure that we use this Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, to get things real tight so that on Monday morning, we are as efficient and effective as possible. And so that ultimately schools can get to the core business of teaching and learning.”

Johnson says he was happy to see so many teachers already getting into the curriculum on the first day.