Photos by Julie Turkewitz

0018-0040 Buses stream out of Chapel Hill High School around 4 p.m. after the first day of school.

0054-0068 Chapel Hill High School students line up to catch one of the last buses to leave for the day. "It went very well," said assistant principal Dionne McLaughlin. "We had a few kids get a little confused about the buses . . . but it went well."

0076 Chapel Hill High School assistant principal Dionne McLaughlin tries to get a few straggling students home around 4:30. A forgiving bus driver came back after his first afternoon shift to take home students who missed their rides.  "It went very well," said assistant principal Dionne McLaughlin. "We had a few kids get a little confused about the buses . . . but it went well."

0085 14-year-old Jasmine Council waits for other students to get on her bus after the first day of school at Chapel Hill High School. Her bus driver came back after his first shift to pick up stragglers without rides. The bus was the last to leave, around 4:30 p.m.

CQ go here to see McLaughlin's name: http://www.chccs.k12.nc.us/chhslevelone/contact.asp