Prairie View Elementary and Middle School in Otsego opened its doors for the 2017-18 school year on Tuesday, Sept. 5, welcoming hundreds of students in grades kindergarten through sixth.
Eventually the school will have early childhood students along with elementary school children as well as sixth through eighth grade middle school students. An addition is already being examined to handle expected enrollment growth in the area.
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Photos by Jim Boyle
Third grade teacher Brenna Lavalier-Kortenkamp addressed her class on the first day of school after getting her students into a circle at the front of their new classroom at Prairie View Elementary and Middle School in Otsego.