Bellefontaine Intermediate School student Bella Binfet pauses for a moment outside her school building this morning with her father, Michael, while her mother, Patricia, right, takes her photo on the first day of school for the 2017-18 school year for grades 1-12. Bellefontaine City School’s kindergarten boys have their first day of school Aug. 21 and kindergarten girls start school Aug. 22. Benjamin Logan and Riverside schools begin the 2017-18 school year Wednesday, and Indian Lake, Ridgemont and Calvary Christian School have their first day of school Aug. 23. West Liberty-Salem Schools open the year Sept. 5. (EXAMINER PHOTO | MANDY LOEHR)