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August 29, 2018 12:00 am • Last Updated: August 29, 2018 7:57 pm

By Sarah Gordon
Staff Photographer

s.gordon@theday.com

Kindergartener DeVontae Walker, 5, waves as he climbs into a fire truck on his way to his first day of school at John B. Stanton Elementary School in Norwich on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. Since 2011 Norwich Public Schools has held a drawing where one kindergarten student from each elementary school gets to ride a fire truck to the first day of class. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Kindergartener DeVontae Walker, 5, waves as he climbs into a fire truck on his way to his first day of school at John B. Stanton Elementary School in Norwich on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. Since 2011 Norwich Public Schools has held a drawing where one kindergarten student from each elementary school gets to ride a fire truck to the first day of class.

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