Photo by Rhonda Van Pelt. Front row, from left: Eve Trahey, McKesson Rhodes, Chloe Arnoldussen, Lily Glass, Madrid Mack and Cassidy Kuzbek.
Photo by Rhonda Van Pelt. Anna Conrad, interim principal at MSHS, greets arriving students.
Photo by Rhonda Van Pelt. Anna Conrad, interim principal at MSHS, greets arriving students.

Friday, Aug. 19, was not only the first day of school, it was the first day of a pilot program allowing for a safer drop-off for Manitou Springs Elementary School students. Parents can park in the Wichita lot between 7:30 and 8:05 a.m. and their children can cross accompanied by volunteer crossing guards.

A family walks past Joan Stang of PaCMan (Ped and Cycle Manitou Springs), which collaborated with School District 14 and the Metro District of Manitou Springs to take care of Manitou’s young people.