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School district leaders on the Treasure Coast say everything went great for the first day back and they’re going to continue doing everything they can to keep students and staff safe.

"We couldn’t of asked for a better first day- We’ve had great weather. We’ve had great energy and spirit from our students, employees and families," said Jennifer DeShazo, the director of public information and community relations. "Everybody just seems really pumped and energized to have a fantastic school year."

DeShazo says safety has always been a top priority in the Martin County School District.

She says all of the schools in the school district have single points of entry, security fences and surveillance cameras. She also says all employees have a badge where they can call for help if there's an emergency.

"We're constantly working with our partners at the Martin County Sheriff’s Office to review best practices and determine if there’s anything we ever need to improve on whenever a tragic event happens," DeShazo said. "We also get with our law enforcement partners and look at it from a security lens to find out if there’s anything we can learn from that and hopefully implement a new best practice in our school district to keep our students and employees safe."

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Here is the school district's message for the rest of the community as the school year begins:

“We just encourage our families, our employees, our community to exercise patience. We’ve got a lot more traffic on the roads, we’ve got buses back on the roads transporting students safely to and from school so we encourage everyone to kind of just be mindful about the extra traffic, students walking to and from campuses- Patience is key and we’re really doing everything we can to make sure things go smoothly but we really appreciate our families for working with us as we get back into the swing of things this school year."

St. Lucie Public Schools superintendent Dr. Jon Prince told WPBF 25 News the first day of school went very well.

"It's been a great first day so far- The buses rolled on time, the kids got to school, the kids got fed and they all got to class," Prince said. "It's just smiling faces. You want school to be the best part of a day and so far it’s looking pretty good.

"It’s been nothing but good reports so far. I can’t think of a better first day."

Prince says safety is a top priority for the school district.

"We want school to be a predictable experience for kids," Prince said. "We want kids to know what to expect when they get to school, that it’s going to be a safe place that they’re going to have adults who care about them and they’re going to be safe and that’s the expectation that we want the kids to have at school.

"We’ve really reinforced some of the things that have happened just most recently, even in Uvalde and Parkland, it’s really about adults and their behaviors, making sure doors are locked, our gates are locked, that the campus is secure, that the adults who are charged with keeping the kids safe do what they’re trained to do, what they’re supposed to do, and that is just the simple things- Keeping doors locked, keeping gates locked. Those kinds of things to keep our kids safe."

Health of the students is also a major priority for the school district. Last year, more than 6,000 students had to have extended quarantines due to COVID-19. This year, Prince is hopeful that will not be the case.

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"This year we are back to normal, kids are going to have a normal learning experience in a normal school environment and it’s kind of going back to what we had just a few years ago before the pandemic and we’re just excited to kick off the school year. It’s going to be a great year for us," he said.

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