Jessie Wise gives her son Hayden Wise a kiss, left, as Joshua Miller and Antoinette Alvarez reassure their son Gabriel Miller that his first day as a kindergarten student will be fine this morning at Southeastern Elementary School. Students at Bellefontaine City Schools and most other area school districts returned to school today for the start of the 2012-13 school year. (EXAMINER PHOTO | REUBEN MEES)