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      <title>The first day of school: Bells, bikes, buses and big feelings</title>
      <description>Fifth graders calm school kindergartners in Los Angeles. Kids take the &quot;bike bus&quot; in Oklahoma. High school students take in a new high school building in Oregon.</description>
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