A welcome back sign greeted students at Miller Middle School, which is set to undergo a major transformation over the next several years after the passage of a bond referendum last November.

Lenihan Intermediate students play some soccer during their recess period on the first day of school. The school year for Marshalltown Community School District began yesterday and will end June 4.

Lenihan Intermediate Elementary Associate Principal Liz Fischer-Jurgensen explains the proper behavior and procedures sixth graders need to follow when getting lunch at the school. She gave all of the students the same information on the first day of school yesterday.

Hector Hubbard Tirado is all smiles in front of Edgar Rico and Geovanni Ventura as they walk toward the cafeteria for a mandatory lunchroom behavior lesson. All three sixth-grade students are in Bianca Hernandez’s class.

Sixth grade students at Lenihan Intermediate Elementary walk to the cafeteria for a lesson on the lunchroom behavior at 9 a.m., shortly after school started for the 2025-26 school year on Monday.

The grounds crew was hard at work preparing the grass for the first day of school at Fisher Elementary on Monday.

Hoglan Principal Amy Williams greets kindergartener Hadley Young on her first day of school.

Students and parents make their way into Hoglan Elementary School on Monday morning.