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Ryan Cook, 6, a first-grader at Mill Creek Elementary School, waited with his classmates to go outside for recess on Aug. 22, 1991, the first day of school. The first day of the 2016-17 school year for Fayette County is Wednesday. Photo by Ron Garrison | Staff