One boy came to the Turner Primary School on opening day not wearing new jeans and a graphic tee.

“He wore a dress shirt and dress pants,” Principal Theresa Gillis said with a chuckle. “A lot of kids were dressed up, excited to be at school.”

The 263 students seemed to enjoy reconnecting with friends and eating lunch in the cafeteria.

“The first day went fantastic,” Gillis said.

Auburn and Lewiston schools superintendents visited schools Wednesday to see how the opening day went.

They liked what they saw and heard.

“You could feel a lot of positive energy, enthusiasm about the new year,” Auburn Superintendent Katy Grondin said. She spent time at Edward Little High School, East Auburn and Washburn elementary schools.

She plans to visit other schools Thursday.

At Walton Elementary, foster grandmother Pat Morin, 68, was happy to be back at school, beginning her third year. This year she’s working with kindergarten students.

“I missed these kids. It’s going to be a blessing to see them again,” Morin said.  Serving as a foster grandparent “gives me the pleasure of not being bored.”

Some students need a hug in the morning. “I can do it,” she said.

Lewiston Superintendent Bill Webster visited all nine public schools, walking by 300 classrooms, logging four or five miles. He went to the middle school first, then to Montello, Geiger and Farwell elementary schools, the high school, and Martel and Longley elementary schools.

“The buildings were in great shape,” Webster said. “Students and staff were smiling, happy, going over routines. It was cute watching kindergarten students learning how to line up in the hallway.”

Veteran teachers told him Wednesday was the first time it rained as schools opened, prompting recess to go indoors.

Webster said he checked in with principals and teachers. He said he saw “all good things.”