Blanchard students return home

A sign in the hallway Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 welcomes students back to Blanchard Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Team Blanchard poses for pictures Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 before starting their first day back to Blanchard Elementary School since the Dec. 6 fire at the school. (Fred Lynch)

Kindergartners Kyle Dodd, left, and Jamarion Taylor practice a hoedown dance with their classmates in Karen Bowles' music class Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 at Blanchard Elementary School. It was the students' first day back to Blanchard from temporary classes at Lynwood Baptist Church. (Fred Lynch)

Kindergartener B.J. Webb draws a picture of his classroom Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 showing what he missed the most while attending temporary classes at Lynwood Baptist Church after the Dec. 6 fire at the school. (Fred Lynch)

A sign in the hallway Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 welcomes students back to Blanchard Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

First-grader Ally Ortega tells about the tooth she lost the night before Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 at Blanchard Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Restoration work is continuing Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 in the teachers' workroom where a fire started Dec. 6 at Blanchard Elementary School. An idle copier overheating may have caused the blaze. The official cause is listed as undetermined. (Fred Lynch)

Classes are back at Blanchard Elementary School Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 since the Dec. 6 fire. (Fred Lynch)