Cali Jones calls for her mom to wait as she gives her backpack to kindergarten teacher Debbie Williams on the first day of classes Thursday for Cape Christian Community School. Laci Beasley dropped her daughter off at Cape Bible Chapel, where the school will be located this year.
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