Long Island students head back to school for the 2026-2027 school year

Students arrive for the first day of classes at Jericho High School on Monday.

Jericho Middle School math teacher Elizabeth Murphy greets students as they arrive for the first day of classes.

Jericho school district Superintendent Dr. Robert Kravitz greets students as they arrive for the first day of classes at Jericho High School.

Students arrive for the first day of classes at Jericho High School on Monday.

North Side elementary school Principal Jamie Pandoll greets students as they enter the school on Monday. At left is Nicole Hunn, Interim Superintendent for Instruction and Personal.

Esther, 33 left and Yuriy Davydor, 41 of Old Westbury, holds daughter Melanie, 3 as they watch daughter Sophia, 5 on her first day of school. East Williston students start school on Aug. 31, one of the first public school students on Long Island to do so. East WillistonAugust 31, 2026

Students and staff of the Steele Elementary School in Baldwin as they are about to enter for the first day of school on Wednesday.

Nikaury and Victor Hernandez take photos with their children, Danny and Victoria, on the first day of school at Steele Elementary in Baldwin on Wednesday.

Students arrive for the first day of school at Steele Elementary School on Wednesday.

Students arrive at Miller Place High school for first day of school on Wednesday.

School Principal Jim Miller, center, talks to Medical Assisting class students Khloe Louis-Jean ,15, left, and Riley Tripp ,16, right, both of Westbury, on the first day of school at W.T. Clarke High School, in Westbury on Wednesday.

Carpentry class teacher Omar Rivera, right, on the first day of school at W.T. Clarke High School in Westbury on Wednesday.