Ascension Parish schools welcome students back on first day

BATON ROUGE – Over 20 Ascension Parish schools welcomed 22,000 students on Monday.For Dutchtown Principal, Carli Francois, the beginning of school this year was something she has been waiting for."I miss them terribly, the first couple of weeks, and we appreciate the quiet, while we analyze the data, but then we are ready to set goals, ready to start thew year, and we want to have these kids back in the building, absolutely," Francois said.However, some faces she hasn't seen b