(KPTV/Gray News) - While cars and buses still moved through the drop-off lines, Justinna Rosett said most Silver Rail parents took a different approach to the start of school Thursday."Everybody walked their kids. Everybody talked to one another. The sense of community was really nice," she said.

It was the first day back for families since a shooting last month at the Bend school left three students and a teacher dead."It was pretty hard for me as a mom," parent Nicole Ybarrondo said.

"I mean, I held it together to the best of my ability."Rosett said she felt mixed emotions.