Going back to the books

“I haven’t done anything yet.”

JOSH SCHWARTZ, 11

Newport Beach

“I’ve shopped for clothing -- skirts and shirts and that kind of

stuff.”

BRIELLE SOCOLOSKE, 8

Newport Beach

“I got clothes and school supplies -- binders, pencils and what it

says on the list.”

HARRISON ROLFES, 12

Corona del Mar

“I went and got school supplies. There was a lot of stuff on the

list.”

ALLEX WALTERS, 8

Aliso Viejo

“I labeled all my school supplies, you know, with my name on it.”

SARAH MORSE, 9

Aliso Viejo

“I’m already in school. I go to a private school, and we started

two weeks ago.”

ANDREW BROWN, 12

Newport Beach

-- Interviews and photographs compiled by Marisa O’Neil