WEST JORDAN, Utah — Being a teacher comes with a lot of responsibility, and like some in West Jordan, those responsibilities include prepping classrooms to make sure they’re ready for students on the first day of school.

Supplies, lesson plans, posters — you name it —Brianna Hunt is already on top of it.

“For me, it was fun finding the cute things that go along with the standards and then print, laminate, cut, repeat,” Hunt explained.

As a first-year third-grade teacher at Heartland Elementary School, Hunt herself is still finding her way around the classroom.

“Just a quick, efficient way to take the lunch count," she said of one newly learned hack. "I stole that from my mentor teacher, so I can’t take credit for the setup."

School year begins in southern Utah with security, kindness

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