Allison McCusker, 9, holds her dad, Jason McCusker, while waiting for a school bus on the first day of the fall semester on Tuesday, Sep. 8 in Union. Allison goes to Union School, the smallest school in Connecticut, which has students from Pre-K to the eighth grade. 35 students of the school opted for in-person classes and 11 students chose distance learning. Yehyun Kim / ctmirror.org