Schools open under budgetary cloud - al.com

Schools open under budgetary cloud - al.com: "Students are always nervous the first day of school.

This year Baldwin County parents, faculty and administrators had more jitters than normal as bells rang and buses arrived Monday on campuses dealing with staffing cutbacks because of ongoing education budget woes.

Mark Pumphrey, principal of the kindergarten through eighth-grade Summerdale School, said it was 'one of the smoothest beginnings' in his 11 years."