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Waiting. >> in the one room i could see first graders sitting down with crossed legs, and i kept looking at all the faces, and i didnt see any of dylans classmates and i didnt see dylan. >> theres an entire class that has not come out of the school yet. >> nicole hockley kept scanning the crowd for her son. >> i kept looking, staring at each one, not understanding why he wasnt there. >> people were holding signs with classrooms, and i found someone holding mrs. sotos sig, but it wasnt ms. soto, ...

>> in the one room, i could see first graders sitting down with cross legs. and i kept looking at all of the faces. and i did not see any deal and classmates. didnt see. dylan >> theres an entire class that has not come out of the school. >> kept scanning the crowd for her 60th son. >> i remember just looking, staring at each one. just not understanding what he was not there. >> people were holding signs. with classrooms. and i found somebody holding a sign. it was not -- there was just a couple...

Holding ms. sotos sign and it wasnt ms. soto there. were just a couple kids there, including dylans reading partner. and i walked up and i, said where is the rest of the class? and i looked down and dillons reading partner and she just -- her eyes were wide like saucers. and she was just staring. and i thought, oh, gosh. this isnt good. >> scarlett lewis was also there, searching for her six-year-old son jesse. >> i remember being told repeatedly, if you cant find your child, go into the back ro...

There. people were holding signs with classrooms, and i found someone holding ms. sotos sign, but it wasnt ms. soto. and there were just a couple of kids there, including dylans reading partner. and i walked up and i said, "wheres the rest of the class?" and i looked down at dylans reading partner, and she just -- her eyes were wide like saucers, and she was just staring. and i thought oh, gosh, this isnt good. >> reporter: scarlett lewis was also there, searching for her 6-year-old son jessie. ...

Wasnt ms. soto and there were just a couple of kids there including dillans reading partner and i walked up and i said wheres the rest of the class. and i looked down at dillans reading partner and she just -- her eyes were like wide like saucers, and she was just staring and i thought, oh, gosh, this isnt good. >> scarlett lewis was also there searching for her 6-year-old son, jesse. >> i remember being told repeatedly if you cant find your child go into the back room and put his name down on t...

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ABC News(NEW YORK) -- It's the first day of fourth grade for Yara Valerio. As her mother, Emma Mercado, packs her lunch in the kitchen, Yara is finishing up her remaining summer school homework in their New York City apartment. In a few minutes, they will walk hand-in-hand to P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson School where

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