Tweet Share Mayor Cooper greets students at Inglewood Elementary’s first day back in the classroom, Feb. 9, 2021Photo: Nashville.gov Rachel Thomas’ daughter has never set foot inside Eakin Elementary School, where she is enrolled in kindergarten. She’s made some new friends via teleconferencing — but she likely won’t sit in a classroom until she reaches first grade in the fall. Her schooling experience to date has been defined by disruption. In March of last year, her Metro-run pre-kindergarten center was shuttered because of the tornado. She briefly returned to class before the building was closed again due to COVID-19.