Cohorts of younger students, special needs students, and high school seniors returned to classrooms for the first time in nearly a year Monday, as the Buffalo Public School District resumed in-person learning. Meanwhile, a judge blocked a temporary restraining order sought to halt reopening amid concerns for safety. Invited students in grades Pre-K through Grade 2 arrived sporadically at Frank A. Sedita School #30 on Lowell Place in the city's West Side. They were greeted by faculty who, wearing masks, had to forego hugs and instead offered "air hugs" and elbow bumps to youngsters before they entered the building. Students arrive outside Frank A. Sedita School #30 in Buffalo Monday morning for the first in-person classes held within Buffalo Public Schools since last March.