CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Noon

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Peter Gorman is spending the first day of classes touring schools with other school district leaders.

Eyewitness News caught up with Gorman at Bruns Avenue Elementary in northwest Charlotte. He said despite the addition of 3,500 students this year, the opening of seven new schools and a budget shortfall, he hasn’t heard of any big problems.

Bruns Avenue is one of the district’s lowest achieving schools. Gorman has put a new principal in place and new teachers in several classrooms. He’s also given the principal the authority to do whatever it takes to improve student success.

“If we tell folks at School A, School B and School C they all have to be at the same place at the same time, every minute, that we’re going to go in and audit that – well kids at School A, B and C are at different places. We have to meet them where they are and bring them along,” Gorman said.

Gorman plans to visit schools in all different parts of the district throughout the day.

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7:45 a.m.

There were no major problems reported so far as 1,260 CMS buses hit the roads to transport students back to school.

Herman Hiers, fleet manager for CMS, said the first day of school ran very smoothly unlike years past.

There was a minor accident on W. Trade St. involving a school bus earlier but there were no injuries to students or the driver of that bus.

Throughout the summer CMS sent each bus in for bumper-to-bumper checks complete with valve adjusted, filters replaced and complete tune-ups to ensure that the buses were ready.

CMS spends $400,000 on fuel for the buses each week.

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6:45 a.m.

Charlotte Fire Department responded to a minor vehicle accident involving a school bus at 6:30 a.m.

CMS bus No. 1285 was headed to the Northwest School of the Arts with 15 student onboard.

None of the students or the driver of the bus were injured.

There was two minor injuries reported from the car that was involved.

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Big yellow school buses rolled out of the Wilkinson Boulevard bus yard early Monday morning.

Just a week ago, drivers began their practice runs.

About 122,000 students will ride a bus to school this year—that’s about 80 percent of all students.

There are about 3,000 fewer bus stops for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School system this year in order to cut down on fuel costs. Diesel fuel costs about a dollar a gallon more than it did last year.

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Tens of thousands of students in Mecklenburg County will have their first day of school Monday.

Travis Bell Jr, a rising sixth-grader, will have his first day in middle school. "I'm excited, but a little nervous. I think I'll be OK," said Bell.

Bell's father and more than a dozen other single parents met at Nevin Park Sunday afternoon. They're all part of the University City Church, and the group meets monthly. The parents said, it's a learning experience for them.

"We're able to come together, cry together, laugh together and share different things to become better parents," said Renita Mosely.

With a number of changes in CMS taking affect this year, there's a lot to learn for these parents. The new anti-bullying policy will be in place this year.

Parents all across the county will soon have another way to learn, when CMS rolls out its Parent University next month.