The 2023-2024 school year began on Monday, Aug. 21 and a smiling Mackenzie Rainier (above) is greeted by school board member Dr. Dana Burnett at Middlesex Elementary School (MES) as she passes through an Evolv weapons detector scanner like the ones that have been installed in all three Middlesex County Public Schools. Looking on are School Superintendent Dr. Tracy Seitz, left, and Glen Groat, representative with Alliance Technology Group for the Evolv Express System. On her way to class is student River Bertrand