RALEIGH, N.C. – Cameron and Cayden Scriven were “at school” long before they needed to log in.

Despite Wake County Public Schools' decision to start the year with all online learning, the eight-year-old twin brothers ended up not far from their usual school. That's because their mother, Rachel Terry, works at a nearby preschool.

Terry arrived just before 7 a.m., the twins and their younger sister in tow. For the next few weeks at least, Cameron and Cayden will find themselves back in preschool, taking their lessons in an after-school classroom along with other elementary-age children of the staff.

“We're always here early in the morning, so they will always be on time to start when school starts,” Terry says.

Terry considers herself fortunate that the preschool where she works allows the staff to bring in their children. Public schools in Wake County are starting the year with entirely online instruction. Still, she says she's a little nervous about the year.

“They're worried about losing friends. I don't think that they understand just yet how important it's going to be to pay attention and not talk to your friends while they're on the computer,” she says. “I'm just interested to see how that's going to go.”

Terry says she would spend most of Monday teaching her class of roughly 18 to 24-month-old children but would check on her sons from time to time. In the days leading up to the start of the year, she told her kids to stay focused and be leaders in the classroom.

Schools in Wake County will be entirely online through at least Sept. 8.