Jacob Carlisle is more independent than his twin, Dylan, their mother said. Their personalities were evident this morning when the 5-year-olds said goodbye to their parents on the first day of kindergarten.

Both were assigned to Cassandra White’s classroom at Bowmar Elementary School.

Five minutes later, Jacob was content at the work table drawing with crayons while Dylan broke down in tears, put his bookbag on his back and jumped in the arms of his mother, Kellye Carlisle, who had waited to see how things would go.

&#8220I’ll see you in a few hours,” Carlisle told her son. &#8220But let’s go tell Mrs. White you’re having a hard time.”

And while White comforted the boy, Carlisle quietly sneaked out.

Parents and children alike were confronted by the summer vacation and the dawn of the 2006-2007 year for the Vicksburg Warren School District.

Although traffic tie-ups were reported on Dana Road, few other problems arose, said Superintendent James Price.

&#8220It’s always a little crazy the first day because you’re not quite sure who’s riding with mom and who’s riding the bus, but I think everything went pretty well,” he said.

Assistant Principal Tonya Magee also said all was well at Sherman Avenue Elementary.

&#8220We’ve had no problems besides the usual with trying to get students placed,” said Magee, who is new to the position. She taught fourth grade at Vicksburg Intermediate last year.

&#8220It’s been so exciting. It’s been a real treat for me,” she said.

David Keen, transportation supervisor for the district, said only a few buses were late arriving at schools.

&#8220We were a tad later than we wanted to be, but that was mainly because of the traffic,” he said.

This morning, 114 buses were running 189 routes, Keen said. Next week the number of buses will be down to 106 once district officials determine which routes can be combined to be the most efficient, Price said.

Although no figure was available for enrollment this morning, Price said more students are registered in the district than last year.

&#8220We had right at 9,000 at the beginning of the school year last year, and we ended the year with about 9,125,” he said. &#8220I’m thinking we’ll have at least about 125 more this year – a lot of which has to do with All Saints’ closing.”

The Episcopal day and boarding school founded 100 years ago announced in the spring it would not enroll students this fall.

Price said numbers were changing as late as 5 p.m. Monday, when 16 students were still lined up to register at Warren Central High School.

An increase in student numbers may have caused heavy traffic jams reported this morning at Sherman Avenue and Dana Road elementaries, but as Price said, it could have been that parents chose to drive their children on the first day.

&#8220Traffic was extremely heavy, but there were no major problems,” said Sheriff Martin Pace.

&#8220We had multiple units at every school in the county before 7, and they’ll be back this afternoon,” he said. &#8220We’ll continue this through the first week, and we’ll monitor it after that.”

Pace said he urges the public to be patient and cautious with the traffic.

&#8220I want to remind them the importance of driving safely through a school zone,” he said.

Students at Vicksburg Catholic School start Wednesday, and both Porters Chapel Academy and Campus Preparatory Christian School start Thursday.