As the start of school looms, teachers throughout Gainesville and Hall County have started their preparations for the first bell Friday morning. Earlier this week, teachers began reporting to campus, preparing rooms, courses of study and themselves for their new students. “It’s going to be a little crazy because the kids are going to be excited to meet the new teachers and their new classmates and just being back in school,” said Brandi Syfan, a first-year teacher at Riverbend Elementary.