The first day of classes for the 2016-17 school year in the Escalon Unified School District is set for Wednesday, Aug. 10. New teachers are gearing up for their orientation days later this week, with the district welcoming 19 new teachers to the various campuses. Also new this year will be Eric Simoni taking on the role of Escalon High School Principal and Julio Zambrano coming on board as the new Van Allen Elementary Principal.