We had one or two moms that stood at the head of the line and looked at each kid, making sure that bits of their lunch weren't on their face or that their hair wasn't sticking up or that their shirts were buttoned or their collar wasn't out of place. You know, last minute 'MOM Check".
It kept kids from having to have retakes.

We have 3 classes going at a time and only take individual pictures (no class picture). A single page photo is made from all the head shots to make the class picture (that way if anyone is absent that day, they are not left out of the picture).

Everything is prescheduled for each class so we dont' have interferrence with lunch, music class, gym, etc. We have 3 parents that keep the kids moving to and from the library (this is where we take the pictures).
- One class coming to the library
- One class getting pictures taken in the library
- One class leaving the library

We have 1 parent and photographer helper checking in kids (check the forms, make sure they know what they are getting, etc) and then they get their pictures take by 2 photographers (taking individual shots) and line back up to be taken back to class as a group.

Our school (k-5) has about 675 kids in 25 classes right now, and it takes nearly the entire school day doing it this way.

I have recently been placed in charge of Picture Day at our K-5 school. While there are some volunteers to help me out with this, I was curious to know how other schools handled this? We are having 3 photographers, one handling the entire class shot and the two others doing individual students from that class once group shot is done. The initial idea is to have each grade report to the auditorium at once, so there are never more than 5 classes in there. One class can be getting their group photo done while individual students from a class that has had their group photo done already can be photographed, then return to their seats.

Obviously, the goal is to get the pictures done correctly in the fastest time possible.