FREEPORT– School for most students in Regional School Unit 5 begins on Tuesday, Sept. 4, but Freeport High School students in grades 10, 11 and 12 get a one-day reprieve, starting their classes on Wednesday, Sept. 5. “This gives our ninth graders and new students time for an orientation to the new building and schedule at the high school,” said RSU 5 Superintendent Shannon Welch in a letter to parents, community members and staff posted on the RSU 5 website.

In Durham, the school day at the Durham Community School gets started at 8:45 a.m. and wraps up at 3:15 p.m. Pownal Elementary School starts its day at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. In Freeport, Mast Landing School starts at 8:50 a.m. and ends at 3:30 p.m. and Morse Street School begins at 8:45 a.m. and ends at 3:15 p.m. Freeport Middle School runs its school day from 7:40 a.m. to 2:10 p.m. and Freeport High School’s day runs from 7:50 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. daily.

Any parents with questions about the opening of school can contact the RSU 5 central office at 865-0928 or call the individual schools directly: Freeport High School, Bob Strong, principal-865-4706; Freeport Middle School, Raymond Grogan, principal-865-6051;Mast Landing School, Beth Willhoite, principal-865-4561; Morse Street School, Tom Ambrose, principal-865-6361; Pownal Elementary School, Lisa Demick, principal-688-4832 and Durham Community School, Will Pidden, principal-353-9333.

A complete list of the RSU 5 bus schedules is available on the Tri-Town Weekly’s website at keepmecurrent.com.