HOULTON, Maine — School bells will soon be ringing for students, signaling the start of another academic year. The first day of school for RSU 29 students in grades K through 6 and grade 9 is Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, while those in grades 7 and 8 and 10 through 12 get one extra day off as their classes resume Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015.
Those who need to register a child for school, should contact Susie Crovo at 532-6551 ext. 2 or at sucrovo@rsu29.org.
To coincide with the start of school, RSU 29 has launched a new district website, according to Superintendent Ellen Schneider. “We encourage everyone to utilize our newly renovated website, which is still a work in progress, at www.rsu29.org,” she said. “The district Facebook page posts important information and notifications from time to time, and that can be found under “RSU 29 School District.”
All office staff are back in the schools full time as of Thursday, Aug. 20. The following are contact numbers should a parent need to reach their child’s school or other resources. Houlton Elementary, Principal Candy Crane, cacrane@rsu29.org and secretary Susan Wilmot, suwilmot@rsu29.org, phone: 532-2285; Houlton Southside SchoolPrincipal Cindy Peterson, cipeterson@rsu29.org and secretary Margaret Hill, mahill@rsu29.org, phone: 532-6027; and Houlton Middle/High School Principal Marty Bouchard, mabouchard@rsu29.org, Assistant Principal Dan Hodgins, dahodgins@rsu29.org, secretaries Andrea Newman, annewman@rsu29.org, and Pam Mailman, pamailman@rsu29.org, phone: 532-6551.
Prices for breakfast and lunch this year are as follows: breakfast, all grades, $1; and lunch, pre-K to grade 2, $2.35 and grades 3-12, $2.60.
Bus routes will be posted on the district website, as well as a link to view on Facebook. Parents are asked to contact their child’s school with any questions or Transportation Director Joe Schneider at 521-7060 or joschneider@rsu29.org.
