Hempfield Area begins new school year

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Hempfield Area begins new school year

Tribune-Review | Thursday, August 21, 2025 4:23 p.m.

Louis B. Ruediger | TribLive

Fort Allen Elementary fifth grader Jaxson Monroe walks his younger brother, Aiden, to his classroom on the first day of school Thursday in the Hempfield Area School District.

Students in the Hempfield Area School District returned to classrooms Thursday.

The district instructs more than 5,000 students across its nine schools — Fort Allen, Maxwell, West Hempfield, West Point and Stanwood elementaries; West Hempfield and Wendover middle schools; Harrold School for ninth graders; and high school.

To help students get home earlier, the school board voted this summer to adjust the school day schedule.

High school students start 10 minutes later, at 7:30 a.m., and dismiss 15 minutes earlier, at 2:30 p.m. Middle school students start an hour earlier, at 7:30 a.m., and dismiss 50 minutes earlier, at 2:30 p.m.

Elementary students begin arriving a half-hour earlier, at 8:30 a.m., and dismiss 20 minutes earlier at 3:20 p.m.

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