Harrisburg set to open stand-alone Freshmen Academy

Building will eventually transition to become second high school as enrollment climbs

Ask most upperclassmen at Harrisburg High School (HHS), and they will tell you their freshman year took some adjusting. There’s the maturity level – the whole idea of 14-year-olds being thrust into the same place as 18-year-olds – and there is the academic level. School is harder.

For the district, ninth grade can’t be a “practice” year for grades.

It’s t…