Have you noticed school buses out and about this week? Test runs are taking place around town as First Student Transportation gears up for the first day of school, Monday, August 29.

School will be open for a full day. Branford High School (BHS) includes grades 9 -12 and classes open at 7:30 a.m. and dismiss at 2:25 p.m daily. Walsh Intermediate School (WIS) serves grades 5 - 8; classes open at 8:05 a.m. and dismiss at 2:50 p.m. daily. The town's elementary schools (Pre-K, K - 4) have daily class times which open at 8:25 a.m. Students are dismissed daily at 3:25 p.m.  For more information from Branford Public Schools, click here

First Student of Branford provides school bus service for Branford Public Schools. Residents who are putting kids on the bus to one of the town's three elementary schools (as well as St. Mary's Catholic School), Walsh Intermediate School or Branford High School will find their ride, together with each route's estimated start time, in First Student's 2016-17 Branford Route Index. The index, supplied to Zip06 by First Student, follows here:

BRANFORD HIGH SCHOOL

ESTIMATED TIME TO START ROUTE – 6:50 AM

BUS #                  DESCRIPTION

1            Florence, Orchard Hill, Branford Hills Condo, The Greens Brainerd Rd, Mathew, Hoadley, 78 & 131 N Main, Clancy

3                      Short Beach Road, Kelly Crest, Kenwood, Shore, Nicole, Grove, Midwood, Turtle Bay, Double Beach, Brocketts Point, Plant Rd

4    Pine Orchard Road, Oak Hollow, Knollwood, Arrowhead, Woodvale, Riverside, Wildwood

5    Cedar St, Palmer, Taylor, Monroe, Lincoln, Cherry St, Rockledge Condo, North Harbor, Russell, Rogers

7    West Main, Beaver, Mona, Gentile, Pompano, Gilbert, Dominican, Rose Hill

8    108 & 137 Montowese, Linden Ave, Cocheco, Old Pawson, Pawson Fenway, Wakefield, Dorr, Bayberry

9    Thimble Island Condo, Front & Back Entrance of Jefferson Woods, Burban, Pent

10    11 Brushy Plain Rd, Homestead, Richill, Brookwood, Mountain Top Hosley, North Ivy, Chestnut

11   Waiting Station, Court, Westwood, Upper Alps, Spice Bush, Katie Joe, Plymouth Colony

12     Indian Neck Ave, Harding, Frank, Toole, Field Rd, Ark, Meadow Hopson, Church, So Montowese, Averill Pl, Rice Ter, Bradley Ave.

13     Featherbed, Medley, Applewood, Oakgate, Fitzgerald, Pepperwood, Beechwood, Acorn, Wellsweep, Gould, 280 & 320 East Main St.

14    470, 525 East Main, Leetes Island Rd, Thimble Island Rd,  Stony Creek Library & Post Office, School, Howd

15    Mill Plain, Marks Ct., Ramblewood, Northford Road, Dorchester, Ridge Acres, Flax Mill, Brook Hills, Queach, Hickory Hill, Short Rocks

16    Pine Orchard Rd, Crescent Bluff, Chapel, Hart, Club Parkway Thimble Farms, Birch, Sunset Hill, Meadow Wood, Griffing Pond

17    Newton, Sybil Creek, Wilford Rd, Limewood, Crouch, West Haycock Hotchkiss Grove, 8th – 1st Ave, Elizabeth, Yowago, Grove, Spring Rock

18     Maple, Harbor, Reynolds, Driscoll, Breezy, Swift, Rock Pasture Stannard, McKinnel, Hammer Place, Kirkham

19      Montoya, Cherry Hill Rd, Ramona, Greenfield, Avon, Todds Hill Rd Parish Farms, Valley Brook South, Valley Brook

20      Brushy Plain Rd, Ferndale Condos, Islandview Condos, Laurel Hill, Red Rock, Bear Path, Rolling Hill, Piscitello, Crestwood

22      Alps Rd, Roby Ct, Briarwood, Stonegate, Shady Lane

23      193 & 198 Brushy Plain Rd, Hemlock, Greens Farm, Foxbridge Village, Opening Hill, The Meadows, Watch Hill, Millwood, Hazel, Ivy St.

25     Stony Creek Rd, Leetes Island Rd, Flat Rock Rd, Flat Rock Rd Ext., Whitewood, Eastwood, Wellesley, Confier, Pine Tree, Whiting Farm, Huntington Ridge

WALSH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL & ST. MARY'S SCHOOL

ESTIMATED TIME TO START ROUTE – 7:25 AM

BUS #                  DESCRIPTION

SM 1       78 N Main, Alps, Katie Joe, Spice Bush, South Village, Plymouth Colony, Waiting Station, Court & Clark, Wilcox, Clancy, Lisel

SM 2       Todds Hill, O'Brien, Avon, Greenfield, Parish Farm, Valley Brook South, Ludlow, Autumn Ridge, Abbie, High Meadow, Riverview Crossing, River Edge Condo, Windmill Hill

SM 3       Shore, Brocketts Point, Turtle Bay, Grove, Midwood, Short Beach Rd, Plant Rd.

SM 4      230 No Main, 4 Brushy Plain, Homestead Pl, Squire, Richill, Laurel Hill Rd, Red Rock, Bear Path, Piscitello, Crestwood, 44 Brushy Plain

5         Maple & Harbor, Reynolds Ln, Driscoll, Mill Creek, Bryan, Prospect, Hopson, Church, Bfd Recreation

SM 7    Harrison Ave, Cedar & Palmer, Main St, John St, Lincoln, Cherry, Hopkins Ct, Cherry Hill Rd, Ramona, Front Entrance to Montoya, PM: Blackstone Library

8       Manorwood, Chestnut St, Hillside, Cedar, Ivy, East Main, Hamre, Beach, Willow, 131 North Main

SM 9     Rogers, Maple, Breezy, Swift, Kellycrest, Kenwood, Nicole, Stannard, Rock Pasture, Goodsell, Mariner Way, Harbor, McKinnel, Hammer Place

SM 10     South Montowese St., Isabel, Sybil Creek, Linden, Cocheco, Pawson Park, Wakefield, Dorr St.

SM 11    Jefferson Rd, Thimble Is. Condos, Front & Back Entrance of Jefferson Woods, Burban, Pent

SM 12     Florence, Orchards Heights, Branford Hills, The Greens, Brainerd, Matthew & Hoadley, PM: Crossfit

13        109 Mill Plain, Northford Rd, Dorchester, Ridge Arces, Old Hickory Ln, Flax Mill Marks Ct, Short Rocks, Stonegate Dr.

14       Applewood, Featherbed, Medley, 525 East Main St, Branford Motel, Acorn, Beachwood, Pepperwood, YMCA

SM 15    Brushy Plain Rd, Ferndale Condos, Island View Condos, Brookwood, Side Hill Rd, Hosley, North Ivy St.

16        Stony Creek Rd, Thimble Is Rd, Howd, Halls Point Rd, Indian Point, Stony Creek Post Office, 327 Leetes Island, Wellesley, Conifer, Squire, Hunting Ridge Farms

SM 17      Wildwood, Rocky Ledge, Woodvale, Jacqueline Way,  Oakdale, Hawthorne, Riverside, Averill, Rice Terrace, Bradley Ave, 96 – 137 Damascus, 53 South Main

18         Pine Orchard Rd, Oak Hollow, Collins, Hotchkiss Grove Rd., 1st – 8th Ave, Edgewater Condos, Haycock, Waverly, Crouch, Seldon

SM 19      Hemlock, Ash, Hampton Park, Foxbridge, Watch Hill, Forest Edge Club House, Field Point, Cypress, Millwood

SM 20      Indian Neck, Terhune, Harding, Frank, Oak Ridge Rd, Fairlawn, Field, South Montowese, Ark,Woodside, Marshall, Tabor

22         Knollwood, Arrowhead, 165 P.O. Rd, Spring Rock, Halstead, Chapel, Hart, Club Pk, Juniper Point, Elizabeth, Birch, Sunset Hill, Meadow Wood

23           Mill Plain, Ramblewood, Buttermilk, Coachman, Surrey, Carriage Hill, Queach Brook Hills, Debra, Hickory Hill

24          350 Main St, West Main, Pompano, Gentile, Gilbert, Jacob, Dominican, Kenyon, Orchard Hill, Rockledge, Home Place, North Harbor, Bradley St, Russell, Kirkham

25        Leetes Island, Watrous, Flat Rock Road Ext, Flat Rock Road, Ash Creek, Oneill Whitewood, Tanglewood, Eastwood, Ashman, Gould, Wellsweep, Fitzgerald

SM 27    Alps, Roby Ct, Shady Ln, Briarwood Apts, Stonegate Condos, Marion Rd, Liesel Ln

JOHN B. SLINEY Elementary School

ESTIMATED TIME TO START ROUTE - 8:10  a.m.

BUS #                  DESCRIPTION

8        Shore Drive, Grove, Forest, Grey Ledge, Midwood, Waiting Station, Court, Westwood, Taylor, PM: 190 Main Street

9         Manorwood, Chestnut St, Montowese St, Bradley Ave, Rice Ter., Averill Pl, Riverside, Woodvale, Wildwood, Rocky Ledge, PM: Ivy St., Silver

10       Harrison, Palmer Rd, Main St, John, Hopkins Ct, Lincoln, Monroe Cherry

11       Maple St, Berry Patch, Kelly Crest, Kenwood, Nicole, Brocketts Pt, Lanphiers Cove Turtle Bay, Short Beach Rd, Stannard, Cider Mill, Old Smugglers, Goodsell Pt, Harbor, Lanphier Rd, McKinnel Ct.

12        Elm, North Harbor, Evergreen, Oak, Driscoll, Bryan, Mill Creek, Maple Breezy Swift, Jourdan, 82 & 30 Short Beach Rd, Plant, Rockledge Condos, No Harbor St, Bradley St, 539 Main St, Rogers St.

20         North Ivy Street, Main St, East Main St, Hamre, Willow, Beach, CDC & ABC Cedar St, South Main, North Main, AM: Ivy, Silver St.

27        Indian Neck Ave, Terhune, Harding, Frank St, Oak Ridge, Toole, Field, Ark, Woodside, Marshall, South Montowese, Sybil Creek, Fairlawn, Garden, Tabor

MARY R. TISKO Elementary School

ESTIMATED TIME TO START ROUTE -  8:10 a.m.

BUS #                  DESCRIPTION

5             Windmill Hill, Meadow Circle, 17 – 109 Damascus, Joseph Way, Pine Orchard Rd, Oak Hollow, Collins, Knollwood, Arrowhead

14           Gould, Leetes Island, Flat Rock Ext, Flat Rock, Whitewood, Tanglewood, Eastwood, Ashman, Wellesley, Conifer, Squire, Pine Tree

16           Featherbed, Fitzgerald, Stonewall, Medley, Branford Motel, Shoreline Tr Park, 497 & 764 East Main St, YMCA, Goldsmith, North Branford Rd, Applewood, Patrick, Milo, 121 & 122 Damascus

17         Rivers Edge Condos, 109 Mill Plain Rd, Dorchester, Ridge Acres, Old Hickory, Flax Mill, Marks Ct, Short Rocks Rd, Stonegate, Riverview Crossing, Cadwell, 21 Windmill Hill

18         137 & 161 Hotchkiss Grove Rd, 7th – 2nd Ave, Limewood, West Haycock, Waverly Park, Crouch, Wilford Rd, Linden, Cocheco Old Pawson Rd, Pawson Road

22         Sunset Hill, Meadow Wood, Halsted, Blackstone, Chapel, Club Parkway, Thimble Farms Rd, Juniper Point, Blackstone Ave, Elizabeth, Spring Rock, Selden, 1st Ave, 87 – 39 Hotchkiss Grove Rd, 165 Pine Orchard Rd.

23         Mill Plain Rd, Ramblewood, Pondview Ter, Buttermilk, Brookhills Debra, Carriage Hill, Surrey, Queach, Coachmen, Hickory Hill

25       Stony Creek Rd, School, Watrous, Thimble Is Rd, Stony Creek Post Office, Acorn, Lamatra, Beechwood, Pepperwood, Buttonwood

MARY T. MURPHY Elementary School

ESTIMATED TIME TO START ROUTE -  8:10  a.m.

BUS #                  DESCRIPTION

1        Spice Bush, 206 & 186 Alps Rd, Katie Joe, Plymouth Colony, Burban The Greens, Brainerd Rd.

2         Parish Farm, Avon, Greenfield, Cherry Hill Road, Montoya Front & Back Entrance PM: Stoneridge, Leisel

3        Jefferson Rd, Thimble Island Condo, Duck Pond Day Care, Front and Back Entrance of Jefferson Woods, Helen, Burban, Pent, Sunny Meadow, Kenyon

4         175 & 197 Brushy Plain Rd, Homestead, Laurel Hill, Red Rock, Bear Path, Pine Hollow Rd, Rolling Hill, Piscitello

7        Todds Hill, O'Brien, 85 Alps, Florence Rd, Orchard Hts Condo Branford Hill Condo, Mathew Rd, Hoadley Rd

13         Hemlock, Hampton, Woodland Hills, Foxbridge, Opening Hill, Watch Hill, Field Point, The Meadows, Valley Brook, Autumn Ridge

15        Island View Condo, 213 Brushy Plain, Heritage Hill, Side Hill, Hosley, 162 Brushy Plain Rd, PM: Branford Recreation

19        25 & 26 North Main, 530 West Main, Gentile, Gilbert, Jacob Ln Dominican, Rose Hill Rd, Pinski, Summit Place, AM: Stoneridge, Leisel, 11 Brushy Plain, PM: ABC Day Care

24        Alps Road, Briarwood, Stonegate, Shady Ln, Roby Ct, Ballou Rd Marion Rd