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Albany superintendent announces GE/University partnership, highlights sportsmanship award and community drives
Summary
Superintendent Lesko told the board the GE Aerospace Foundation and University of Albany will partner with five area high schools (including Albany) on engineering pathways. The district also celebrated a sportsmanship award and announced the Cash for Coats drive; stop‑arm camera fines begin Oct. 20.
Superintendent Lesko told the board that the GE Aerospace Foundation and the University of Albany have announced a partnership to develop engineering pathway opportunities beginning with exploratory work for middle‑school students and endorsed high‑school courses in five area districts, including Albany.
"An incredible opportunity for our students," Lesko said, describing a pipeline that could lead from middle‑school exploratory work to endorsed high‑school courses and potentially to admission pathways and employment in GE sectors. He said University of Albany faculty and GE engineers will collaborate with district staff and also noted plans to involve elementary STEM schools if feasible.
The board also heard from Kim Pilla, director of health, physical education and athletics, who described how the district won a New York State Public High School Athletic Association Sportsmanship Promotion recognition for practices such as anti‑hazing work and welcoming visiting teams.
Lesko reminded the public that the district's Cash for Coats campaign is accepting donations through Nov. 7 and directed listeners to albanyschools.org for donation instructions. He also said stop‑arm bus camera enforcement will begin Monday, Oct. 20, and that fines are administered by the City of Albany, not the district. (The transcript listed a second‑offense fine as "$2.75"; that appears to be a typographical error in the record and is reported here as $275 for the second offense based on context and usual local fine structures.)
The superintendent said the district is exploring classroom uses of AI through University of Albany collaborations and invited board members to participate in related events and planning.
