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Updated Feb. 26 at 2:15 p.m. - The Shelter In Place announced just moments ago, has been discontinued.

At this time, no one is allowed to enter or leave the Mechanicville Junior/Senior High School.

You don't think anything of it when your kids come home from school and tells you they had a fire drill at school.  You don't think twice anymore about an "emergency go-home" drill, or even a "lock-down" drill.  But as of late, schools around the country have been conducting active "shooter" drills...

There are reports that a male and female student at a Philadelphia high school have been shot.

Officials at Ralph J. Osgood Intermediate School In Kings Park, New York (Long Island) made a decision that upset several parents.

There was an indirect threat made on Wednesday in Canajoharie that mentioned children.

As some construction and renovations were being done to the oldest building in the Ballston Spa School District, a small box was found with some things that were placed there in 1899.

Ok, I think it's time to get to the bottom of this debate... if that's even possible. It seems like all I ever hear about on the news or on the street or on the air, is "Common Core this and Common Core that"!  Students seem to be struggling, parents are mad, and teachers are divided...

Some rumors that a teen made was allegedly planning a shooting at Troy Middle School dance, led to the arrest of a 13-year-old student from the school.

It was just last night that after a long talk (lecture) with my 15-year-old son, that I hugged him and told him that he never has to worry about letting me down, that it's my job to be there for him and to be a good father. Being a father is a job I take more seriously than anything else I do, though I fall short all too often. I told him that it is me who is so very afraid that I will let him dow

There are some Albany area school districts where the teachers are paid pretty well.

School is now in session for every school but there’s one school that’s not starting the school year off with a bang.