NY State High School Goes High Tech

As NY state's Capital Region tries to reinvent itself as Tech Valley, it stands to reason there would be a high school of the same name.

And so planners from two of the region's BOCES organizations, Capital Region and Questar III, have come up with an ambitious plan for a 400-student, $30 million Tech Valley High School, whose curriculum would include intensive internships and other projects with local high-tech firms.

The school would be one of the first of its kind nationwide. A handful of such schools have already opened in California, said Baldwin. During the last year, he said, BOCES officials have visited some similar schools, such as a High Tech High in San Diego. Kids there have developed a new product for which they are seeking venture capital so they can actually produce and market their brainchild, said Baldwin. Because they are trying to get funding, they haven't revealed precisely what they are working on.

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