School Budget Vote and Board Election - May 21

The East Greenbush CSD has proposed a school budget for 2024-25 that maintains all programs and services with a 0.55% tax levy increase, which is within the NYS Property Tax Cap. Residents will also vote on a $116 million capital project that would improve school facilities and grounds across the district with no impact to local taxpayers, the replacement of eight school buses, which if approved by voters, will be fully paid for by the Bus Purchase Reserve Fund, and elect three individuals to the Board of Education.

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Engineering Experiments Feature Rollercoasters and Robotic Claws

Oct 27, 2023 | District, Sutherland

DPS students build a rollercoaster as part of a STEM activity led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineering Ambassadors.

DPS students build a rollercoaster as part of a STEM activity led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineering Ambassadors.

Students at Donald P. Sutherland Elementary School became engineers on Thursday as they learned about STEM topics such as forces, electrical impulses and light waves all while working in teams to solve problems.

DPS students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades participated in engaging activities – like building rollercoasters with foam tracks and controlling a robotic claw – which were led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students who are members of the RPI Engineering Ambassadors.

“Our ultimate goal is to expose students to STEM in an interactive and hands-on way,” said Lauren King, a Rensselaer graduate student who is majoring in nuclear engineering. “We want to get them excited about what engineering can be.”

Special thanks to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineering Ambassadors for visiting DPS!