BSCSD Ethnographic Study

In fall 2011, the Ballston Spa Central School District opened the Clean Technologies and Sustainable Industries Early College High School (ECHS) at the Hudson Valley Community College TEC-SMART Campus, enrolling the first (25) students. The initial year of the program offered only 11th grade coursework to students in their third year of high school. The ECHS Program was launched by an innovative partnership between the Ballston Spa Central School District with the Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The success of the program is also building on support of a collaborative endeavor bringing business and industry, nonprofits, government, and others in the region together to establish the “Early College High School” model for STEM education.