back to school

Brian and Chrissy are very different when it comes to their feelings about heading back to school. Chrissy couldn't wait to return to school every year while Brian was dragged to school kicking and screaming. We asked our listeners, which is your kid, a 'Chrissy' or a 'Brian'...

It's cute to see all of the back-to-school pictures this week of your kids. However, here is some important information you should know before you put all of their "facts" on those back-to-school boards.

Police say those innocent 'First Day of School' photos have unwittingly become an information goldmine for bad actors.

Stunned residents took to the streets and cars stopped in intersections! Who was lighting up the Hudson and why?

An Albany mall is hosting a party this weekend that helps parents alleviate some back to school costs - but you'll have to sing for your supplies.

With students across the world heading back to New York's colleges and universities for class this month, here are the top party scenes in the state...

Soon the kids will be going back to school and you will worry when they get on and off the bus. Now there is an app so you can track where they are when they are on the bus to and from school.

Even though schools aren't back until after Labor Day, you still pass by those School Zone speed limit signs. The question is, during the summer, do you still abide by those limits? You may have been breaking the law and had no idea!

Tests recently performed on many 'back to school' items including crayons, water bottles, 3-ring binders, and markers could cause leukemia, birth defects, and potentially severe behavioral and developmental problems. The results of the test were released on Tuesday and some of the products could have been sold locally,

The 'X-mas Jammies' family is back, and this time they're celebrating what every parent is looking forward to this time of summer: the beginning of the school year.

All this back to school talk this week of course has sent me into a week of rewinding and reminiscing about my younger years when I was back in school. Do you feel me on this? So why not take it back with a hip hop video and spark up some memories shall we?

Ahh, to be a kid again. Looking forward to the smell of freshly sharpened #2 pencils, seeing all of your friends again after summer, packing a lunchbox & planning an outfit for the first day of class. Memories of being a student!

Home rooms, homecomings and homework (UGH!) are right around the corner. With another Capital Region school year right around the corner, a local charity organization located out of Schenectady is looking to help with kids-in-need.

School is back! Several area schools have been changing around schedules to prevent tardiness. At least one local school has decided to start later (8:30am) to help kids get to school on-time. They’ve tried opening EARLIER in the past, thinking that if kids got out earlier they would have more time to re-charge for the next mornings’ classes. Guess it didn’t work (shocker).

Classrooms are becoming a lot less fun these days.  More and more rules are being implemented every year.  In some schools, kids can’t give hugs.  Energy drinks, even sex-ed classes, are banned in some schools.  Oh yeah, you know that healthy stuff called milk?  Some groups are pushing to ban it too.