ALBANY — Alongside racks filled with suit jackets, T-shirts, prom dresses and more sit shelves stocked with products like pantry essentials, paper goods and personal care supplies. It’s all part of the newly transformed market at Albany High School, unveiled on Friday morning.
Falcon Market combines the high school’s food pantry and clothing boutique into one 1,135-square-foot space on the third floor, which required a more than $15,000 investment. The transformation comes months after Albany High School completed the final phase of a seven-year, $188.9 million reconstruction project, which added nearly 200,000 square feet of educational space and more.
“It just made sense,” said special education transition coordinator Joey DiPiazza in an interview with the Times Union. ”It makes it easier for students and families coming to one spot, as well as the students working, the students from Best Buddies.”…