Majority of Albany students in grades 7-12 return to classroom this month Unprecedented influx of state, federal aid creates quandary for district FacebookTwitterEmail Albany Board of Education President Anne Savage said city school district leaders will be deciding how to allocate unprecedented levels of funding from the state and federal governments in a way that avoids creating a "fiscal cliff" in the future. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union ALBANY — More than half of Albany public school students in grades 7-12 will return to the classroom by April 26, a significant step in the district's plan to rebuild and invest in programs that were stripped away during the pandemic, Albany school board officials said Thursday.