Addressing the Board

The City School District of Albany Board of Education welcomes input from district residents, parents, students and other stakeholders so that we can better understand your views, and so that we can make better decisions.

If you have a question about a specific district matter, rather than a comment on a board decision, you may find it helpful to contact a staff member, rather than the board. Here are some options to consider:

• Often a school principal is the best place to start. If the principal is not the right person to answer your question, they can often point you to the right person to contact.  The principal’s contact information is on each school’s page.
• Our Communication Guide is designed to help you find the right person to help, and incudes a directory of administrative staff.
• Our feedback form will send an email to the district’s communications staff who can send it to an appropriate staff member. 

If you have a question for the Board of Education, please contact the board at boe@albany.k12.ny.us.  The board president will respond on behalf of the board.

Per our policy, the board provides an opportunity for public comment at its regular board meetings and at committee meetings. 

You can provide comments through the form below, in person at a meeting, or by email, voicemail or postal mail. 

Please note that the board generally does not respond to public comment. You will receive an automated response to confirm your comment was successfully submitted.

Regardless of format, all comments must include the name of the commenter, the commenter’s city of residence, and the name of the organization represented (if any). 

Comments provided by email, voicemail or mail must also include a contact telephone number for verification and must be received no later than six hours before the board meeting. Comments received later than six hours before a meeting will be included in the public comment period at the following meeting. 

Regardless of format, comments are limited to three minutes (or 400 words if submitted in writing). Comments received in writing will be read into the record during the public comment period up to 400 words.

The board welcomes public comment in any language and will provide translation services whenever possible for all forms of comment - email, voice mail and in person. The Board requests that those wanting to comment in a language other than English provide as much advance notice as possible so that we can arrange translation services. When translation services cannot be arranged, the commenter is permitted to provide their own translator (in person) or translation (voice mail or written comments).

For additional assistance regarding the public comment process, please contact: