GUILDERLAND — A Farnsworth Middle School student has been charged with making a threat of mass harm, a misdemeanor, according to a Saturday release from the Guilderland Police.

Craig Lipps is taking the helm at a difficult time as Guilderland, like the rest of the nation, is facing a bus driver shortage exacerbated by the pandemic and is also facing new state requirements to move to emission-free buses.

“The caveats for the practices are that they must be evidence-based, scientifically based, must be focused on reading competency, and must align with the culturally responsive, sustaining framework which came out earlier this year,” said Rachel Anderson, Guilderland’s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction.

The call came in at about 6:24 p.m. on Friday, according to Guilderland Police, and, by the time officers arrived at 2360 Western Ave., the house was fully engulfed in flames. A cat died in the fire.

Project developer Mason Scholtes is proposing five duplexes along Carman Road and 12 cottages set up in a “pocket neighborhood” along Fuller Station Road. 

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