Lake Placid students get off the bus to attend programs at Adirondack Educational Center. They are, from left, Ayden Bazzicalupo, Jillian Kern, Adriane Bashaw, Mackenzey Woznack, Reagan LaMotte, Haileigh LaMare, Sebil Cecunjanin, Jarrett Mihill and Carter Sharlow. (Photo provided — Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES)

Tupper Lake juniors Wyatt Godin, Luke Robillard and Philip Lindsay, all studying Natural Resource Science, approach the school entryway at Adirondack Educational Center as teachers and administrators wait to greet them. (Photo provided — Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES)