A Danbury school principal has received grant funding to continue STEM education promotion.  Dr. Frank LaBanca of Westside Middle School Academy was selected as one of 50 advocate from 28 states by The Society for Science & The Public.  The advocates work with underrepresented students and create opportunities to participate in science research competitions.  Westside students have competed at the Connecticut Science Fair and the Connecticut Invention Convention in recent years.  Westside student Khushi Parikh, whose project involved a Lyme disease detection process that is 90 percent effective, has been invited to participate in the International Genius Olympiad to be held in New York this June.