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James Baldwin, Interim District Superintendent
Dr. Gerald Carozza, Chief Operating Officer
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Local school boards approve BOCES 2008-09 administrative budget and elect four to BOCES Board
On April 21, the school boards of the BOCES 24 component school districts voted 23-1 to approve the $6.8 million administrative budget for 2008-2009. As a result, the average assessment increase to component districts is 2.9 percent for 2008-2009, the same as the current year. School boards also elected incumbents Sandra Beloncik, John Bergeron, John Phelan and John Yagielski to three-year terms beginning July 1.

 

 
BOCES Annual Art Show runs April 24-May 23
The 20th Annual BOCES Art Show will run from April 24 through May 23 at BOCES School Support Services, 900 Watervliet-Shaker Rd., Albany. Coordinated by the BOCES Arts & Enrichment Service, this year's show features 275 pieces of student artwork representing 19 of Capital Region BOCES component school districts. Artwork pictured: "Cat" by 12th grade Duanesburg High School student Margaret Fish.
 

 
Career and Tech students bring home 1st, 2nd and 3rd trophies from SkillsUSA Competition in Syracuse April 9-11
Career & Tech students are state winners - Capital Region Career & Technical School students (from left) Kyle Meyers of Ballston Lake, Tim Vander Wouden of Rotterdam, Esther Singh of Schenectady and Travis Richardson of Selkirk brought home trophies from the New York State SkillsUSA Competition held April 9-11 in Syracuse. They earned a 1st, two 2nds and a 3rd place award in the competition. Read more...
 

 
Charles S. Dedrick named BOCES District Superintendent
At a special meeting on April 9, the Capital Region Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) Board of Education appointed Charles S. Dedrick to the position of district superintendent of Capital Region BOCES. Dedrick, an experienced educator who has been school superintendent of the Cohoes City School District for the last nine years, will begin his new position on June 9, 2008.
   “When I think of the great educational leaders who came before me in this position and the outstanding reputation of Capital Region BOCES, I am truly honored to have been chosen as the next leader of this organization,” said Dedrick. Read more...   Photo: BOCES Board President Lynne Lenhardt introduces Chuck Dedrick
as the new district superintendent at the BOCES Annual Meeting, April 9.
 

 

Bethlehem student wins Capital Region Spelling Bee at Proctors
Special recognition of the Bee champion and final round winners will be held May 3 at Albany Barnes & Noble

Spelling Bee 2008 Finalists
Spelling "gourami" in th
e sixth round, Bethlehem Middle School eighth grader Dan LaChappelle clinched the champion title of the Capital Region Spelling Bee on March 10 at Proctors Theater in Schenectady. Final round winners pictured left to right: Anthony Segreto of Shenendehowa, Olivia Marine of Niskayuna, Craig Maughan of Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, David O'Connor of Holy Cross School, and champion Dan LaChappelle of Bethlehem. More than 100 talented spellers from area public and private schools competed. LaChappelle will go on to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., May 26-June 1. Read more...
 


 

Superintendents send strong message to elected officials
Annual meeting with  legislators held March 6

The 48 superintendents and staff from the Capital Region BOCES and Questar III held their annual legislative meeting March 6 to seek support from legislators on a variety of issues stemming from the governor's proposed budget. Senator Neil Breslin, Assemblymen Peter Lopez, Bob Reilly, and John McEneny and representatives of Governor Spitzer and Senator Joseph Bruno's offices were among those who attended. The superintendents presented their legislative position paper outlining the issues that face education. Among the topics the superintendents are seeking help:

  • restoring promised BOCES Aid levels

  • providing relief from unfunded mandates

  • finding solutions to property tax relief, not caps

The superintendents represent 115,000 students and their parents in Albany, Schenectady, Schoharie, Saratoga, Rensselaer, Columbia and Greene counties. Read the superintendents legislative position paper...
 


 

Schoharie Culinary team is #1 in New York State - again!

The Schoharie Hospitality Technology & Culinary Arts team is headed to the 2008 National ProStart Competition in San Diego, CA, this April after winning the New York State ProStart Competition at the Culinary Institute in Hyde Park, NY, on February 9. This is the second year in a row Team Schoharie has won the state event! Cooking their way to first place are students Katrina Gannon and Matthew Hudson, who both also attend Middleburgh H.S.; Aaron Giebitz (Berne-Knox-Westerlo H.S.), and Kayla Williams (Duanesburg H.S.). Supporting the team and ready on standby was alternate team member Michael Cushman (Schoharie H.S.). Teacher Chef Nancy Iannacone is 2007-08 ProStart Teacher of the Year and was celebrated in the competition program. 
 


 

New and improved: 2008-09 BOCES Services Guide
The Capital Region BOCES has made significant improvements to its Services Guide. The guide is an annual publication prepared to help component school districts plan for and select BOCES services they will use in the next year. Highlights of the new and improved 2008-2009 Services Guide include:

  • More comprehensive service descriptions including reference to each service's CoSer and activity code, service code, 2008-09 pricing information and BOCES contact information.
  • 2008-2009 price for services listed in service code order with page reference to each service description in the guide. This year, the BOCES made a concerted effort to set its 2008-09 prices earlier in its budgeting process so that school districts would have more accurate pricing information earlier in their budget development process.
  • Services grouped by category under each division.
  • Service names conforming to how the names will appear on BOCES bills and commitment forms.
  • 2008-2009 administrative and capital assessments for each component district.

If you would like to view or download the BOCES 2008-2009 Services Guide, please click on the link. Please note that NERIC's Que Centre Service was inadvertently left out of the Services Guide.
 


 

Capital Region BOCES receives audit from the Office of the State Comptroller
(January 14, 2008)– The Capital Region Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) has received its final report from the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) summarizing the findings of an “Internal Controls Over Select Financial Activities” audit of the BOCES for the period of July 1, 2005 through February 2, 2007.
   “The recommendations by the state comptroller’s office are mostly procedural in nature and do not represent high risk systemic issues with the BOCES fiscal operations,” said BOCES Chief Operating Officer Dr. Gerald Carozza. “As we continue to work on our long-term plan to tighten internal controls, we are taking each and every recommendation very seriously in our efforts to increa
se efficiency and the effective use of public funds. The audit process has been an invaluable tool to uphold this responsibility.” Read more...
 


 

BOCES Special Education division launches new Web site
Information about the Capital Region BOCES Special Education programs and the latest special education news are available at your fingertips. The new and easy to navigate Special Education Web site features a resource page for parents and families, program descriptions, workshop information, and feature stories about students who benefit from BOCES Special Education programs. Visit the new Special Education Web site.
 


 

Commissioner’s Decision Keeps BOCES As Is
Search for next district superintendent underway
The Capital Region BOCES will not face reorganization or reassignment of any of its component districts, according to Commissioner of Education Richard Mills’ decision released on October 5, 2007. Read more ...
 

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Preview the next issue of Bright Futures
Video "phones" that help deaf and hard-of-hearing students, data that drives planning for Career and Technical Education programs, NERIC's growing Distance Learning Network and Business Support Services that enable districts to operate more efficiently are featured in the next Bright Futures. Preview Bright Futures.

 

 
Statewide Value Added for School Improvement Conference set for May 28
Capital Region BOCES, in cooperation with NYSSBA, NYSCOSS, SAANYS, and Battelle for Kids, is presenting "Ready, Set, Grow! School Improvement through Value-Added Analysis" Conference on May 28 at the Holiday Inn, Wolf Road, Albany. It is the first statewide conference on the Value-Added growth model. Learn more...

 

 
James Baldwin discusses local impact of tax caps
The New York State Commission on Property Tax Relief concluded its public hearing schedule in Albany on April 23, a month before it is scheduled to present a report to Gov. David Paterson. Questar III District Superintendent and Capital Region BOCES Interim District Superintendent James Baldwin appeared before the commission. Click here to read Baldwin's full testimony. Click here for Searching for Property Tax Relief, a publication produced in cooperation with the Capital Region BOCES Communications Service for the Superintendents’ Legislative Committee of the Questar III and Capital Region BOCES.

 

 

New Web page "Selecting BOCES Services" added to assist districts with process, answer questions
Visit this Web page
 


 

BOCES administrative budget reflects second year of significant savings
BOCES Assistant District Superintendent for Business Services Mark Jones presented the 2008-2009 proposed administrative and capital budgets and outlined a second year of significant health care savings to the BOCES Board of Education and superintendents in January. The proposed administrative budget is $6,846,312. The average increase in assessment to component schools of 2.95% – the same as the current year’s increase in assessment. Like last year, BOCES officials worked earlier on the administrative and division budgets so they could provide better information to districts earlier in their budgeting process. Read more...

BOCES Budget Powerpoint presentation (PDF)

2008-2009 budget publication (PDF)
 


 

BOCES to conduct final session of required school board member training for the year June 17, 19
Deadline to register for June session is June 9
Capital Region BOCES is an approved provider of the legally mandated fiscal training for Board Members. The BOCES is pleased to be able to offer the required training “free” of charge to component school board members. There are three (3) sessions scheduled for fiscal year 2007-08. More info...
 


 

Times Union editorial supports BOCES
In its Feb. 27 editorial the Times Union asks: "What is it about regionalization that Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli fail to understand? Both leaders have put forth proposals that would undermine the very economies that regionalization is designed to achieve." Click here to read the rest of the editorial.
 


 

BOCES Aid key to students' future
Read this article by Capital Region BOCES Interim District Superintendent James Baldwin published in the February 24 Times Union, here.

 


 

Capital Region BOCES, Questar III respond to Governor's proposed budget
Cut in BOCES Aid to Schools Would Cost Area Taxpayers $4.3 million

(February 14, 2008)—Governor Spitzer’s proposed state budget includes a change in the BOCES Aid formula that, if enacted, would amount to a more than $4.3 million loss in state aid for area school districts. Read more...

 


 

Tech Valley High to host study tours this spring
Tech Valley High is offering monthly study tours beginning February 26. The three-hour study tours are designed for educators who would like to visit the school, learn about the principles and practices of Tech Valley High, observe the practices being demonstrated in the classroom and interview the faculty and students. For
more information and to register, click here.

 


 

Board Re-Adopts Budget Development Calendar
BOCES Annual Meeting is April 9

To accommodate component school board members who will be attending the annual National School Boards Association conference March 29-April 1, the BOCES Board of Education changed the BOCES Annual Meeting to April 9 at its December meeting.


 

Statewide BOCES Website launched
The 37 BOCES in New York State have launched a new Web site at www.boces.org This site provides one, easy to find, home for the BOCES as a whole. Additionally, the information to BOCES' state-wide initiatives will be posted here with links into each individual BOCES. The most up-to-date news from the New York State Education Department as well as the United States Department of Education will be automatically updated on this site's home page.
 


 

Presidential Awards for Mathematics and Science Teaching
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
identifies outstanding teachers in mathematics and science at the national level. In 2008, teachers of grades K-6 will be eligible for this award. Nominees must submit their applications by May 1, 2008 to be considered. For more information, visit the NYSED Web site.
 


 

MRSA Resources
Capital Region BOCES Risk Management Service has compiled a list of informative resources to help districts and employees stay informed about Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). cases of which have recently surfaced in local communities.
 


 

CoSer Development Presentation
View the PowerPoint Presentation, developed by BOCES Assistant Superintendent for Business Mark Jones, that provides an overview of the Co-Ser process.
 


 

BOCES offers  professional development opportunities to component districts
BOCES School Support Services, NERIC, Career and Tech and Special Education divisions offer a variety of professional development activities. For more information, go to the bottom of the Instructional Services Web page for the links to each division's offerings.
 


 

Preparing for a possible Influenza pandemic
While the Avian Flu (Bird Flu) has not arrived in the United States, schools officials are being urged to integrate pandemic influenza measures into their ongoing crisis management planning efforts. Click here for a list of helpful resources.

 

Statewide Resource Center at Questar III
Resource Center is focused on raising student achievement in low performing schools. Read more.
 

 

Visit the National Board Certification Site
Attention Educators--Are you looking to challenge yourself to the next level, professionally? The National Board Certification process may be just the path for you. The process includes teachers and many other professionals.
Click here for details:
http://www.nbpts.org/
 

The Superintendent Development Program
A well-established, innovative, yearlong, field program for those interested in becoming a Superintendent of Schools. Learn more.
 
Visit our news archive for previous news at BOCES here.
 
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Mark your calendar

BOCES Board Meetings 

Superintendents' Meetings 

2008-2009 Regional School Calendar (PDF)

2007-2008 Regional School Calendar (PDF)

2007-2008 BOCES Calendar (PDF)

QUICK LINKS
BOCES Publications

BOCES Report Card 2006-2007

2008-2009 BOCES Services Guide including 2008-09 pricing

2007-08 Directory of Administrators (PDF)

2008-09 Career and Tech School Course Guide (PDF)

VISTA Brochure (PDF) 
Fall 2007 - Spring 2008
Tech Valley Summer Camp
Instructional Resource Services Professional Development Brochure (PDF) 
Summer 2008 Reading and Writing Institutes
NERIC Training Schedule
Instructional Services
PDP Timekeeper
Mini Grant Program
Textbooks for Non-Public Schools web site
Co-Ser Process
 
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE LINKS
SED - New York State Education Department
EMSC - New York State Education Department Office of Elementary, Secondary and Continuing Education
www.boces.org - New Web site of the 37 BOCES in New York State
NYSCOSS - New York State Council of School Superintendents
NYSASBO - New York State Association of School Business Officials
NYSSBA - New York State School Boards Association
CASDA- Capital Area School Development Association
NCLB - No Child Left Behind
Teacher/Teaching Assistant Certification Info from NYSED
Literacy-related Web sites
Education Research Web sites
 
SAFETY AND HEALTH RESOURCES
Local school closings
BOCES Risk Management Service
Homeland Security
NOAA  (Weather) - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
School Violence /SAVE/ Fingerprinting
 

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