The Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex (WSWHE) Board of Cooperative serves 31 school districts in a five-county region. The BOCES Board of Education, a governing board made up of representatives from component school districts, is responsible for the oversight of curricular, financial and other policy decisions. The chief executive officer of a BOCES is the District Superintendent who works closely with local school districts as a liaison/agent of the New York State Commissioner of Education.
April is Autism Awareness Month and WSWHE BOCES celebrated its BEARS classes on Friday, April 12, 2024 with their first annual “BEARS Bonanza” at the F. Donald Myers Education Center in Saratoga Springs, NY.
On April 10, 2024 WSWHE BOCES held its annual meeting of the trustees and members of the boards of education of its component school districts. Culinary arts students prepared and served dinner to more than 60 guests.
Employment Training for Adults (ETA), a division of WSWHE BOCES, hosted their annual Women in Trades event on March 27, 2024 in Wilton, NY. Nearly 50 guests were in attendance to “Continue the Conversation of Empowering Women in the Trades.”
Early College Career Academy (ECCA) hosted a Women in Trades day on March 13, 2024 at SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury where nearly 100 students from grades 7-10 were in attendance.
New York State School Districts and BOCES are required to develop a district-wide school safety plan designed to prevent or minimize the effects of serious violent incidents and emergencies and to facilitate the coordination of the district with local and county resources in the event of such incidents or emergencies.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires that the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES with certain exceptions obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child’s education records.