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Board of Education and Administrative Services

The Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton Essex 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... 

Board of Education
Fifteen component school districts of WSWHE BOCES are represented on the BOCES Board of Education. Meetings are held monthly on the second Wednesday of each month. 

The WSWHE BOCES Board of Education members are nominated by their respective Boards and elected to one three (3)- year term by the component districts.

2008-2009 Members

David Petruska- Board President - A member of the Board resides in Waterford and has served public education as a board member since 1980.
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John A. Rieger -
Board Vice President -
A member of the Board resides in Greenwich and has served public education as a board member since 1964. 
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Frank Grimaldi - A member of the Board resides in Mechanicville and has served public education as a board member since 2008. Gillette Nash - A member of the Board resides in Whitehall and has served public education as a board member since 2003.
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Harry Balz - A member of the Board resides in Adirondack, New York and has served public education as a board member since July 2001.
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Charles Pidgeon - A member of the Board resides in Fort Edward and has served public education as a board member since 2003.
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James P. Coffey, Sr. - A member of the Board resides in Gansevoort and has served public education as a board member since 1998.
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Jeffrey W. Piro - A member of the Board resides in Greenfield Center and has served public education as a board member since 1999.

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Jeffrey Harrison - A member of the Board resides in Corinth and has served public education as a board member since 2007.
 
Lori Millis - A member of the Board resides in Hadley and has served public education as a board member since 2008. 
Linda King - A member of the Board resides in Lake George and has served public education as a board member since 1987.
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Lester Sternin - A member of the Board resides in Minerva and has served public education as a board member since 1992.
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 Bliss White McIntosh - A member of the Board resides in Cambridge and has served public education as a board member since 2003.
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Paul Fronhofer- A member of the Board resides in Salem and has served public education as a board member since 2007.

 

Stephen Smoller - A member of the Board resides in Queensbury and has served public education as a board member since 2008.   

July 2008 Board Agenda

July 2008 Organizational Agenda

BOCES School Calendar 2008-09

Board of Education Policies

2008-09 Services Guide

BOCES Brochure 2008

Administrative Services includes two Assistant Superintendents; one for Administrative Services, and another for Instructional and School Support Services. Labor Relations and Negotiation Services is another service offered. 

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link to Instructional Services: Special & Alternative Education home page
link to Instructional Services: Career & Technical Education/Adult Education home page
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