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. The...
The Comprehensive Attendence Policy # 6000 for students has be revised to clarify what is an excused absence and what is an unexcused absence. Parents now have 7 days to submit documentation for an excused absence.
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...
Water testing results for WSWHE BOCES locations are posted here. Future remediation plans and re-testing results will be posted here as they become available.
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...
WSWHE BOCES is committed to ensuring student privacy in accordance with local, state and federal regulations and district policies. To this end and pursuant to U.S. Department of Education (DOE)...
Education Law §3038 requires the superintendent of each school district, in consultation with the local Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) District Superintendent (DS) where applicable, to designate an employee of the school district or...
Pursuant to Education Law Section 3012-d, parents and legal guardians of students may request the final composite rating for each of the teachers and for the principal of the school building to which your child is assigned for the 2017-2018 school year. ...
New York State Education Law Section 409-H, effective July 1, 2001, requires all public and non-public elementary and secondary schools to provide written notification to all persons in parental relation, faculty, and staff regarding the potential use...
