The Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex Board of Cooperative Educational Services (WSWHE BOCES) 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.
Career and Technical Education (CTE) students expressed their thanks this holiday season by helping their community. On November 26 culinary arts students from the F. Donald Myers Education Center and the Saratoga Wilton Kiwanis Club assembled 135 holiday food baskets for local families in need in what they call “Operation Turkey.”
Exceptional Learners (ELD) from the WSWHE BOCES were invited to the annual Saratoga Central Catholic School (SCC) Thanksgiving lunch on November 22, 2024.
As part of an annual tradition, students from the Culinary Arts and Hospitality program as well as the Hospitality and Human Services program at the Southern Adirondack Education Center in Hudson Falls have been working hard preparing for Hometown Thanksgiving.
On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, WSWHE BOCES, in partnership with Saratoga County, hosted CTE Works! 2024. The one-day interactive career exploration event was held at the Saratoga Springs City Center.
On October 18, 2024, the Southern Adirondack Pathways in Technology Early College High School (PTECH) program brought together more than 100 ninth and 10th grade students from across the region to attend an event celebrating and promoting Manufacturing & STEAM Pathways.
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.