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BOCES News:
September
2011:
9/11 anniversary inspires reflections on life, government, liberty
by New Visions: Law & Government students
June
24, 2011:
The first to bend educational norms: Tech Valley High graduates its first class.
June
20, 2011:
From community participation to learning with iPad apps,
the BOCES Mini grant program will fund some interesting projects in
2011-12.
June
13, 2011:
Career & Tech names outstanding students, Fuchs Award winners.
June
3, 2011:
Two join Labor Relations & Negotiations Service to help
schools negotiate with employee organizations.
June
3, 2011:
NERIC employees spent the Memorial Day weekend scanning
state tests for the region's schools.
June
3, 2011:
Now You're Cooking' program inspires new crop of teen
chefs.
June
3, 2011:
Maywood students 'walk the walk' for autism awareness.
May
26, 2011: Meet
Special Education Teacher — and author
— Sharon Swain
May
26, 2011:
Celebrating 30 years: Very Special Prom 2011.
May
13, 2011:
From
high school senior to motivational speaker: Meet Melanie Hecker
May
11, 2011:
BOCES teaching assistants show off some of the great projects they
helped to organize this school year
May
11, 2011:
ECDC presents to state ed panel on inclusion programs for pre-school
special education students
May
11, 2011:
University at Albany recognizes District Superintendent
May
5, 2011:
Capital Region Spelling Bee winners recognized at reception
May
2, 2011:
Thank you to BOCES components' boards of
education, for approving the 2011-12 administrative budget.
May
2, 2011:
Does your district need help navigating NERIC's many technology
services? There's a new team for that.
May
2, 2011:
Arts in Education programs enjoy a revival thanks to the Theater
Institute at Sage.
April
26, 2011:
23rd Annual BOCES Art Show opens today.
April
22, 2011:
Career & Tech students win state Skills USA championships.
April
22, 2011:
The Spring 2011 edition of "Great Expectations" is available.
April
15, 2011:
BOCES "Power In Numbers" video "premieres" at April 14 annual
meeting.
April
15, 2011:
Bulky filing cabinets, be warned: NERIC's laserfiche service is
helping districts and BOCES cut the clutter.
April
8, 2011:
CTE and partner to offer high-tech, high fun summer camps this July.
April
8, 2011:
NERIC to offer automatic YouTube filtering service.
April
8, 2011:
Mini grant makes pilot program for online bloodborne pathogen
training possible.
DETAILS
April
1, 2011:
The proposed BOCES budget, going before districts April 27,
includes no increase in administrative charges.
April
1, 2011:
Review the proposed 2011-12 BOCES budget, and take a look
at recent cost-saving measures on our newly updated Budget News webpage.
April
1, 2011:
Capital Region BOCES has a new, more user-friendly online
calendar.
April
1, 2011:
Dozens of educators from across the state descended upon
Tech Valley High School March 31 for the New Tech Network Summit.
April
1, 2011: For $30, you can help a student attend the Very Special
Prom.
April, 2011:
Register today... Capital Region
BOCES' 2011 Annual Meeting is set for April 14.
March
23, 2011:
BOCES leaders announce pay freeze; district fee remains frozen as a
result
March
23, 2011:
Career & Tech's SkillsUSA-winning students are featured in the
March 23
Times Union
March
11, 2011:
Congratulations to Capital Region BOCES Board of Education member Gary
DiLallo.
March
11, 2011:
Student creativity rules the day at annual Odyssey of the Mind
Tournament.
March
11, 2011:
The parents of Evan M. Schwarz have established the Evan M.
Schwarz Helping Hand scholarship.
March
11, 2011:
Tech Valley High is now on Twitter.
March
9, 2011:
47 districts release legislative position paper.
March
8, 2011:
TVHS students use J-terms to research
everything from stopping cancer to life as a railroad conductor
March
4, 2011:
BOCES' energy savings tops $390,000, equivalent to 126,623
gallons of heating oil.
March
4, 2011:
Report shows special education students made great
progress in key subjects over the past three years.
March
2, 2011:
Students to compete in Region 7 Odyssey of the Mind on March 5
March
1, 2011:
Capital Region BOCES has helped Cairo-Durham save $70,000 through
energy conservation (WNYT).
February
20, 2011:
District Superintendent Charles Dedrick is quoted in a Feb. 20 NY
Times article.
February
18, 2011:
Students cook up local SkillsUSA awards at Feb. 18 ceremony.
February, 2011:
They love reading!
February, 2011:
New Visions: Law & Government students
travel to the seat of independence.
February
18, 2011:
New NERIC service helps districts meet
Regents scanning requirements.
February
18, 2011:
China/BOCES partnership finalized,
draws praise from Education Commissioner.
February
15, 2011:
BOCES staff, students worked to educate legislators,
advocate for schools in BOCES Lobby Day effort.
February
15, 2011:
Tianjin guests lunch, talk, learn at Career & Tech.
February
11, 2011:
Career & Tech students beat heavy
(equipment) competition.
February
11, 2011:
Guilderland 6th grader Mateen Sharif wins Capital Region Spelling Bee.
February
7, 2011:
Chinese delegation slated to visit Capital Region
February
4, 2011:
Special
education teachers learn co-teaching is a best practice for all
February
2011:
When winter storms descend upon the Capital Region,
NERIC staff look to
a different kind of “cloud” to ensure
essential services never take a snow day
January
28, 2011: NYS Board of Regents and NYSED hosted forum on graduation
changes at Colonie Central High School
January
11, 2011:
Reality Check staff and students rally in Albany
January
10, 2011:
Career & Tech students offering free haircuts to military personnel
January
4, 2011:
BOCES sharing helps save money
January
2011:
Capital Region BOCES' role in regional initiatives featured
on Talk 1300 AM radio
January
2011:
NYS Police produced a video
to help make students aware of how they can help keep schools safe
January
2011:
2011-2012 Regional Calendar has been released
December
20, 2010:
New
Visions: Law & Government, Brookwood students testify on U.S.
Constitution via video link
December
10, 2010:
500+ educators, students and
vendors attended the 22nd annual Technology Awareness Day
December
8, 2010:
School Nurses Day is an annual favorite
December
7, 2010:
Video conference partnership between students in London and the
Capital Region officially kicked off
December
2010:
BOCES is collecting
Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) resources as
they become available
December
2010:
A new online, searchable Grants Database with
200+ grant
opportunities is now available to districts
November
30, 2010: Guidance
counselors visit Tech Valley High as recruiting season begins
November
26, 2010: Times
Union has high praise for new consortium of districts
November
19, 2010: Capital
Region BOCES saves $1.5 million with retirement incentives
November
17, 2010: 21
districts pool Race to the Top funds to form unprecedented
consortium
November
19, 2010: Students
raise awareness of dangers of tobacco ads
November
10, 2010: Everyone's
a medalist at Culinary Cornucopia benefit
November
5, 2010: Tech
Valley High School students compete in contest of 'beautiful
writing'
November
5, 2010: Capital
Region BOCES has hired an internal auditor with long-term
cost-savings in mind
November
5, 2010: New
video suite enhances already growing service
November
4, 2010: Unreal
can be good!
November
4, 2010: Career
& Tech students glimpse future in career fairs
November
2, 2010: New
Visions students capture democracy in action
November
2010:
Reading,
writing... and rush-hour retail!
October
29, 2010: Special
Education director hired as part of study
October
29, 2010: BOCES
had strong presence at NYS School Boards Association conference
October
15, 2010: New
Special Education study shows student success, satisfaction
October
15, 2010: A
recent BOCES workshop drew 120 educators asking questions
October
14, 2010: Tech
Valley High students find river 'open book' of knowledge
October
12, 2010: Special
education hosted a forum on improving high school success
October
8, 2010: District
Superintendent Charles Dedrick was named the Questar III BOCES
interim
October
7, 2010: Career
& Tech chef, student featured on WNYT-TV13
October
7, 2010: Nanotechnology
leader visits Tech Valley High School
October
6, 2010: Join
us for Career & Tech School Fall Open Houses
October
1, 2010: NERIC
offers a new level of reliability thanks to its new data center
October
1, 2010: Capital
Region BOCES receives clean audit
October
2010: Final
Special Education Division study released
September
30, 2010: BOCES-led
consortium receives $2 million grant
September
24, 2010:
Tech
Valley High elects board
September
21, 2010:
Career
& Tech students, alumna take on Washington
September
21, 2010: Career
& Tech chefs, students support Regional Food Bank
September
21, 2010:
Career & Tech students,
alumna take on Washington, D.C.
September
21, 2010:
Culinary students make big
deposit of time and talent into Food Bank dinner
September
17, 2010: BOCES
sweeps public relations contest awards
September
17, 2010: BOCES
saves $300,000 and 13,859 trees
September
17, 2010: NYS Education Department officials met with superintendents
September
17, 2010:
Students need more access to
Career & Tech Ed, Swett tells Regents
September
17, 2010: BOCES
website wins top award
September
6, 2010: BOCES
featured prominently in Sept. 6 OnBoard
September
2010: BOCES-led
consortium writes $6.25 million grant to radically change area high
schools
September
2010:Career
& Tech and Schenectady County Community College offer HVAC
Excellence class
Summer
2010: Assistant
District Superintendent Carl Strang to oversee Special Education
study
Summer
2010: Tribute
to 2010 Special Education grads
Summer
2010: Special
Education student/ "Gray Day" originator in the news
Summer
2010: Special
Education student receives Albany County award for community service
August
2010: Adult
& Continuing Education catalog available
August
2010: NATEF
recertifies Med/Heavy Duty Truck Repair program
August
2010: Area
teens enjoy SEMI High Tech U
August
2010: Great
Expectations newsletter released
August
2010: Substitute
teacher removed from list
August
2010: Welcome
to new board member Gary DiLallo
August
2010: District
Superintendent speaks out against tax caps in the Times Union
August
2010: Capital
Region BOCES featured in the July/August
Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber magazine
August
2010: Career
& Tech program only one in state to receive national certification
August
2010:
Answering the call for
trained professionals in a
high-tech, green Capital Region
August
2010: Management
Services offers Board of Education fiscal training
August
2010: Educators
learn about video games in education at Tech Valley High School
August
2010: Tech
Valley High students return from China
July
2010: SEMI
camp will be a whole lot of fun for teens this August
July
2010: Thank
you John Yagielski!
July
2010: Careers
Without Limits course guide wins national award
July
2010: Administrators
dispute comptroller's findings on reserves
July
2010: Assistant
District Superintendent tapped to lead Special Education plan
July
2010: Career
& Tech class far exceeds national average on advanced placement
exams
July
2010: More
than 650 HS students complete Career & Tech studies
Other News:
June
25, 2011:
Tax cap put in place.
June
24, 2011:
School's out, and the numbers are in: Regional school
district rankings from the Business Review.
June
22, 2011:
The Education Law Center's national report card asks, "Is
School Funding Fair?"
June
16, 2011:
State School Boards Association offers method of contacting
legislators to speak against proposed tax cap.
June
16, 2011:
Commentary: Cap on property taxes may make schools worse.
June
14, 2011:
NYSED releases latest graduation
numbers, which shows rates have improved slightly.
May
18, 2011:
Despite tough times, fewer school budgets go down than in the past.
May
16, 2011: Board of Regents elects John King Commission of Education.
April
2011:
SED invites public comments on draft
teacher and principal evaluation regulations.
March
2011:
'Funding cliff' adds to pressure on strapped education budgets.
March
2011:
Details emerge from budget agreement.
March
2011:
Times Union letter recognizes BOCES as longtime collaborator.
March
2011:
Rich District, Poor District: Editorial illustrates state aid
inequities.
January
2011:
BOCES across the state are finding new ways for districts to save
money
December
2010:
Board of Regents has released its recommendations for 2011-2012
state aid
November
2010:
Important clarification on stopping for school buses
November
2010: Governor
candidate Cuomo predicts school aid cuts
November
2010: Before
you go see "Waiting for Superman," check out this fact-checking
article
November
2010:NY
Times article claims problems with NY state tests have been long
known
November
2010:NYSED
updates schools on use of Race to the Top funds
September
2010: President
calls for longer school year, other changes
September
2010:
President
Obama makes second annual 'back to school ' address
September
2010:
Anti-bullying
law requires Code of Conduct change
September
2010:
School
boards focused on reform
August
2010: Federal
education secretary visits Albany
August
2010:
NY
State Education Department releases its list of 'persistently
dangerous' schools
August
2010:
NYS
has won nearly $700 million in Race to the Top funds
August
2010:
January
Regents are on but June exam cuts are definite
August
2010:
States
slated to receive $607 million in aid, but timing bad to rehire
teachers
August
2010:
Additional
federal funding causing confusion
August
2010:
Regents
exams deemed too easy; NYS Education Department planning changes
August
2010:
Lawmakers
pass a NY State budget
July
2010: NY
State budget could mean mid-year cuts, payment delays, analysis
finds
July
2010:
NY
State adopts national education standards
July
2010:
NYSED
releases grades 3-8 exam scores
July
2010:
NYSED
raises bar for grades 3-8 math and English exams
July
2010:
NYSED
releases revised 2010-2011 schedule for elementary, intermediate
exams
July
2010:
Study
connects life success to kindergarten teachers
July
2010:
Guilderland
names Marie Wiles new superintendent
June
2010: NYSED
cutting exams to save $$
June
2010:
Employers
expect college, but two years often enough
June
2010:
NYSED
release grades 3-8 exam changes
June
2010:
NYSED
releases Regents exam calendar for 2011-2013
