Herkimer BOCES - Board of Education

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HERKIMER BOCES BOARD OF EDUCATION
REORGANIZATION MEETING
Thursday, July 10, 2014
5 PM
Leatherstocking Conference Room
AGENDA
I.
Call to Order [Board Clerk]
II.
Pledge of Allegiance
III.
Administration of Oath to re-elected and newly elected Board Members
 William Miller, Linda Tharp, Larry Thibault, Scott Tranter
IV.
Election of Officers
a. Nominations for President
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Election of President
c.
Oath of Office administered to the President
d.
Nominations for Vice President
e.
Election of Vice President
f.
Oath of Office administered to Vice President
Board Of Education [Board President]
A. Approval of Agenda
B. Privilege of the Floor
School personnel, parents, students and any other interested parties have the
opportunity to address the Board about the proposed updated Code of Conduct.
Appointment of Officers
Clerk of the Board
District Treasurer
Deputy Treasurer
Internal Claims Auditor
Deputy Claims Auditor
BOCES Attorney
BOCES Physician
BOCES Independent Auditor
Records Access Officer
Shawn Maxson
Kathleen Loomis
Ellen McLaughlin
Diana Cassidy
TBD
Ferrara, Fiorenza, Larrison, Barrett, & Reitz, P.C.
TBD
West & Company
Mark Deierlein
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Stipend to be determined
$650 stipend
$195/hr
TBD
$17,200
VII.
Other Appointments
Purchasing Agent
Mark Deierlein
Assistant Purchasing Agent
Jodie Rodriquez
Title IX, ADA, Section 504 Compliance Officer James Picolla
Dignity for All Students Coordinators Kathy Fox
Sally McCann-Kramas
Kim Conley
Heather Paul
Brittany Baker
CoSer Coordinators
Directors of each of the Programs
Asbestos Coordinator
Brett LaSalle
Extracurricular Activity Fund
Terry Hadsell - Stipend to be determined
Treasurer
VIII. Designations
a. Official Bank Depositories:
M & T Bank
Bank of America
Citizens Bank
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Adirondack Bank
NBT Bank
HSBC
b. Proposed 2014-2015 Board of Education Calendar of Meetings: 2nd Thursday @ 5:30 p.m.
(Unless otherwise noted)
August 21 (3rd Thursday)
September 11
October 9
November 6 (1st Thursday)
December 11
January 8
February 12
March 12
April 23 (4th Thursday) (enter budget results into the minutes before May 15th)
May 21 (3rd Thursday)
June 18 (3rd Thursday)
July 9 – Reorganization & Regular Meeting
CTE Open House – March 2015
c. Appointment of Little Falls City SD Board of Education President, as the 2015 Annual
Meeting Chairperson – Annual Meeting – April 9, 2015
d. Official Newspapers: Herkimer Telegram, Little Falls Times, Observer Dispatch
IX.
Authorizations
a. District Superintendent to certify payrolls; Assistant Superintendent for Administration is
authorized if District Superintendent is not available;
b. Designation of CTE Principal & Extracurricular Treasurer to sign Extracurricular Classroom
Account checks and related documentation;
c. Authorization of District Superintendent and Executive Director of Business Operations to
approve all budget adjustments in accordance with Commissioner’s Regulations Section
170.3 up to $5,000;
d. Approval for Board to attend conferences;
e. Authorization of District Superintendent or designee to approve staff attendance at
conferences;
f. All items greater than $5,000 will be capitalized and depreciated;
g. Designation of District Treasurer to sign all checks; Deputy Treasurer is authorized if
Treasurer is not available;
h. Petty Cash: $50 with District Treasurer; Change Funds: $50 with CTE Office; $50 with
Cafeteria; $50 with Remington Site Office;
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Board President and/or District Superintendent/and or Board Clerk to sign necessary
contracts on behalf of the Board of Cooperative Educational Services;
Vice President to sign contracts in the absence of President;
Authorization of Principals and Supervisors to suspend students up to 5 days;
Reaffirmation of Reserve Accounts: Workers’ Compensation Reserve Account; New York
State Unemployment Insurance Reserve Account; Employee Benefits Accrued Liability
Reserve [EBALR];
Approval of Reserve Accounts
Renewal of perpetual Revenue Anticipation Notes
Authorization of the District Superintendent to appoint employees on a temporary basis
with the understanding that the Board of Education will make the final determination at
the next subsequent Board of Education meeting;
Authorization of Mark Deierlein, Executive Director of Business Operations, and Mark
Vivacqua, District Superintendent, to sell surplus equipment for the 2014-2015 school
year.
Approval of Credit Cards: M&T Bank – District Superintendent ($5,000 limit), Assistant
Superintendent ($5,000 limit), Executive Director of Business Operations ($5,000 limit);
Hannaford (housed in the CTE Office with authorization via purchase order)
Individuals authorized to execute bank transactions : Treasurer and Deputy Treasurer
Establishment of Rates and Positions:
Rates:
 Mileage rate: IRS Rate
 Mentoring rate: $800/yr
Positions:
 Mohawk Regional Teacher Center Director
 Arts In Education Coordinator
 Home Instruction Coordinator
 SBI Coordinator
 Literacy Coach
XI.
Re-adoption of Board Policies in effect during the previous year
XII.
Board of Education Memberships
a. New York State School Boards Association
b. Rural Schools Association
c. Oneida-Madison-Herkimer School Boards Institute
d. BOCES Educational Consortium
XIII. Appointment of Board of Education Representatives to the Association committees
a. 2014 NYSSBA Annual Convention Voting Delegate & Alternate
b. 2014-2015 Oneida-Madison-Herkimer School Boards Institute Executive Committee
Member
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XIV. Approval of Rates
Substitute Teacher Rates:
Substitute Non-Instructional Rates:
Teacher:
Certified
Uncertified
Teaching Assistant
Teacher Aide
Registered Nurse
LPN
Custodian
Clerical
Food Service Worker
Curriculum Writing Rates
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$75/day
$60/day
$52/day
$48/day
$12.65/hr
$8.50/hr
$8.00/hr
$8.00/hr
$8.00/hr
$20/hr
Authorization to Collect Money
Business Office
Lynn Hawkins
Ellen McLaughlin
Administration
Shawn Maxson
Terry Hadsell
Heather Nitti
LPN
Joanne Aldrich
Sara Nicolette
Sherrilyn Wiers-Brown
CTE
Cindy Leonard
Lucinda Richards
Special Programs
Laurie Waterbury
Cosmetology
Mary Beth Napolitano
Holly Rotundo
Remington Educational Complex
Kim LiBritz
Joanne Lundquist
Regional Summer School
Deb English
Denise Mabbett
Jason Sanchez
XVI.
Approval of Extracurricular Clubs for the 2014-2015 School Year
a. Child & Family Services Program
j. HOSA AM
b. Cosmetology AM
k. HOSA PM
c. Cosmetology PM
l. Honor Society
d. Cosmetology Retail
m. Natural Resource Management
e. Criminal Justice AM
n. Pathways
f. Criminal Justice PM
o. SkillsUSA
g. Culinary and Hospitality
p. Visual Communications
h. FBLA AM
q. Interest
i. FBLA PM
XVII.
NEW BUSINESS
A. Positive Thoughts
B. Policy Review
1st Reading
 Section 1000 – Community Relations – Policy #1005 – Code of Conduct
2nd Reading
 Section 5000 – Support Operations – Policy #5201 – Meal Charging
 Section 6000 – Personnel – Policy #6601 – Central Administration Employees
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XVIII.
Routine Business
A. Approval of Minutes, June 19, 2014 Regular Meeting
B. Contract and Budget Adjustment: Billing No. 10
C. Treasurers’ Reports, May 2014
D. Personnel Report
XIX.
Administrative Reports & Recommendations
A. Director of Academic Services
B. Director of Adult, Early Childhood & Outreach Education
C. Assistant Superintendent for Instruction
D. Executive Director of Business Operations
E. District Superintendent
 Authorize District Superintendent to sign agreement for physicians’ services for the
2014-15 school year, not to exceed $15,000/year
 Conference Approval for District Superintendent: NYSCOSS Fall Leadership Summit,
September 21–23, 2014; NYSSBA Annual Convention, October 26–28, 2014, NYSCOSS
Winter Institute, March 8–10, 2015
 Communications Plan – End of the Year Report, submitted by Bryon Ackerman, Public
Information Specialist
XX.
Future Business And Meetings
 SBI New School Board Member Academy, Part I, July 30 @ 5:30 p.m., Oneida BOCES; Part
II, August 20 @ 5:30 p.m., Oneida BOCES
XXI.
Adjournment
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POLICY
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
1005
CODE OF CONDUCT
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Police in the School
The police may search a student, or his/her locker in the presence of the
principal or his/her designee, if they have a valid warrant to do so or if they
have "probable cause" to believe that the student is in possession of
contraband. When police are permitted to interview students in school, the
students have the same Constitutional rights they have outside the school.
Parents will be notified as soon as possible. If police wish to speak to a
student concerning an out-of-school matter (in the absence of a warrant or
probable cause for suspicion), they will be directed by school authorities to
take the matter up directly with the student's parents.
C.
Student Responsibilities
All district students have the responsibility to:
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Contribute to maintaining a safe and orderly school environment that is
conducive to learning and to show respect to other persons and to property.
Be familiar with and abide by all district policies, rules and regulations
dealing with student conduct.
Attend school every day unless they are legally excused and be in class, on
time, and prepared to learn.
Work to the best of their ability in all academic and extracurricular pursuits
and strive toward their highest level of achievement possible.
React to direction given by teachers, administrators and other school
personnel in a respectful, positive manner.
Control their anger.
Ask questions when they do not understand.
Seek help in solving problems that might lead to discipline.
Dress appropriately for school and school functions.
Accept responsibility for their actions.
Conduct themselves as representatives of the district when participating in or
attending school-sponsored extracurricular events and to hold themselves to
the highest standards of conduct, demeanor, and sportsmanship.
Act and speak respectfully about issues/concerns.
Use non-sexist, non-racist and other non-biased language.
Respect and treat others with tolerance and dignity regardless of actual or
perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious
practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender or sex.
Use communication that is non-confrontational and is not obscene or
defamatory.
Report acts of bullying, discrimination, harassment and other inappropriate
actions that hurt others.
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Herkimer BOCES Board of Education
Regular Meeting
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Members Present
Daniel LaLonde, President
Thomas Shypski, Vice President
Robert Maxwell – via video conference
William Miller
Michele Szarek
Scott Tranter
Daniel Voce
Absent
William Dodge
Others Present
Mark Vivacqua
Mark Deierlein
Lawrence Thibault
Kim Conley
Chris Groves
Mary Kline
Roberta Matthews
Sheri Perry
Linda Tharp
President LaLonde called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. and requested everyone rise to recite the
Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Mr. Voce moved and Mr. Shypski seconded a motion to accept the agenda as presented. All voted in favor;
motion carried 7:0.
Herkimer BOCES recognized the following employees who were newly tenured this year: Amy Ambrose –
school counseling; Ryan Bronner – English teacher; Alexis Palumbo – school counseling; Georgia Waite –
special education teacher; Connie Bustamante – teaching assistant. Mrs. Waite who works in special
education as a career preparation teacher based out of Central Valley Academy attended the Board
meeting and was introduced to the Board.
ROUTINE BUSINESS
Approval of Minutes
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to approve the May 15, 2014, regular meeting
minutes as presented. All voted in favor; motion carried 7:0.
Treasurers’ Reports
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report and the
Extracurricular Treasurer’s Report for April 2014 as presented. All voted in favor; motion 7:0.
Bid Awards
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to accept the office supply bid from the lowest
bidder [awarded to Hummel’s]:
BOCES
Other Schools
Total Bid
$11,758.18
$107,170.41
$118,928.59
All voted in favor; motion carried 7:0.
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June 19, 2014
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to accept the duplicating paper bid from the lowest
bidder [awarded to Hummel’s]:
BOCES
Other Schools
Total Bid
$1,234.00
$21,326.54
$22,560.54
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to accept the art bid from the lowest bidder
[awarded to various vendors]:
BOCES
Other Schools
Total Bid
$4,176.60
$42,940.55
$47,117.15
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to accept the computer bid from the lowest bidder
BOCES
Other Schools
Total Bid
$3,459.69
$47,851.61
$51,311.30
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to accept the nursing bid from the lowest bidder
BOCES
Other Schools
Total Bid
$2,725.36
$13,357.29
$16,082.65
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to accept the custodial bid from the lowest bidder
BOCES
Other Schools
Total Bid
$582.92
$169,185.83
$169,768.75
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to accept the fuel bid from the lowest bidder
[awarded to Mirabito Fuel]:
BOCES
Other Schools
Total Bid
$5,136.20
$972,482.25
$977,618.45
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to accept the science bid from the lowest bidder
BOCES
Other Schools
Total Bid
$1,637.97
$28,331.87
$29,969.84
Fire Inspection Reports
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to accept the Fire Inspection Reports for the 20142015 school year as presented. The reports are currently complete, filed, and available for inspection by
contacting the Executive Director of Business Operations. All voted in favor; motion carried 7:0.
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Leases
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to approve the following lease agreements.
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Central Valley CSD, effective July 1, 2014 – August 31, 2014, at a rental of $25,000. (Regional Summer
School location).
 Oneida BOCES (Brodock Lease), effective July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 at an annual rental of $17, 510.
Extracurricular Account Name Change
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to approve the account name change as presented Early Childhood Education changed to Child & Family Services Program. All voted in favor; motion carried
7:0.
Donation
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to approve the $3,500 grant award from Slocum
Dickson Foundation. The funds will be used in the LPN Program to buy computer hardware to implement
electronic records, specifically the nursing fundamentals class and virtual clinical laboratory. All voted in
favor; motion carried 7:0.
Non-Contractual Employees’ Salaries & Benefits
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion to approve a 2.75% salary increase for the 2014-2015
and 2015-2016 school years for the non-contractual employees listed below:
Name
Cassidy, Diana
Deierlein, Mark
Devereese, Vicki
Hedges, Laurie
LaSalle, Brett
Maxson, Shawn
Rodriquez, Jodi
Roskowski, Dorothy
Sunderland, Kurt
2014-2015
$49,494.75
$108,000.00
$30,838.87
$117,142.22
$71,925.00
$52,458.29
$92,475.00
$77,774.63
$96,210.99
2015-2016
$50,855.85
$110,970.00
$31,686.94
$120,363.63
$73,902.94
$53,900.90
$95,018.06
$79,913.43
$98,856.79
Intermunicipal Agreement for Labor Relations & Policy Services with Madison-Oneida BOCES
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion authorizing the District Superintendent to execute
the intermunicipal agreement between Herkimer BOCES and the Madison-Oneida BOCES for Labor
Relations and Policy Services for the 2014-2015 school year as presented. All voted in favor; motion carried
7:0.
Consenting to Appointment of Shared Services Administrator
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion authorizing the following appointment:
WHEREAS, on November 8, 2012, this Board consented to the appointment of James Picolla, then serving
as the Director of Secondary Programs for the Herkimer Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES to serve in a
Shared Administrator capacity as the part-time Superintendent for the Owen D. Young Central School
District and as Director of Secondary Programs for Herkimer BOCES with such appointment subject to the
approval of the Owen D. Young Central School District Board of Education and the development and
execution of a written Agreement among this Board, Mr. Picolla and the Owen D. Young Central School
District Board of Education; and
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WHEREAS, said appointment and Agreement was for the period commencing on or about November 8,
2012 through June 30, 2013, and was extended by the parties by mutual written agreement to cover the
period through June 30, 2014; and
WHEREAS, James Picolla, who has served successfully as the Shared Administrator under such
Agreement, has accepted a promotion within the Herkimer BOCES and will terminate his services with the
District on or about June 30, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Owen D. Young Central School District and this BOCES wish to continue the arrangements
for the services of a part-time Superintendent and an Administrator; and
WHEREAS, this BOCES and the Owen D. Young Central School District Board of Education have conferred
and agreed upon a qualified Administrator to succeed Mr. Picolla as the Shared Administrator; and
WHEREAS, the District Superintendent has recommended that this Board allow Christopher M. Groves to
accept such appointment as part-time Superintendent and to continue rendering services in a reduced
capacity in his current administrative role to the BOCES as Director of Schools to Careers; and
WHEREAS, the Owen D. Young Central School District Board of Education have agreed to share in all
compensation, benefits and expenses for such services of Mr. Groves in the proposed Agreement for
Shared Services of an Administrator, which is annexed hereto as Exhibit “A”.
WHEREAS, Mr. Groves has agreed to accept the Owen D. Young Central School District Board of
Education’s offer of appointment for the period commencing on or about July 1, 2014 through June 30,
2015, or as may be extended by the parties by mutual written agreement; and
WHEREAS, subject to the consent of this BOCES, the Owen D. Young Central School District Board of
Education has approved the shared services arrangement and has appointed Mr. Groves to the position of
Superintendent of that District at its meeting held on June 16, 2014; and
WHEREAS, this Board acknowledges that such a shared Administrator arrangement with the Owen D.
Young Central School District would be of benefit to the BOCES and the Owen D. Young Central School
District; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board hereby consents to the appointment of Christopher
M. Groves as the part-time Superintendent of Schools of the Owen D. Young Central School District
commencing July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, or such other date as may be extended by mutual
agreement among the parties; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Board approves the written Agreement of Shared Services of
Administrator with such Agreement containing all of the relevant and applicable delegation of duties and
responsibilities for Mr. Groves as well as the terms of his compensation benefits, terms and other
conditions of employment; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board hereby authorizes the District Superintendent and/or the
President of the Board (or the Vice President in his/her absence), upon execution by Mr. Groves, to execute
said Agreement on behalf of the Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES and to file same with the BOCES
Clerk.
Memorandum of Agreement between Herkimer BOCES and Christopher Groves
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter seconded a motion authorizing the Board President to execute the
Memorandum of Agreement between Herkimer BOCES and Christopher Groves for the 2014-2015 school
year as presented. All voted in favor; motion carried 7:0. [Material filed in the supplemental file dated
6/19/14].
Personnel Report
Upon the recommendation of Mark Vivacqua, District Superintendent, Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Tranter
seconded a motion to accept the resignations, retirement, reduce position, abolish positions, establish
positions, and approve the leave of absence, appointments and amendments, as listed in the Personnel
Report, noting the salary, certification, and tenure status of all appointees, as appropriate.
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Resignations
Bronner, Ryan – Integrated English Teacher, CTE, effective 6/30/14.
Noonan, Trevor – Physical Education Teacher, Special Programs Summer School, effective 6/19/14.
McGough, Robert – Welding Instructor, CTE, effective 11/30/14. [For the purpose of retirement.]
Leave of Absence
Chambrone, Jennifer – Speech Therapist, Special Programs, effective 9/15/14 – 4/27/15, unpaid.
Reduction in Position
 Nurse Practitioner, reduce from 1 FTE to .8 FTE, effective 9/1/14. [Position held by Dorothy
Roskowski]
Abolition of Positions
 Assistant Director of Academic Services
 Director of Career and Technical Education
Establish Positions
 Assistant Superintendent for Administration
 Director of School to Careers
Certified Appointments
Basler, Della – Curriculum Writing, CTE, effective 7/11/14 – 8/31/14, up to 10 hours @ $20/hr = $200.
Beaudin, Carol – Social Worker, Pathways Academy, effective 7/1/14 – 8/31/14, up to 25 days @
$209.31/day = $5,232.75.
Bolt, Tara – Curriculum Writing, CTE, effective 7/1/14 – 6/30/15, up to 100 hours @ $20/hr = $2,000.
Cardwell, Darlene – TCI Instructor, Special Programs, effective 7/1/14 – 6/30/15, up to 90 hours @
$36.41/hr = $3,276.90.
Fragetta, Kimberley – Site Facilitator for SUNY, Instructional Support, effective 7/1/14 – 6/30/15, up to 150
hours @ $20/hr = $3,000.
Goodman, Chris – Physical Education Teacher, Special Programs, effective 7/2/14 – 8/13/14, up to 30 days
@ $187.54/day = $5,626.20.
Haggerty, Margaret – Reading Consultant, Instructional Support, effective 7/1/14 – 6/30/15, up to 90 days
@ $300/day = $27,000.
Jacquays-Alberts, Sarah – Teaching Assistant, CTE, effective 7/7/14 – 7/18/14, up to 10 days @
$100.33/day = $1,003.30.
Johnston, Timothy – TCI Instructor, Special Programs, effective 7/1/14 – 6/30/15, up to 90 hours @
$30.68/hr = $2,761.20.
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Krutz, Darryl – Driver Education Instructor, Regional Summer School, effective 7/1/14 – 8/15/14, up to 250
hours @ $34.94/hr = $8,735.
Laurion, Wes – Curriculum Writing, CTE, effective 7/11/14 – 8/31/14, up to 10 hours @ $20/hr = $200.
McCann-Kramas, Sally – Guidance Counselor, CTE, effective 7/1/14 – 8/30/14, up to 15 days @
$194.86/day = $2,922.90.
Mitchell, Lee – Special Education Teacher, CTE, effective 7/1/14 – 8/30/14, up to 15 days @ $229.01/day =
$3,435.15.
Napolitano, Mary Beth – Cosmetology Instructor, CTE, effective 7/7/14 – 8/18/14, up to 10 days @
$229.01/day = $2,290.10.
Nicolette, Sara – LPN Coordinator, LPN, effective 7/1/14 – 8/31/14, up to 240 hours @ $40.99/hr =
$9,837.60.
Nightingale, Sue Ellen – Curriculum Writing, CTE, effective 7/11/14 – 8/31/14, up to 10 hours @ $20/hr =
$200.
Paul, Heather – School Counselor, Pathways Academy, effective 7/1/14 – 8/31/14, up to 25 days @
$180.90/day = $4,522.50.
Rotundo, Holly – Cosmetology Instructor, CTE, effective 7/7/14 – 7/18/14, up to 10 days @ $234.44/day =
$2,344.40.
Sarafin, Kathleen – Curriculum Writing, CTE, effective 7/11/14 – 8/31/14, up to 10 hours @ $20/hr = $200.
Service, Patricia – Shared Business Official, Regional Support Services, effective 7/1/14 – 8/31/14, up to 30
days @ $400/day = $12,000.
Shedd, Stacie – Teaching Assistant, LPN, effective 7/1/14 – 8/31/14, up to 240 hours @ $20.04/hr =
$4,809.60.
Snell, Heidi – Long-Term Substitute, Special Education, effective 6/4/14 – 6/24/14, up to 15 days @
$164.14/day = $2,462.10.
Vanderwiel, Mary – Math Teacher, Regional Summer School, effective 7/1/14 – 8/15/14, up to 2 sessions
@ $1,575/session = $3,150; Math Review Class, up to 10 days @ $78.75/day = $787.50
Wheelock, Amy – Teaching Assistant, Special Programs, effective 7/2/14 – 8/13/14, up to 30 days @
$122.34/day = $3,670.20.
Migrant Tutor Summer, Migrant Education, effective 7/1/14 – 8/31/14:
Name
# of Hours
Rate/Hr
Total
Acker, Emily
150
$19.10
$2,865.00
Austin Klemme, Pat
225
$25.71
$5,784.75
Bedore, Rachel
175
$19.69
$3,445.75
Bensman, Rick
100
$18.80
$1,880.00
Castiglione, Sarah
150
$20.67
$3,100.50
Cole, Dana
200
$20.98
$4,196.00
Elinson, Robert
150
$26.04
$3,906.00
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Name
Elliott, Virginia
Gigliotti, Ellen
Griffin, Dorothy
Hedeen, Ruth
Jameison, Alexandria
Joy, Kimberly
Manarel, David
Mateo, Virginia
Matrese, Joshua
Melino, Amy
O’Brien, Kathleen
Ortlieb, Cheryl
Pinedo, Michelle
Saso, Kathleen
Silberman, Charles
Smith, Kathleen
Stone, Sherry
Szczygiel, Joanne
Tallman, Susan
Wallace, Robert
Watkins, Mary
Weber, Wayne
Wurster, Frances
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# of Hours
125
100
200
175
200
150
150
100
150
200
175
50
200
200
450
75
225
150
100
200
325
150
250
Rate/Hr
$23.45
$22.24
$24.27
$26.41
$21.29
$23.86
$21.97
$21.85
$17.97
$19.34
$23.45
$25.13
$21.85
$22.24
$23.45
$27.76
$26.57
$20.04
$18.52
$24.27
$24.70
$26.04
$23.48
Total
$2,931.25
$2,224.00
$4,854.00
$4,621.75
$4,258.00
$3,579.00
$3,295.50
$2,185.00
$2,695.50
$3,868.00
$4,103.75
$1,256.50
$4,370.00
$4,448.00
$10,552.50
$2,082.00
$5,978.25
$3,006.00
$1,852.00
$4,854.00
$8,027.50
$3,906.00
$5,870.00
Preschool Summer, effective 7/1/14 – 8/31/14, up to 30 days:
Name
Title
Rate of Pay
Dziuban, Courtney
Teacher
$175.36/day
Jones, Allison
Teacher
$215.92/day
Maneen, Mary
Teaching Assistant
$124.95/day
Nurod, Kathleen
Teaching Assistant
$123.49/day
Tooley, Diane
Teaching Assistant
$133.93/day
Total
$5,260.80
$6,477.60
$3,748.50
$3,704.70
$4,017.90
Adult Literacy Summer, Adult Education, effective 7/1/14 – 8/31/14 at $23.14/hr:
Name
Up to # of Hrs.
Total
Bouchard, Lorraine
25
$578.50
Dunadee, Barbara
40
$925.60
Edwards, Jacqueline
150
$3,471.00
Herringshaw, Linda
50
$1,157.00
Hoffman, Nancy
75
$1,735.50
Kidder, Deborah
60
$1,388.40
Lamphear, Diane
20
$462.80
Luppino, Cornelia [$17.36/hr]
150
$2,604.00
Merry, Sharon
100
$2,314.00
Murphy-Armstrong, Jessica
50
$1,157.00
Ortlieb, Cheryl
75
$1,735.50
Rocco, Phyllis
50
$1,157.00
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Substitutes
Congilaro, Bethanne
Constantine, Eva
June 19, 2014
Gagnon, Kristen
Special Programs Summer School Substitutes, effective 7/3/14 – 8/13/14
Constantine, Eva
Seifried, Wayne
Eysaman, Cathy
Shaffer, Jonathan
Gagnon, Kristen
Toher, Diana
Palmer, Casey
Walker, Lydia
Name:
Position:
Type:
Effective Dates:
Certification:
Salary:
Dumka, Carol
Arts in Education Coordinator
Term
7/1/14 – 6/30/15
School District Administrator; Permanent
$15,000
Name:
Position:
Effective Dates:
Tenure Area:
Certification:
Salary:
Groves, Christopher
Director of School to Careers (Administration)
7/1/14
Director of School to Careers [Tenured]
School District Administrator; Permanent, effective 9/06
$99,500 [.5 FTE - $55,000 from Owen D. Young CSD for Superintendent Services;
.5 FTE - $44,500 BOCES Director]
Name:
Position:
Effective Dates:
Tenure Area:
Certification:
Salary:
Picolla, James
Assistant Superintendent for Administration (Central Administration)
7/1/14
Assistant Superintendent for Administration [Tenured]
School District Administrator; Permanent, effective 9/03
$117,192
Name:
Position:
Type:
Effective Dates:
Certification:
Salary:
Stewart, John
Home School Coordinator
Term
7/1/14 – 6/30/15
School Administrator/Supervisor (SAS); Permanent
$10,000
Name:
Position:
Type:
Effective Dates:
Certification:
Salary:
Tubert, Marialana
Mohawk Regional Teacher Center Director [.5 FTE]
Term
7/1/14 – 6/30/15
English 7-12, Permanent, effective 9/79
$54,000; Pro-rated [.5 FTE]
8
Name:
Position:
Type:
Effective Dates:
Certification:
Salary:
June 19, 2014
VanWormer, James
Coordinator for Board Training (School Boards Institute)
Term
7/1/14 – 6/30/15
School District Administrator, Permanent, effective 9/85
$15,100
Classified Appointments
Barone, Jacqueline – Teacher Aide, Regional Summer School, effective 7/1/14 – 8/15/14, up to 30 days @
$48/day = $1,440.
Bishal, Jana – Food Service Helper, Cafeteria, effective 7/1/14 – 8/29/14, up to 10 hours @ $8.18/hr =
$81.80.
Cassidy, Diana – Certification Clerk, Human Resources, effective 7/1/14 – 6/30/15, Stipend - $500.
Comstock, Tammy – Teacher Aide, Preschool, effective 7/1/14 – 8/31/14, up to 30 days @ $49.06/day =
$1,471.80.
Drake, Ashley – Teacher Aide, Regional Summer School, effective 7/1/4 – 8/15/14, up to 30 days @
$48/day = $1,440.
Gollegly, Marlene – Cook, Cafeteria, effective 7/1/14 – 8/29/14, up to 75 hours @ $18.18/hr = $1,363.50.
Hyla, Beverly – Account Clerk, Regional Support Center, effective 7/1/14 – 6/30/15, up to 1,040 hours @
$11.79/hr = $12,261.60.
Keady-Dooley, Kate – Cook, Cafeteria, effective 7/1/14 – 8/29/14, up to 10 hours @ $9.14/hr = $91.40.
Loomis, Kathleen – Business Office Manager, Business Office, effective 7/1/14 – 6/30/15, Stipend to be
determined.
Maury, Ellen – Teacher Aide, Preschool, effective 7/1/14 – 8/31/14, up to 30 days @ $51.54/day =
$1,546.20.
McGovern, Linda – Cook Manager, Cafeteria, effective 9/1/14 – 6/30/15, up to 100 hours @ $18.15/hr =
$1,815.
Nitti, Heather – Assistance in Human Resources, Human Resources, effective 7/1/14 – 6/30/15, Stipend to
be determined.
Roskowski, Dorothy – Nurse Practitioner [Dolgeville, Frankfort-Schuyler and Herkimer], Special Programs,
effective 8/1/14 – 8/18/14, up to 3 days @ $391.44= $1,174.32.
Szewczyk, Mary – Food Service Helper, Special Programs Summer School, effective 7/3/14 – 8/13/14, up to
131 hours @ $8.00/hr = $1,048.
Talerico, Susan – Food Service Helper, Cafeteria, effective 7/1/14 – 8/29/14, up to 10 hours @ $8.18/hr =
$81.80.
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Wellington, Jessica – School Nurse, Special Programs Summer School, effective 7/1/14 – 8/29/14, up to 3
days @ $156.67/day = $470.01.
Special Programs Summer School Appointments, effective 7/2/14 – 8/13/14, up to 30 days [unless otherwise noted]
Alberts, Leanne
School Nurse
$75.90/day = $2,277.
Anderson, Deavon
Teacher Aide
$48/day = $1,440.
Cleveland, Brad
Teacher Aide
$48/day = $1,440.
Congilaro, Bethanne
Teacher Aide
$48/day = $1,440.
Miller, Beth
Teacher Aide
$50.52/hr = $1,515.60
Peters, Taylor
Teacher Aide
$48/day = $1,440.
Plumley, Erica
Teacher Aide
$48/day = $1,440.
Reynolds, Brittany
Teacher Aide
$48/day = $1,440.
Richie, Evelyn
Teacher Aide
$49.08/day = $1,472.40.
Roseen, Kelsey
Teacher Aide
$48/day = $1,440.
Teacher
Aide
Snyder, Alissa
$48/day = $1,440.
Teacher Aide
Travis, Allison
$48/day = $1,440.
Occupational Therapist [up to 20 days]
White, Lynn
$197.90/day = $3,958.
Amendments
Cole, Dana – Migrant Tutor, Migrant Education, effective 3/3/14 – 6/30/14, amend up to an additional 50
hours @ $20.30/hr = $1,015. [BOE Minutes 2/13/14]
Creater, Kim – Special Education Teacher, Special Programs Summer School, effective 7/2/14 – 8/13/14,
amend daily rate to $326.13/day, up to 30 days = $9,783.90. [BOE Minutes 4/24/14]
Dunn, Mark – Lead Evaluator, Instructional Support, effective 1/10/14 – 6/30/14, amend up to one
additional day @ $300/day = $300. [BOE Minutes 1/9/14]
Gage, Naomi – Clinical Supervisor, LPN Program, effective 9/1/13 – 6/30/14, amend up to an additional 30
hours @ $25.69/hr = $770.70. [BOE Minutes 8/22/13]
Ortlieb, Cheryl – Adult Literacy, Adult Education, effective 9/1/13 – 6/30/14, amend up to an additional
100 hours @ $22.39/hr = $2,239. [BOE Minutes 8/22/13]
Pinedo, Michelle – Migrant Tutor, Migrant Education, effective 9/1/13 – 6/30/14, amend up to an
additional 90 hours @ $21.14/hr = $1,902.60. [BOE Minutes 8/22/13]
Shelhamer, Kimberly – Pre-K Teacher, Long-Term Substitute, amend effective date from 9/1/13 – 6/30/14
to 9/1/13 – 6/30/15, salary $34,105. [BOE Minutes 8/22/13]
Wallace, Robert – Migrant Tutor, Migrant Education, effective 9/1/13 – 6/30/14, amend up to an
additional 50 hours @ $23.49/hr = $1,174.50. [BOE Minutes 8/22/13]
Worlock, Judith – Clinical Supervisor, LPN Program, effective 9/1/13 – 6/30/14, amend up to an additional
275 hours @ $25.69/hr = $7,064.75. [BOE Minutes 8/22/13]
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Informational Item
Anderson, Sara – Student Teacher, Special Programs, effective 9/15/14 – 12/4/14.
BOARD FORUM
During Board Forum, Mr. Miller informed the Board that four candidates for officer positions were
nominated by the NYSSBA Board of Directors to be presented to the delegates at the annual meeting in
October. The individuals and the office they are seeking are: President – Lynne Lenhardt; 1st Vice President
– Susan Bergtraum; 2nd Vice President – Bill Miller; Treasurer – Tom Nespeca. Mr. Miller noted that Rita
Lashway plans to retire and her position will not be filled.
Mrs. Szarek inquired about the NOCTI [National Occupational Competency Testing Institute] exam that was
referenced at the CTE Completion Ceremony.
OLD BUSINESS
Mr. Vivacqua informed the Board that a common date for the Board Summer Development Session had
been reached and will be held following a brief reorganization meeting on July 10. The reorganization
meeting will begin at 5 p.m.
NEW BUSINESS
Positive Thoughts
President LaLonde presented the following positive thoughts:
 News articles: Herkimer BOCES LPN program marks 50 years; LPN program conducted its annual
Health Career/Job Fair Day on April 30 – sixteen health care facilities from Amsterdam to Rome
participated in the event; BOCES students win medals in SkillsUSA state competition – William
Christian, Mount Markham – placed first in motorcycle mechanics; Solomon Davies, West Canada
Valley and Chloe Hartman, Herkimer – placed third in the team competition of digital cinema
photography; Ellen Fargo, Mount Markham – placed third in cosmetology; Rachel Meifert,
Richfield Springs – placed second in advertising design. The LPN Program received a $3,500 grant
from the Slocum-Dickson Foundation to buy computer hardware to implement electronic records in
the nursing fundamentals class and virtual clinical laboratory.
 Thank you letter from students in Mrs. Norod’s Junior High 12:1:1 class for the board members’
individual donations to their KEYS program fundraising efforts.
 Thank you letter to Mrs. Szarek for her donation to the Special Programs Prom fund.
Policy Review
Mr. Vivacqua noted the recommended changes to the following policies:
 Section 5000 – Support Operations – Policy 5201 – Meal Charging Policy
 Section 6000 – Personnel – Policy #6601 – Central Administration Employees
The Board is being asked to consider the new meal charging policy and approve updates to the Central
Administration Employees policy. First reading no action taken.
The following Board policies have recommended changes for the Board’s consideration.
Mr. Voce moved and Mrs. Szarek seconded a motion to adopt the recommended changes to the following
policies:
 Section 0000 – General Commitments – Policy #0020 – Tobacco and Nicotine Use Policy
 Section 7000 – Students – Policy #7104 – Student Medications
 Section 7000 – Students – Policy #7102 – Immunizations
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June 19, 2014
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS & RECOMMENDATIONS
The following information was included in each administrative report.
Director of Academic Services, Roberta Matthews
Expand CTE and Align with Regional Economic Development
 The final CTE Advisory group meeting was held and the committee provided input into both
the re-approval process and Perkins grant initiative.
Align P – 12 with Career Pathways/Higher Education Pipeline
 Eleven scholarships were granted through the Community Foundation for students in our
region to take advantage of Weather Watchers camp. To date, eight of the eleven
scholarships have been awarded.
 Carl D. Perkins Career & Technical Education one-year extension grant has been submitted.
 National Manufacturing Day at SUNYIT will be on October 4, 2014; Principals have been
encouraged to send students to be a part of this event.
Special Education – Increase Access to General Education Curriculum
 Data collected from our component school districts regarding students with disabilities and
potential service locations will be shared with superintendents at the next Cabinet meeting.
Expand Alternative Pathways to a Diploma
 The administrative team has met to brainstorm potential CTE program opportunities in
response to new proposed legislation increasing integrated credits in CTE from four to eight
credits.
Director of Adult, Early Childhood & Outreach Education, Mary Kline
Adult Education, Literacy Zone, LPN and High School GED
 Adult Literacy staff recently attended training on the new curriculum.
 The new TASC exam was given in Herkimer on May 21 and 22. Ten students took the exam.
 Eighty-five adult education students graduated and received either a High School
Equivalency (HSE) or External Diploma (EDP).
 The LPN Graduation is scheduled for June 25 at Herkimer HS. There are 60 graduates.
Early Childhood Education
 PreK classes are conducting moving up ceremonies.
 Staff are completing year-end assessments on PreK students and are providing the
additional information needed for the ReCap project.
 Registration was held for fall PreK spaces. Openings are still available.
 Three integrated PreK classes are full with half special needs students and half typical
students. Classes are scheduled to begin on July 3.
Outreach Education
 The Migrant Education staff is enrolling students for the summer component of the
program. All families receive home based summer services twice a week.
Community Outreach
 A former student donated ten new bicycles and helmets to children in this program.
President LaLonde made positive comments on all the end-of-the-year ceremonies and graduations. The
50th Annual Adult LPN graduation is scheduled for June 25.
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June 19, 2014
District Superintendent, Mark Vivacqua
Code of Conduct
Mr. Vivacqua informed the Board of a request from the Poland Superintendent of Schools, Mrs. Dutton, to
provide information about the current policy and procedures at the BOCES regarding police questioning of
students on school property. After consulting with the BOCES Policy Service, he forecasted to the BOCES
Board that he will be recommending new language when the Code of Conduct is readopted in July. He
noted that he believes this new language will more closely mirror many of our district’s policies, and so
there will be consistency for component school students whether they are at BOCES or their own school.
Administrators’ Association Contract Ratification
Mr. Shypski moved and Mrs. Szarek seconded a motion to accept the terms and conditions set forth in the
memorandum of agreement dated July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2016, between the Herkimer BOCES and the
Herkimer BOCES Administrators’ Association. All voted in favor; motion carried 7:0.
Conference Approval for District Superintendent
Mr. Miller moved and Mrs. Szarek seconded a motion to approve District Superintendent Vivacqua to
attend the Rural Schools Association Conference on July 13 – 15, 2014. All voted in favor; motion carried
7:0.
Mrs. Szarek inquired about holding camps relating to CTE programs at BOCES to boost interest in the Career
Tech Center.
Review of Items for Reorganization Meeting
Mr. Vivacqua reviewed action items that will be presented at the July reorganization meeting. It was noted
that these items are routine business. Board members were asked to contact the administration with any
questions or concerns they might have regarding the reorganization agenda.
FUTURE BUSINESS AND MEETINGS
 Pathways Academy Semi-Formal, June 20, 6 p.m., Pathways Academy
 LPN Graduation, June 25, 7 p.m., Herkimer High School Auditorium
 Reorganization Meeting, July 10, 5:30 p.m.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mr. Miller moved and Mr. Voce seconded a motion to enter into executive session to discuss the
appointment and employment of a particular person. All voted in favor; motion carried 7:0. The Board went
into executive session at 6:05 p.m. Mr. Miller left the meeting at 6:53 p.m. President LaLonde declared the
meeting reconvened at 7:06 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Tranter moved and Mr. Shypski seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:07 p.m. All voted in
favor; motion carried 6:0.
Shawn Maxson
Clerk
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TO:
Mr. Mark Vivacqua
District Superintendent
FROM:
Mr. Mark Deierlein
Executive Director of Business Operations
DATE:
June 30, 2014
RE:
2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR
CONTRACT AND BUDGET ADJUSTMENT - BILLING NO. 10
I. Service Adjustment
CENTRAL VALLEY
A201
A203
A308
A318
A319
A320
A398
A398
A403
A403
A404
A407
A408
A435
A509
A510
A516
A591
A593
A607
A620
A621
A624
A633
A635
A643
DOLGEVILLE
A201
A203
A308
A318
A320
A403
A407
A408
A409
A425
Academic & Career Dev Skills 12:1:1
Behavioral Adjustment Skills 8:1:1
School Social Worker
Speech Impaired
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Teacher Aide 1:1
Teacher Assistant
Senior Honors
Enrichment - CVCS
Virtual Learning
Arts in Education - CVCS
Equivalent Attendance / GED
Hospital Based Instr - OCM
Printing
Printing - ONEIDA
Curriculum Improvement - Lvl 2
Instructional Computer Svcs-MAD
K - 12 Insight - SUFFOLK
School Boards Institute
Alcohol & Drug Testing
School Communication - ONEIDA
Commuication Svc - ALBANY
Computer Svc Mgmt - MAD
Staff Dev - Transportation -MAD
Safety Svc - ONEIDA
Subtotal
$5,956.80
($31,395.00)
($2,868.21)
$326.82
($1,588.60)
$1.05
$34,895.00
($35,681.00)
$375.00
$4,609.00
$300.00
$5,243.00
($62,859.00)
$552.00
$2,433.74
($7,849.00)
$1,940.96
($2,979.64)
$27,200.00
$179.00
($129.20)
$260.50
$473.20
($10,385.62)
$480.00
$200.00
Speech Impaired
Physical Therapy
Enrichment - DCS
Arts in Education - DCS
Academic Program - OSS
Nonsecure Detention - ONEIDA
($14,892.00)
$46,644.00
$3,110.64
$1.20
$0.60
$780.00
$305.00
($26,400.00)
$273.00
$860.00
($70,309.20)
Page 2
DOLGEVILLE (continued)
A509
A510
A511
A514
A516
A538
A591
A607
A620
A621
A633
FRANKFORT-SCHUYLER
A201
A203
A204
A308
A318
A319
A320
A404
A407
A408
A507
A509
A510
A511
A516
A591
A607
A621
A630
A633
A643
Printing
Printing - ONEIDA
Model Schools - MAD
Regional Catalog - Online - ONEIDA
Staff Dev - Programs - ALBANY
Subtotal
$892.09
$1,191.00
($5,363.91)
$100.00
$896.87
$52.00
($23.91)
$111.00
$112.70
$304.50
$10,000.00
Life Skills 12:1:3+1
Speech Impaired
Physical Therapy
Virtual Learning
Arts in Education - FSCS
Learning Technology - ONEIDA
Printing
Printing - ONEIDA
Model Schools - MAD
Telephone Interconnect
Safety Svc - ONEIDA
Subtotal
$14,892.00
$26,013.00
($750.27)
$1,233.71
$4,516.98
$6,598.80
$3,231.40
$3,000.00
$43.38
($12,153.00)
$65,802.34
$363.25
$3,298.00
($3,750.00)
$277.28
$30,729.86
$90.00
$826.50
$3,200.50
($29,590.25)
$200.00
Speech Impaired
Physical Therapy
Enrichment - HCS
Virtual Learning
Arts in Education - HCS
$59,940.30
($3,157.44)
($2,093.13)
$7,096.74
($549.90)
$1,647.76
$2,363.25
$150.00
$709.00
($50,706.00)
$204.75
$18,954.78
$118,073.48
HERKIMER
A201
A203
A308
A318
A319
A320
A403
A404
A407
A408
A409
Page 3
HERKIMER (continued)
A425
A509
A510
A511
A591
A607
A620
A633
LITTLE FALLS
A203
A308
A318
A320
A404
A407
A509
A510
A511
A516
A591
A607
A620
A633
MOUNT MARKHAM
A203
A308
A318
A320
A403
A403
A407
A414
A423
A509
A510
A511
A516
A591
A607
A620
A621
A633
Printing
Printing - ONEIDA
Model Schools - MAD
Subtotal
$430.00
$3,579.05
$435.00
($5,335.71)
$46,110.69
$328.00
$450.10
$3,913.76
Speech Impaired
Physical Therapy
Virtual Learning
Arts in Education - LFCS
Printing
Printing - ONEIDA
Model Schools - MAD
Subtotal
$10,764.00
$1,436.28
$1.50
$0.90
$3,200.00
$395.00
$48.08
$319.00
($1,500.00)
$831.84
$6,773.81
$32.00
$103.08
($285.01)
Speech Impaired
Physical Therapy
Senior Honors
Enrichment - MMCS
Arts in Education - MMCS
Equivalent Attendance -N/C - MAD
Distance Learning - ONEIDA
Printing
Printing - ONEIDA
Model Schools - MAD
Subtotal
$19,734.00
$5,180.83
$4.80
$1,997.38
$125.00
$2,187.00
($1,282.00)
($18.36)
$680.00
$5.34
($391.00)
($2,599.21)
$605.17
($13,531.03)
$483.00
$487.90
($3,132.00)
($430.14)
$65,516.22
$22,120.48
$10,106.68
Page 4
OWEN D. YOUNG
A201
A203
A308
A318
A319
A320
A398
A404
A407
A509
A511
A516
A591
A607
A620
Speech Impaired
Physical Therapy
Teacher Aide 1:1
Virtual Learning
Arts in Education - ODY
Printing
Model Schools - MAD
Subtotal
($19,359.60)
$17,940.00
($123.36)
$3,976.48
$2,566.20
$1,233.12
($623.12)
$1,200.00
$584.00
$822.65
($300.00)
$455.40
$9,346.79
$127.00
$103.08
Speech Impaired
Physical Therapy
Teacher Aide 1:1
Enrichment - PCS
Virtual Learning
Arts in Education - PCS
Alternative Ed LVL I - ONEIDA
Printing
Printing - ONEIDA
Printing - MADISON
Subtotal
$54,728.10
$9,867.00
$8,223.07
$9,400.28
$4,466.65
$235.48
($4,985.00)
$142.50
$600.00
$731.00
($26,400.00)
($5,036.25)
$1,645.29
($1,409.00)
$361.37
$622.80
$480.00
($650.00)
($1,015.00)
$17,948.64
POLAND
A201
A203
A308
A318
A319
A320
A398
A403
A404
A407
A408
A427
A509
A510
A515
A516
A545
A607
A621
RICHFIELD SPRINGS
A201
A203
A308
A318
A319
A320
A342
A407
A509
A510
A511
Speech Impaired
Physical Therapy
Leadership Coaches
Arts in Education - RSCS
Printing
Printing - ONEIDA
Model Schools - MAD
$52,008.29
$29,784.00
$10,764.00
$1,565.85
$4,053.61
$3,071.62
$1,468.90
$19,600.00
($1,540.00)
$37.39
$1,172.00
($750.00)
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RICHFIELD SPRINGS (continued)
A516
A545
A591
Powerschool Student Mgmt-Broome
A603
A607
Labor Relations - MAD
A611
A620
A621
A633
Subtotal
WEST CANADA VALLEY
A201
A203
A308
A318
A320
A398
A403
A407
A408
A509
A510
A511
A516
A591
A607
A620
A621
Speech Impaired
Physical Therapy
Teacher Aide 1:1
Enrichment - WCV
Arts in Education - WCV
Printing
Printing - ONEIDA
Model Schools - MAD
Subtotal
HAMILTON-FULTON-MONTGOMERY BOCES
A201
A203
A308
Speech Impaired
A318
Pen In Hand Writers Conference
A403
Subtotal
MADISON-ONEIDA BOCES
A403
A607
Subtotal
ONEIDA-MADISON-HERKIMER BOCES
A203
A308
Speech Impaired
A318
$277.28
$240.00
($55,748.95)
($13,859.25)
$520.00
($6,192.00)
$187.60
$2,262.00
$4,799.25
$1,713.30
($24,571.80)
($2,224.56)
($2,150.82)
($316.02)
($2,699.02)
($24,925.00)
$5,014.26
($3,251.76)
($2,730.00)
$7,585.44
($870.00)
$150.00
$3,349.23
$338.00
$52.00
$124.90
$98.50
($47,026.65)
$14,892.00
($13,673.87)
($1,090.82)
$1.50
$350.00
$478.81
$180.00
$2,492.00
$2,672.00
$17,104.00
$874.81
$1,894.81
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ONEIDA-MADISON-HERKIMER BOCES (continued)
A319
A320
Physical Therapy
A403
A607
Subtotal
Total of Contract Adjustment
$2,155.12
$1,380.15
$90.00
$6,819.00
$30,317.89
$222,574.72
II. Budget Adjustments
GENERAL FUND
A. Appropriations
201-4220-150-000
203-4235-150-000
204-4240-150-000
308-6910-150-000
318-4650-150-000
319-6717-160-000
320-6716-160-000
342-6122-491-180
398-4670-160-000
398-4670-150-000
403-5841-150-000
403-5841-150-000
403-5841-400-010
403-5841-400-030
403-5841-400-060
403-5841-400-070
403-5841-400-100
403-5841-400-130
404-5877-150-000
407-5842-400-010
407-5842-400-020
407-5842-400-030
407-5842-400-050
407-5842-400-060
407-5842-400-070
407-5842-400-090
407-5842-400-100
407-5842-400-110
407-5842-400-130
408-5916-150-000
409-5874-150-000
414-5916-491-190
423-5877-491-180
425-5870-491-180
427-5873-491-180
435-5874-491-220
507-6360-491-180
509-6313-160-000
Life Skills 12:1:3+1
Speech Impaired
Physical Therapy
Leadership Coaches
Teacher Aide 1:1
Teacher Assistant
Senior Honors
Enrichment - DCS
Enrichment - HCS
Enrichment - CVCS
Enrichment - MMCS
Enrichment - PCS
Enrichment - WCV
Virtual Learning
Arts in Education - DCS
Arts in Education - FSCS
Arts in Education - HCS
Arts in Education - LFCS
Arts in Education - CVCS
Arts in Education - MMCS
Arts in Education - ODY
Arts in Education - PCS
Arts in Education - RSCS
Arts in Education - WCV
Equivalent Attendance -N/C - MAD
Distance Learning - ONEIDA
Alternative Ed LVL I - ONEIDA
Hospital Based Instr - OCM
Learning Technology - ONEIDA
Printing
$121,369.80
$108,379.13
($750.27)
$13,298.85
$30,958.70
$16,719.89
$8,497.72
$19,600.00
$4,361.88
($35,681.00)
$620.00
$500.00
$780.00
$2,363.25
$4,609.00
$2,187.00
$142.50
$5,014.26
$8,450.00
$305.00
$43.38
$709.00
$395.00
$5,243.00
($1,282.00)
$584.00
$731.00
($1,540.00)
($3,251.76)
($181,248.00)
$477.75
($18.36)
$680.00
$1,290.00
($5,036.25)
$552.00
$65,802.34
$17,412.32
$222,574.72
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A. Appropriations (continued)
Printing - ONEIDA
510-6313-491-180
Model Schools - MAD
511-6368-491-190
Regional Catalog - Online - ONEIDA
514-6316-491-180
Printing - MADISON
515-6313-491-190
516-6211-400-000
Staff Dev - Programs - ALBANY
538-6211-491-320
545-6161-150-000
591-6360-491-190
K - 12 Insight - SUFFOLK
593-6360-491-019
Powerschool Student Mgmt-Broome
603-7710-491-017
607-7134-150-000
Labor Relations - MAD
611-7111-491-190
620-7334-491-170
621-7511-491-180
Commuication Svc - ALBANY
624-7511-491-320
Telephone Interconnect
630-7420-491-180
633-7710-491-190
Staff Dev - Transportation -MAD
635-7131-491-190
643-7470-491-180
Safety Svc - ONEIDA
($4,104.00)
($19,448.83)
$100.00
$361.37
$9,256.83
$52.00
$720.00
$21,015.62
$27,200.00
($13,859.25)
$10,583.00
($6,192.00)
$1,440.16
($395.00)
$473.20
$3,200.50
($21,978.01)
$480.00
$400.00
Total Appropriations:
$222,574.72
B. Revenues
A2252 Components
A2254 Other BOCES
Current Appropriation
Adjustment
$189,106.02
$33,468.70
$27,055,041.86
$222,574.72
NEW APPROPRIATION:
$27,277,616.58
HERKIMER COUNTY BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
TREASURER'S REPORT
MAY 2014
CHECKING ACCOUNTS
Cash balance
HCT
General Fund
Special Aid Fund School Lunch Fund
Trust and Agency
Capital Fund
beginning of
month
3,294,912.84
976,990.11
19,927.51
54,873.36
508,914.61
+ receipts
2,613,609.20
575,352.64
12,283.38
877,197.02
0.00
Beginning balance
+ receipts
5,908,522.04
1,552,342.75
32,210.89
932,070.38
508,914.61
- disbursements
1,403,239.74
375,185.75
13,758.24
849,610.57
0.00
Cash balance end
of month
4,505,282.30
1,177,157.00
18,452.65
82,459.81
508,914.61
BANK RECONCILIATIONS
Bank balance
- outstanding
checks
bank error
outstanding dep
Cash balance end
of month
5,154,780.07
1,269,835.18
19,468.63
92,146.35
508,914.61
649,497.77
0.00
0.00
92,678.18
0.00
0.00
1,085.43
0.00
69.45
9,696.91
0.00
10.37
0.00
0.00
0.00
4,505,282.30
1,177,157.00
18,452.65
82,459.81
508,914.61
BALANCE OF FUNDS COLLATERALIZED
207.29%
TREASURER
Treasurer's Report
TREASURER'S REPORT
MAY 2014
HCT
WORKER'S COMP
Cash balance beginning
of month
+receipts
Total beginning balance
+ receipts
- disbursements for the
month
Outstanding deposit
Cash balance end of the
month
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
152,221.12
8,140.58
213,878.72
4,079.53
160,361.70
217,958.25
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
160,361.70
217,958.25
PAYROLL ACCOUNT
BANK BALANCE PER
STATEMENT
-OUTSTANDING
CHECKS
OUTSTANDING DEP
CASH BALANCE END
OF THE MONTH
Treasurer's Report
13,251.38
13,251.38
0.00
0.00
0.00
EXTRA CURRICULAR TREASURER'S REPORT
MAY 2014
CHECKING ACCOUNTS
HCT
beginning of
month
+ receipts
Beginning balance
+ receipts
- disbursements
Cash balance end
of month
EXTRA CURRICULAR
OUTSTANDING
16,823.61
1,966.38
0.00
339.88
0.00
0.00
18,450.11
0.00
18,789.99
.
BANK RECONCILIATIONS
Bank balance
- outstanding
checks
18,450.11
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
bank error
0.00
outstanding dep
Cash balance end
of month
0.00
0.00
0.00
18,450.11
0.00
Treasurer's Report
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Board of Education
July, 2014 Report
Roberta A. Matthews, Director of Academic Services
Expand CTE and Align with Regional Economic Development

The re-approval process has begun for the next three CTE programs:
1) Automotive Technology
2) Broadcasting
3) Building Construction
Align P – 12 with Career Pathways/Higher Education Pipeline

Our Trade and Service programs have completed a curriculum revision to better
align them with our CTE programs and post-secondary opportunities. .
Special Education – Increase Access to General Education Curriculum

Professional development is planned over the summer at Pathways to better support
both General Education and Special Education teachers as they work with students with
disabilities.
Expand Alternative Pathways to a Diploma

Both Regional Summer School and our Extended School Year for students with
disabilities are ready to begin in early July. Staff orientation for both of these programs
will take place prior to opening day.

Many students and their families enjoyed the recent graduation ceremonies.
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The recruitment process is underway for positions where there are vacancies.
Other
CTE Programs and their National Assessments
CTE Program
Automotive Technology
Broadcasting
Building Construction
Collision Repair
Cosmetology
Criminal Justice
Culinary Hospitality
Child and Family Services
Health Science Careers
Information Technology Academy Business
Management
Information Technology Academy Network
Administration
Natural Resource Management
Outdoor Power Equipment
Visual Communications
Welding
National Assessment
ASE NA3SA & Skills USA
NOCTI – Television Production
NCCER-Carpentry, Masonry, and CORE Level 1
ASE NA3SA and Skills USA
Skills USA
NOCTI-Criminal Justice
Pro Start
NOCTI Early Childhood Education and Care
NOCTI Nurse Assisting, NYS Certification Exam
for Nurse Assistants (CNA)
NOCTI- General Management
NOCTI Computer Networking Fundamentals
NOCTI Computer Repair Technology
NOCTI-Conservation
NOCTI – Small Engine Technology
NOCTI Visual Communication and Multimedia
Design
NOCTI AWS
NOCTI = National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI)
ASE = Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)
NCCER = National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER)
AWS = American Welding Society
CNA = Certified Nurse Assistant
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES
Year-End Report
2013-14 School Year
Submitted by Bryon Ackerman
Public Information Specialist
June 2014
OVERVIEW
This report covers the second half of the 2013-14 school year from Jan. 1, 2014, to
July 1, 2014. The report reviews accomplishments from this half of the school year as they
relate to the four priorities established in the 2013-14 communications plan. Many of the
accomplishments from this half of the year overlapped between Priority No. 2 (strengthen
Herkimer BOCES’ perception in the community as a leader in efforts to create college and
career pathways) and Priority No. 3 (increase interest among students and component
school districts in current and additional CTE programs), so those sections are combined for
this report.
Multiple publications and other work related to new career and technical education
programs, changes to current CTE programs and the existing CTE programs in general
became a large focus of this half of the school year. Other highlights included the Fight for
Our Valley Schools education rally, the start of the development of the Schools Teaming
with Regional Industries for Valley Education (STRIVE) and regional coordination for the
annual Open House.
In order to enhance the evaluation portion of this report, feedback was requested
from some Herkimer BOCES administrators, and responses were received from Director of
Academic Services Roberta Matthews and Assistant Director of Academic Services Chris
Groves. I worked closely with both of them throughout this school year, and their comments
will be included throughout this report in the evaluation sections.
Priority #1: Enhance the presence of Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego
BOCES and District Superintendent Mark Vivacqua on social media and in traditional media
to allow for greater influence on educational issues that align with BOCES goals and get
more feedback from the community.
Accomplishments:
Fight for Our Valley Schools education rally:
Worked with District Superintendent Mark Vivacqua, Central Valley public information
specialist Cuyle Rockwell and Richfield Springs public information specialist Dan Bader to
organize the Fight for Our Valley Schools education rally with Statewide Schools Finance
Consortium Executive Director Rick Timbs as the executive director. The following are some
of the tasks I completed as part of this regional advocacy event:
• Worked with the others to develop the official name for the event.
• Designed the logo for the event.
• Made custom fliers for Herkimer BOCES and each of its component school
districts to help spread word about the event. (BOCES version attached.)
• Worked with Cuyle Rockwell to create a news release about the event and
web stories for each school district.
• Worked with District Clerk Shawn Maxson to coordinate the school districts’
access to the fliers, posting of the news story and posting of Gap Elimination
Adjustment videos.
• Worked with Shawn Maxson to collect photos of students from each of the
school districts.
• Used the photos to create a slideshow that played in the background on a
large screen during the education rally.
• Worked with Dan Bader and Mark Vivacqua to create an advocacy toolkit to
hand out at the event with GEA information, contact information for
legislators, a pull-out sample letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and more.
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Worked with Rick Timbs and the others to establish the game plan for how
the event would unfold.
Worked with Herkimer College to plan the details of the evening and to make
sure everything would go smoothly.
Coordinated with Capital Region BOCES Communications Service manager
Steve King to have the Education Speaks blog preview the education rally and
re-tweet some of the Herkimer BOCES tweets about the event.
Set up an interview for Mark Vivacqua on WKTV News Talk.
Set up radio interviews for Mark Vivacqua and Rick Timbs on the Keeler Show
and on Talk of the Town. Mark Vivacqua’s interview led to me setting up an
additional interview for him on the Keeler Show afterward about the state
budget.
Organized a media availability that took place prior to the start of the event
and sent out the advisory to the media.
Live tweeted during the education rally.
Worked with Cuyle Rockwell to create custom stories about the rally for
BOCES and each of the component districts.
Worked with Shawn Maxson to send the stories to each of the component
districts for posting on their websites.
Posted the raw video from the rally on YouTube in 10 parts. Set up an official
Herkimer BOCES YouTube page as part of this.
Learned how to use the Windows video editing program and edited the raw
video to create a 10-minute highlight video from the rally and a three-minute
highlight video. Posted both videos to YouTube and distributed them to the
component school districts.
Created a Fight for Our Valley Schools page on the Herkimer BOCES website,
so it can be used as an ongoing resource. The advocacy toolkit, story, videos
and more are available there.
http://herkimerboces.schoolfusion.us/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=311
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Changed up the top of the page on www.herkimer-boces.org to include icons
with links to the Fight for Our Valley Schools page as well as Mark Vivacqua’s
Twitter account and the Herkimer BOCES Facebook page, Twitter page and
YouTube page.
Social media:
Continued regularly posting to the Herkimer BOCES Facebook and Twitter accounts
as well as occasionally contributing to District Superintendent Mark Vivacqua’s Twitter
account, which he posted from through much of the school year. Live tweeted during the
Fight for Our Valley Schools education rally.
News releases/web stories:
The following news releases fell under this priority:
04/29/2014 - SED Commissioner King recently visited the region. To read more
and see a video, click here.
04/03/2014 - Grant-provided iPads help teachers obtain professional development.
Click here.
03/06/2014 - Mohawk Valley residents stand together at "Fight for Our Valley
Schools" education rally. Click here.
02/19/2014 - Herkimer BOCES invites local residents to "Fight for Our Valley
Schools" at education rally. Click here.
02/10/2014 - District Superintendent Mark Vivacqua comments on recommended
adjustments to Regents Reform Agenda. Click here.
01/29/2014 - Assemblyman Marc Butler unveils APPLE Plan at Herkimer BOCES
(comments included from Herkimer BOCES District Superintendent Mark Vivacqua).
Click here.
01/21/2014 - District Superintendent Mark Vivacqua comments on state budget
proposal. Click here.
Evaluation:
Fight for Our Valley Schools: The Fight for Our Valley Schools education rally was
a great way to not only increase opposition to the GEA and other state funding issues, but it
also put Herkimer BOCES and Mark Vivacqua in a publicly noticeable leadership position
throughout the education community. The media coverage of the event plus interviews on
television and the radio helped further establish Mark Vivacqua’s presence as a local
educational leader. We didn’t overly stress that this was a BOCES event because we wanted
the schools to feel just as much a part of it and have everyone feel like this was a groundup effort to join together. The schools and community, however, surely felt BOCES’
leadership role in organizing the event and disseminating information. We estimate based
on the number of advocacy toolkits handed out that about 250 people attended the event.
Based on the comparatively small student population of the BOCES, we believe the
attendance figures were strong and comparable to other regional advocacy events such as
the Capital Region BOCES event. Also, the fact that Mark Vivacqua’s radio appearance led to
other appearances on the Keeler Show is a sign that the event helped expand the BOCES
and Mark Vivacqua’s influence.
News Releases: The various news releases such as Mark Vivacqua’s comments on
the state budget proposal also served to continue the message that BOCES is a local
educational leader.
Social Media: Herkimer BOCES’ social media reach also increased during the second
half of the school year. From Jan. 1, 2014, to June 20, 2014, the Herkimer BOCES Facebook
page increased from 88 to 169 “likes” (an increase of 81 “likes” or 92 percent), the
Herkimer BOCES Twitter page increased from 135 to 239 “followers” (an increase of 104
“followers” or 77 percent) and Mark Vivacqua’s Twitter page increased from 89 to 161
“followers” (an increase of 72 “followers” or 81 percent).
The following on Twitter seems to be steadily increasing and likely will continue to
grow if efforts are continued. The number of tweets and Facebook posts could be increased
and further planned to increase followings, and additional efforts to share the followers from
one account to the other could be tried.
The number of Facebook “likes” isn’t as high as would be preferred. There seems to
be much less of a connection with parents than what comes naturally with a school district.
The Poland Central School District Facebook page for example has quickly surpassed the
Herkimer BOCES page with 515 “likes” as of June 20, 2014, with much of the attention
coming from school sports events and student accomplishments. Additional ways to reach
the BOCES community and BOCES parents in particular need to be explored, so they can
access the student stories, enjoy the Facebook page and provide better feedback to the
Board of Education. Handouts, letters, teacher involvement and the establishment of a full
social media policy to allow for more photo posting could all play a role in increasing the
Facebook following.
Chris Groves said he believes the social media activity – including during the Fight
for Our Valley Schools education rally – is starting to redefine BOCES’ communication with
the community.
Priority #2: Strengthen Herkimer BOCES’ perception in the community as a
leader in efforts to create college and career pathways.
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Priority #3: Increase interest among students and component school districts
in current and additional CTE programs.
Accomplishments:
Aviation program announcement:
Sent out a media advisory that an airplane was being delivered to Herkimer BOCES
for its new aviation maintenance program, organized the media coverage on the day of the
event (when there were multiple TV stations and newspapers in attendance) and wrote our
own story about the announcement.
New Programs Brochure (one version attached):
Developed multiple versions of a New Programs Brochure to help spread information
about the new BOCES programs including aviation maintenance and New Visions
Professions.
Individualized Brochures – including new programs – (attached):
In addition to the combined New Programs Brochure, individualized brochures were
requested, so I designed and created brochures for aviation maintenance, New Visions
Professions, introduction to careers and trades and service industry.
New Visions PowerPoint (attached):
Created the setup for a PowerPoint about the New Visions Professions programs in
order to enhance the look of it for Roberta Matthews and Chris Groves before they added
their information to it and used the PowerPoint to inform others about the program.
Other brochure/design/idea work for new programs:
In addition to working with Roberta Matthews and Chris Groves on the various new
programs brochures and the New Visions PowerPoint, helped them with various other
related aspects of developing ideas and designing images for them to use. Some of these
were incorporated into their work and others weren’t but still helped with the development
of the end products.
STEM Brochure (attached):
Worked again with Roberta Matthews and Chris Groves to develop a brochure for
STEM Camps Herkimer BOCES is putting together this summer along with Herkimer College.
This brochure had to be updated multiple times as changes to the camps were made and
final details were ironed out. The STEM information also was included in other publications.
Women’s Career Experience:
This event featured local successful women presenting for female high-school
students and offering them advice. After helping with the name of the event and developing
the logo, I designed a flier to spread information about the event and interviewed all of the
women participating to create a brochure with biographical information and advice from
each woman. I also arranged for media coverage of the event. A snow day caused the
Women’s Career Experience to be rescheduled, and some of the participants changed, so
the brochure (attached) had to be updated, and the media coverage had to be rearranged.
The event did receive television and newspaper coverage.
Open House:
Continued efforts to advertise the annual Open House, after previously meeting with
communications representatives from Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES and MadisonOneida BOCES to plan communications efforts surrounding the three BOCES’ annual open
houses, arranging for Herkimer BOCES broadcast occupations instructor Ryan DeMars and
his class to produce the television commercial for the Open House and working with the
other communications representatives to organize television and online advertising for the
event. Worked with DeMars to get the video of the commercial to the local television
stations and with the BOCES communications representatives to get the commercial on
YouTube. Also collaborated on a news release and media advisory about the Open House,
added the event details to local media community calendars and arranged for CTE Principal
Kathy Fox to appear on the Keeler Show radio program to promote the Open House.
CTE Mailer (attached):
This publication was mailed to the homes of all students in grades 7-10 in the
Herkimer BOCES supervisory. It’s goal is to help parents and students understand the
important role BOCES can play in preparing students for college and/or careers – including
the possibility of the BOCES training leading to quality local jobs. Created an original design
for this brochure based closely off the design of other recent BOCES publications including
the Annual Meeting Report. Included some of the best stories from the 2014 Annual Meeting
Report and 2013 Annual Meeting Report and updated them. Also included a story about the
Information Technology Academy and a message from District Superintendent Mark
Vivacqua to local parents.
STRIVE:
Herkimer BOCES is in the process of developing a partnership among local schools
and businesses to create better collaboration. Came up with the name (Schools Teaming
with Regional Industries for Valley Education or STRIVE), created the logo, researched local
industry information, designed a cover for the STRIVE Guide to Career Options in the
Mohawk Valley and designed the basic look for the inside pages of the guide, which will
continue to be worked on throughout the summer. (A draft with the cover design and
general look of the brochure is attached.)
The following news releases fell under this priority:
06/20/2014 - Pathways Academy students gain life skills through project
presentations. Click here.
04/08/2014 - Herkimer BOCES Women's Career Experience provides insights,
advice from local successful women.
Click here.
04/04/2014 - MVCC wins 2014 Herkimer BOCES Outstanding Community Partner
Award for role in starting new aviation maintenance program at BOCES. Click here.
03/19/2014 - Herkimer BOCES Open House opens doors for local students. Click
here.
03/12/2014 - Herkimer BOCES Open House rescheduled for 6-8 p.m. March 19.
Click here.
03/07/2014 - Herkimer BOCES Open House 6-8 p.m. March 12. Click here.
01/23/2014 - New aviation maintenance program soon landing at
Herkimer BOCES. Click here.
(Part 3 of the Herkimer BOCES College and Career Readiness Series)
01/13/2014 - CTE Advisory Committee aims to align Herkimer BOCES programs
with jobs available at local businesses. Click here. (Part 2 of the Herkimer
BOCES College and Career Readiness Series)
01/06/2014 - Pathways Academy Ambassadors reach out to help community,
other students. Click here.
Evaluation:
Enrollment: Priority No. 2 (strengthen Herkimer BOCES’ perception in the
community as a leader in efforts to create college and career pathways) was almost
certainly achieved. Priority No. 3 (increase interest among students and component school
districts in current and additional CTE programs) didn’t make enough of a different in the
short term to turn around declining enrollment trends, but hopefully contributed to a longerterm turnaround. CTE enrollment was low this year, and the new programs (aviation
maintenance, New Visions Professions and introduction to careers) will not be running next
school year due to low enrollment, Roberta Matthews said. Matthews and Chris Groves both
said they think the enrollment is not a reflection of the communications efforts, and Groves
pointed out that he thinks enrollment would be lower if not for the work “This is slowly
getting the word out to our districts and our community that there are career opportunities
in aviation,” Matthews said. “Since this is a new venture for us in this region, it will take a
bit more time to catch on.” Groves shared similar sentiments, saying that the work this year
increased awareness of exiting CTE programs and those in development and will be a key
part of the shift in thinking in local education, industry and the community. “To me, it was
about exposure,” Groves said. The CTE Mailer just went out at the end of the school year,
and the STRIVE brochure is still in development, so the effects of them on enrollment in
current and new programs in the future remains to be seen. Groves said he believes the key
for next year will be to continue to build awareness, provide updates and get information
out early about options for students.
Open House: For this year’s Open House, Groves said it seemed to him to be an
increase in participation – with an excellent turnout and strong coordination within the
region by working with the other BOCES. “The Open House was well attended this year with
an increase in eighth-graders and their parents,” Matthews said. “This is due to both the
publicity that the Open house received as well as the publicity for our 8 to Great initiative.”
Most of my work spreading information about the Journey from 8 to Great was done during
the first half of the school year, and Matthews said it helped create interest in the program,
which involved eighth-graders visiting BOCES. “Seven out of our 10 school districts sent all
of their eighth-graders from January through April,” Matthews said. “This is excellent for our
first year. This event will be an annual event.”
Women’s Career Experience: Matthews said this event was well attended. “We
had approximately 100 girls, and the feedback from the event was very positive,” Matthews
said. “This event will be an annual event as we move forward.”
STEM Camps: Eleven students were able to benefit from a STEM camp opportunity,
and the Community Foundation has supported these campers, Matthews said. “This will
enable us to hopefully expand upon these opportunities in the future,” she said.
Pathways Academy Enrollment: Registrations for the Pathways Academy are
growing thanks in part to good communications coverage of events there, Matthews said.
Groves also said he thinks strong coverage of the Pathways Academy has helped.
Priority #4: Continue to boost recognition of the Herkimer BOCES brand.
Accomplishments:
(Accomplishments listed here fall under this priority, are part of the annual
responsibilities or fall into other categories.)
Annual Meeting Report (attached):
Updated the 2013 Annual Meeting Report design for the 2014 report, took new
photos of current students, wrote original stories (including one of a Hartwick pre-med
student who went through Herkimer BOCES health science careers program and one about
the new aviation program) and laid out the whole report.
Staff Appreciation Day:
At the direction of Roberta Matthews and Chris Groves, designed invitations and
tickets (attached) for a Staff Appreciation Day ice cream social with a 1950s theme.
Herkimer BOCES Dollars for Scholars:
Attended some meetings of the Herkimer BOCES Dollars for Scholars, updated the
tri-fold brochure (attached) promoting this year’s fundraising tournament, put out news
releases and arranged for a preview of the tournament through WKTV’s Mug Club.
Adult education advertisement:
Designed an advertisement for Herkimer BOCES adult education programs to be
used in a Herkimer County Chamber of Commerce map and helped coordinate the planning
and placement of the ad.
Additional media coverage:
Organized media coverage from television stations and newspapers of Herkimer
County donating a dump truck to Herkimer BOCES, so students can train with it to obtain
their commercial driver’s licenses, and helped WUTR with its two-day story about building
construction students putting together a house that a local resident will live in.
BOCES website updates:
• Continually posted employment listings on the website whenever there were
new vacancy announcements.
• Updated the home instruction page on the website.
• Worked with component school districts to get more of them to include links
to the Herkimer BOCES website and start efforts to collaborate among
Facebook and Twitter pages.
• Posted all of my stories/news releases on the website along with additional
photos and maintained an archives page of all the stories.
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Expanded the information available on the Oneida-Madison-Herkimer School
Boards Institute portion of the Herkimer BOCES website and posted updates
and documents.
Added a new design to the top area of the website homepage featuring links
to Herkimer BOCES’ Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages as well as Mark
Vivacqua’s Twitter page and the Fight for Our Valley Schools page.
The following news releases – in addition to the news releases under the other
priorities – helped with this priority:
06/23/2014 - Herkimer BOCES recognizes newly tenured employees. Click here.
06/23/2014 - Herkimer BOCES hosts first special programs Music and
Arts Spectacular. Click here.
06/23/2014 - Herkimer BOCES honors CTE program graduates. Click here.
06/18/2014 - Herkimer BOCES welding students earn DOT certifications. Click
here.
06/17/2014 - Herkimer BOCES adult education graduates mark 'end of an
era.' Click here.
06/17/2014 - Herkimer BOCES honors retirees. Click here.
06/13/2014 - Slocum-Dickson Foundation grant will allow LPN program to use
electronic records. Click here.
06/13/2014 - This year's Herkimer BOCES Cruise-In and Bike Night adds chicken
barbecue. Click here.
06/04/2014 - Herkimer BOCES construction students build storage units for
Herkimer softball team. Click here.
06/03/2014 - Herkimer BOCES nursing program celebrates 50 years, prepares for
move to new location. Click here.
05/29/2014 - Herkimer BOCES inducts students into National Technical Honor
Society. Click here.
05/29/2014 - Herkimer BOCES adult education programs, Literacy Zone helping
local adults in new location. Click here.
05/28/2014 - Safety efforts earn Herkimer BOCES Utica National's School Safety
Excellence Award. Click here.
05/21/2014 - Herkimer BOCES 12:1:1 class raises money to bring music, smiles to
children battling cancer. Click here.
05/14/2014 - Herkimer BOCES LPN program hosts job fair. Click here.
05/09/2014 - School Boards Institute names Student Achievement and
Distinguished Service winners. Click here.
05/05/2014 - Golf tournament to raise money for local scholarships. Click here.
04/28/2014 - Herkimer BOCES students win medals in SkillsUSA state competition.
Click here.
04/15/2014 - Pathways Academy art students make stop-motion animation video
of Pangaea. Click here.
04/10/2014 - Collision repair students stress importance of wearing seat belts in
air bag deployment video. Click here.
04/08/2014 - Collision repair students offer car-painting tips in video. Click here.
03/31/2014 - Truck donated by Herkimer County will help Herkimer BOCES
students prepare for commercial driving test. Click here.
03/28/2014 - Students' storytelling tips receive response from Michelle Obama.
Click here.
03/26/2014 - Herkimer BOCES elementary students perform 'readers theater.'
Click here.
03/25/2014 - Herkimer BOCES student, teacher attend Pen In Hand writing
conference. Click here.
03/24/2014 - Learn how you could have your new house built by Herkimer BOCES
students. Click here.
02/28/2014 - Herkimer BOCES ITA students win 32 medals in regional
FBLA competition. Click here.
02/20/2014 - Herkimer BOCES announces pre-K registration dates. Click here.
02/18/2014 - Herkimer BOCES Dollars for Scholars now accepting scholarship
applications. Click here.
01/30/2014 - Herkimer BOCES students use circuitry skills to create games for
younger children. Click here.
01/27/2014 - Collision repair students make 'thank you' video for uniform
donations. Click here.
01/27/2014 - 12:1:1 students volunteer for 'rewarding experience' at Masonic
Care Community. Click here.
01/09/2014 - Donation of refinishing materials will help collision repair students to
train. Click here.
01/06/2014 - Local professionals share knowledge with Herkimer BOCES adult
nursing students. Click here.
Evaluation:
Annual Meeting Report: The 2014 Annual Meeting Report – and particularly the
story about the health science careers student – seemed to be very well received and
resulted in some positive feedback. This model could continue to be used for future Annual
Meeting Reports. Looking back on it, there are some opportunities to sharpen up the design
a bit by improving the spacing around the edges and between columns.
Staff Appreciation Day: Roberta Matthews provided positive feedback about how
the invitations and tickets helped with the ice cream social: “Mr. Ackerman helped us
develop a fun and unique way to appreciate and thank staff for the hard work all year long.
We had an old fashioned ice-cream social. Mr. Ackerman created an invitation that was both
inviting and informative. We had the largest turn-out for staff appreciation that we have
ever had. Staff commented on the unique invitation and all were informed and enjoyed the
ice cream social.”
Website: According to Google Analytics, usage of the Herkimer BOCES website has
increased from the previous school year. The Herkimer BOCES homepage had 29,264 page
views during the 2012-13 school year and 31,510 page views during the 2013-14 school
year through June 20, 2014 (a 7.7 percent increase in page views).
General: Overall this school year, there was a wide variety news releases,
publications and other accomplishments under both this priority and the others that
collectively can’t help but boost community awareness of what this BOCES offers.
When asked for just some feedback about enrollment and attendance at events,
Roberta Matthews and Chris Groves offered up opinions on the overall communications
efforts as well. Groves said he thinks the news stories, publications and other actions help
to improve the social climate and boost the BOCES brand. He said he sees my strongest
contributions as “creativity, articulation and approachability.” Matthews provided the
following comments: “Finally and most importantly, Mr. Ackerman is an integral part of our
team. When I have an idea for something new or something old that needs renewing, Mr.
Ackerman is the first person I contact. He is able to take a couple of half thoughts and ideas
and create a brochure, flyer, PowerPoint or invitation that meets our need exactly. Mr.
Ackerman is a very talented and skillful professional. Our Herkimer BOCES programs and
opportunities have both better representation and participation because of his efforts.”
How much has your district lost to
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Central Valley (Ilion and Mohawk combined): $8.38 million
Dolgeville: $3.55 million
Frankfort-Schuyler: $6.79 million
Herkimer: $4.28 million
Little Falls: $4.35 million
Mount Markham: $5.19 million
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the GEA and to please speak with your fellow
the GEA is no longer allowed to undercut quality
education in New York. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
John D. Smith
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Contact Your3 Legislator
How can I be an advocate
Assemblyfor my local schools?
Anthony
Brindisi
Action
Step #1
Assembly District 119
Learn about the issues
brindisia@assembly.state.ny.us
William Magee
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mandates
Assembly
District
121 without
full
funding
mageew@assembly.state.ny.us
Challenge: The state and federal governments and the
Board of Regents
Officeregularly create laws and regulations –
District Office
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known
as
mandates
– that provide schools with guidance on
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Advocacy Tool Kit
How YOU can
advocate
& “Fight for
Our Valley
Schools”
Stay informed
Keep up to date on your local schools. Follow news about school funding. Visit www.herkimer-boces.org or the
component district websites for information. “Like” Herkimer BOCES on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/herkimerboces, “follow” Herkimer BOCES on Twitter at www.twitter.com/herkimerboces
and follow Herkimer BOCES District Superintendent Mark Vivacqua on Twitter at www.twitter.com/mvivacqua.
Tweet
People across the state who are concerned about the Gap Elimination Adjustment have been expressing their
concerns on Twitter using the following hashtag: #NYSchoolsInPeril. We encourage you to Tweet along using
#NYSchoolsInPeril during the event. If you want to Tweet at Gov. Cuomo, send a Tweet to @NYGovCuomo.
Contact your state legislators
Find out how to contact your state legislators on page 6 of this packet. Let them know how you feel about GEA!
Write to the governor
The loose insert in this packet is a draft advocacy letter about the Gap Elimination Adjustment and how it is
affecting our schools in the Mohawk Valley. If you choose, please feel free to take this letter, sign your name to it
and mail it to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Have questions about aviation maintenance general?
A. This year, the program is only for
students who will be high-school
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Q. Will this course prepare me for
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Q. What will I learn in this course?
A. You’ll learn how to repair and
maintain airplanes - including working
on a real airplane and engine on
long-term loan to BOCES from MVCC.
You’ll learn about subjects in the
Federal Aviation Administration’s
required aircraft maintenance
training curriculum, maintenance
documentation, introduction to aircraft
flight controls and aircraft physics of
flight, weight and balance.
Q. What if I think the course sounds
cool, but I’m not sure if I want to go
into aviation maintenance?
A. Aviation maintenance general isn’t
just for students who know they want
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but there is a high demand for aviation
maintenance workers in many places
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need” for more aviation maintenance
workers, according to MidAirUSA.
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Q. What do I do to sign up or if I have
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For information about aviation
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Where do you want your future to take you?
Learn how aviation maintenance general could connect you to a local college and career!
‘Consistent need’
The demand for airplane maintenance
workers is high – including locally
– but there is a lack in the supply of
appropriately trained talent.
As part of the Herkimer BOCES initiative
to make high-school students college
and career ready, BOCES leaders
identified aviation maintenance as a
local career field with available jobs
and created the program to try to help
students connect to those jobs.
That problem is also an opportunity
– one that could help high-school
students in the region start their training
toward a well-paying career.
A new program called “aviation
maintenance general” will take flight at
Herkimer BOCES starting in fall 2014 for
students who will be high-school seniors
at that time.
The BOCES program will add to the
region’s growing aviation field. MVCC’s
program trains students for employment,
and that could lead to jobs at one of the
major airplane maintenance companies
at the Griffiss Business and Technology
Park in Rome: MidairUSA or Premier
Aviation.
The class will prepare students to
potentially go into Mohawk Valley
Community College’s airframe and
powerplant technology program and
could lead to employment at airplane
maintenance companies such as
the ones at the Griffiss Business and
Technology Park in Rome.
“These are real opportunities and real
jobs right here in the Mohawk Valley,”
Herkimer BOCES District Superintendent
Mark Vivacqua said. “Students and
parents need to know that if students
sign up for this program, it can be the
starting point on a pathway to a wellpaying aviation maintenance career.”
To get into this potential career track,
students just need to take the initiative
to sign up for this new program by
speaking with their guidance counselors
or contacting Herkimer BOCES.
‘A head start’
Aviation maintenance general will be
for seniors only in fall 2014. The course
is aimed not only at students interested
in aviation maintenance, but also
mechanics or basic electricity.
Students will gain exposure to subject
areas found in the Federal Aviation
Administration’s required aircraft
maintenance training curriculum,
maintenance documentation,
introduction to aircraft flight controls
and aircraft physics of flight, weight and
balance.
MVCC worked out an articulation
agreement for the aviation program and
provided BOCES with an airplane and
engine on long-term loan that students
can practice working on during their
class.
Additionally, students will have the
opportunity to continue their education
at MVCC’s aviation program.
BOCES seniors can earn two dual
college credits in the airframe and
powerplant program at MVCC if they
maintain excellent attendance, a gradepoint average of 76 percent or better
and successfully complete a Federal
Aviation Administration evaluation
exam.
The Herkimer BOCES program can
help connect high-school students to
MVCC and the airplane maintenance
businesses at Griffiss, said Walter
Constantini, director of the airframe and
powerplant program at MVCC.
“It gives them a head start,”
Constantini said, while he was visiting
Herkimer BOCES. “If they can learn the
fundamentals here, the transitions will
be very smooth for them.”
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“There is a consistent need for skilled
workers in the aviation industry,” said
Paul Staskowski, general manager/
director of maintenance at MidairUSA
Inc. “The aviation program proposed by
Herkimer BOCES will introduce students
to the exciting and challenging world of
aircraft maintenance. I applaud Herkimer
BOCES for their foresight and wish them
the very best of luck in this endeavor.”
Herkimer BOCES automotive
technology student David LaJuett, of
Herkimer Central School District, said
he thinks the new aviation maintenance
program will draw interest from students
because it is something different and
could help students find employment
the way his program has helped him.
“It opens a lot more opportunities for
jobs,” he said.
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New Visions Professions includes
both classroom instruction and job-site
experiences for students in 11th and 12th
grade.
The instruction will be delivered live,
blended and/or virtually to accommodate
both time out of the classroom and
student academic needs.
Students experience four different
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end of each module. Each module lasts for
10 weeks and goes in three phases:
The program will run on a four-period
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New Visions Professions and two periods
of academics outside of the classroom.
Students will be able to select from a menu
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Phase 1, the first five weeks of the
module, will be primarily in the classroom
with associated academic periods.
Phase 2, the next four weeks, will include
four days of classroom instruction and one
day of a job-shadowing experience based
upon student interests and available job
sites.
Phase 3, the final week of the module,
is a full-week internship based on the
student’s interests and experiences in the
program.
This schedule will continue throughout
the school year in four separate modules
Over-arching experiences in the
program may include: agriculture, food
and natural resources; energy; health
science; manufacturing; architecture &
construction; transportation, distribution
& logistics; and finance.
Classroom instruction focuses on the 12
career ready practices listed on the other
side of this brochure with units of study to
support each.
The academic component will be
during the middle two periods with
the New Visions portions before and
after to allow for greater flexibility with
student academic needs and district
transportation.
The program will be housed at Central
Valley Academy in Ilion, allowing central
access for all students in the Herkimer
BOCES region.
Students have the opportunity to earn
two New Visions elective credits and up to
two academic credits (in separate courses
of study).
To sign up for New Visions
Professions or if you have
questions, talk to your school
guidance counselor or call Herkimer
BOCES at 315-867-2000.
315-867-2000
Explore your potential future profession now!
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For information about
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New Visions Professions - career ready practices through the lens of career clusters
12 Career Ready Practices
1. Apply appropriate technical skills
and academic knowledge.
The 12 career ready practices are the bricks that form the
foundation of the career clusters you choose to focus on.
2. Communicate clearly, effectively
and with reason.
3. Develop an education and career
plan aligned to personal goals.
4. Apply technology to enhance
productivity.
5. Utilize critical thinking to make
sense of problems and persevere in
solving them.
6. Practice personal health and
understand financial literacy.
New Visions Professions
7. Act as a responsible citizen in the
workplace and the community.
8. Model integrity, ethical leadership
and effective management.
9. Work productively in teams
while integrating cultural/global
competence.
10.Demonstrate creativity and
innovation.
11.Employ valid and reliable research
strategies.
12.Understand the environmental,
social and economic impacts of
decisions.
Introduction to Careers
Introduction
to Careers
Introduction to careers
courses include units of study
on building trades/home
maintenance, health services,
food and industry and auto care.
Introduction
to Careers
For information about
introduction to careers,
call 315-867-2000.
315-867-2000
Introduction to Careers course descriptions
Introduction to Careers 1 and 2:
(9th and 10th grades)
These are one-year courses planned for a
morning delivery and housed at the William E.
Busacker Educational Complex in East Herkimer.
Units of study in these courses include: building
trades/home maintenance, health services, food
and industry and auto care.
The courses allow for a half-day or full-day
option. A menu selection of academics can be
provided at the Pathways Academy at Remington
for full-day students.
Based upon a four-period design, half-day
students are able to participate in two periods of
introduction to careers, one period of learning
lab (at the end of each day) and one period of an
academic course.
Full-day
students
would
follow the
four-period
schedule at
the William
E. Busacker
Educational
Complex,
prior to
dismissal
to the
Pathways
Academy
to continue
their
instructional
day.
The
courses come with two elective credits and one
academic credit. One-credit options are expected
to include life science, consumer/business math or
English skills. Half-credit options are expected to
include health, physical education, music or art.
Additionally, the learning lab will support
students in various modules of study, academic
areas and the Career Development and
Occupational Studies (CDOS) data collection
process.
This course can provide the 54 hours of
work-based learning required for the state
Career Development and Occupational
Studies Commencement Credential.
Students enrolled in this course are expected
to exit high school with a CDOS credential.
Full-day students would follow the four-period
schedule at the William E. Busacker Educational
Complex, prior to dismissal to the Pathways
Academy to continue their instructional day.
3 and 4: (11th and 12th grades)
These are one-year courses planned for
an afternoon delivery and housed at the
William E. Busacker
Educational Complex in
East Herkimer.
Units of study in
these courses build
upon previous years’
knowledge and provide some
opportunities for students to
participate at community job
sites and job shadowing.
The units of study include:
building trades/home
maintenance, health services,
food and industry and auto
care.
The courses allow for a
half-day or full-day option.
A menu selection of
academics can be provided
at the Pathways Academy at
Remington for full-day students.
Based upon a four-period design, half-day
students are able to participate in two periods of
introduction to careers, one period of learning
lab (at the end of each day) and one period of an
academic course.
The courses come with two elective credits
and one academic credit. One-credit options
are expected to include life science, consumer/
business math or English skills. Half-credit options
are expected to include health, physical education,
music or art.
Additionally, the learning lab will support
students in various modules of study, academic
areas and the Career Development and
Occupational Studies (CDOS) data collection
process.
work-based learning required for the state
Career Development and Occupational Studies
Commencement Credential. Students enrolled in
this course are expected to exit high school with a
CDOS credential.
Service industry course descriptions
Service Industry Readiness:
Service Industry Preparation:
This is a one-year course with two elective credits
and up to two academic credits. There are two
periods of service
industry readiness
and two academic
periods, with a
menu of academics
to select from.
Units of study
include: food
preparation,
medical care, office
applications and
child care.
This course can provide the 54 hours of work-based
learning required for the State Career Development
and Occupational Studies Commencement Credential.
Students are expected to leave with a local or Regents
diploma.
This is a one-year course that serves both 11th and
12th grades if enrollment dictates it. The program
comes with two
elective credits
and up to
two academic
credits. There
are two periods
of service
industry
preparation and
two academic
periods, with
a menu of
academics to select from.
Students delve deeper into units of study
previously learned in service industry exploration and
are exposed to new target modules of study (four per
year).
These modules are aligned to the human services/
health science programs of CTE. Modules such as
studies in cosmetology, early childhood education
and health science careers mirror the BOCES CTE
offerings.
This course can provide the 54 hours of workbased learning
required for the
State Career
Development
and
Occupational
Studies
Commencement
Credential.
Students are
expected to
leave with a
local or Regents
diploma.
Service Industry Exploration:
(10th grade)
This is a one-year course with two elective credits
and up to two core credits. There are two periods of
service industry
exploration and
two academic
periods, with a
menu of academics
to select from.
Students delve
deeper into units
of study previously
learned in service
industry readiness.
This course can
provide the 54 hours of work-based learning required
for the State Career Development and Occupational
Studies Commencement Credential. Students are
expected to leave with a local or Regents diploma.
315-867-2000
Trades and Service Industry
Trades and
Service
Industry
For information about trades and
service industry programs,
call 315-867-2000.
Trades course descriptions
Trades 1 and 2:
Trade 3:
Trade 4:
These are one-year courses. Attached to each
is two elective credits and up to two academic
credits. There
are two periods
of trade and
two academic
periods, with
a menu of
academics to
select from.
Units of
study include:
landscaping,
welding theory/
simulation,
small engine
maintenance
and carpentry.
This course
can provide
the 54 hours
of work-based
learning
required for
the state
Commencement Credential. Students are expected
to leave with a local or Regents diploma.
This is a one-year course. The program could
serve both 11th grade and also 12th grade if
enrollment
dictated.
The program
includes
two elective
credits and
up to two
core credits.
There are
two periods
of trade and
two academic
periods, with
a menu of
academics to
select from.
Target
modules of
study (four
per year)
will be more
aligned to
trade style
career and technical education (CTE) programs
such as studies in collision repair, natural resource
management, outdoor power equipment and
welding.
The curriculum aligns with entry-level CTE
programs.
work-based learning required for the State
This is a one-year course. This program also
could serve both 11th and 12th grade if enrollment
dictated.
The program
includes
two elective
credits and
up to two
core credits.
There are
two periods
of trade and
two academic
periods, with
a menu of
academics to
select from.
Target
modules of
study (four
per year)
will be more
aligned
to nontrade style
CTE programs such as studies in broadcasting,
criminal justice, visual communications, aviation
maintenance or the Information Technology
Academy.
work-based learning required for the State
Trades & Service Industry
(11th grade)
(12th grade)
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Career Ready Practices
New Visions Professions focuses on 12 career ready practices:
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Apply appropriate technical skills and academic knowledge.
Communicate clearly, effectively and with reason.
Develop an education and career plan aligned to personal
goals.
4. Apply technology to enhance productivity.
5. Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and
persevere in solving them.
6. Practice personal health and understand financial literacy.
7. Act as a responsible citizen in the workplace and the
community.
8. Model integrity, ethical leadership and effective
management.
9. Work productively in teams while integrating cultural/global
competence.
10. Demonstrate creativity and innovation.
11. Employ valid and reliable research strategies.
12. Understand the environmental, social and economic impacts
of decisions.
Law,
Public
Safety &
Security
Hospitality &
Tourism
Marketing
Sales &
Service
Information
Technology
New
Visions
Career
Clusters
Business,
Management &
Administration
Manufacturing
Science,
Technology,
Engineering
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Government &
Public
Administration
Health
Science
Arts, A/V
Technology
&
Communications
Agriculture, Food
& Natural
Resources
Human
Services
Transportation,
Distribution
& Logistics
Architecture &
Construction
Education
& Training
Finance
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Practices are the bricks
that form the foundation …
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Any Questions?
STEM Camps
Arriving Summer 2014
Science
Technology
Engineering
Mathematics
Choose from
Weather Watchers,
Cyber Camp, CO2
Cars, Robotics
Mini-Camp or
Herkimer College
Investigators - or
try a few of them!
Weather Watchers
Cyber Camp
STEM Camps
Herkimer-FultonHamilton-Otsego
BOCES and
Herkimer College
are presenting
five STEM Camps
for local students
this summer!
STEM Camps include:
CO2-Powered Dragsters
Robotics Mini-Camp
Herkimer College Investigators
Sponsored by ...
BOCES
315-867-2000
Five STEM Camp opportunities!
Weather Watchers
Are you interested in learning more about
the weather in Central New York? If so, this
camp is for you!
STEM Camps
Learn about different kinds of weather
from lake effect snow to thunderstorms,
hurricanes and tornadoes.
WKTV meteorologist Bill Kardas will show
you how to track the weather at home and
around the world.
Robotics Mini-Camp
This camp is provided in partnership with the Air Force
Research Laboratory in Rome, N.Y.
Students will be introduced to programming mobile
robots, various types of sensors, applying measurement
and geometry to calculate robot navigation, experimental
process and experiment documentation using LEGO
Mindstorm Robotic kits.
This course is partially underwritten by AFRL.
Geared toward students in grades 6-8
Herkimer College Investigators
Come join the HCCC investigative team, as we learn
about crime scene investigation through actual CSI
equipment, multimedia presentations and hands-on
activities.
The team will learn fingerprinting, cast impressions
of footwear/tire tracks, GPS systems, metal detection
systems and more.
If time and weather permit, there will be a mock crime
scene and excavation to recover simulated skeletal
remains and other forms of evidence.
Ages 9-13
8 am to 12 p.m.
Ages 13-16
Monday - Thursday
8:30 am to 12:30 p.m.
July 28, 29, 30, 31
July 7, 8, 9, 10
Monday - Thursday
Fee: $69
Fee: $29
July 7, 8, 9, 10
1:30 to 4 p.m.
Monday - Thursday
Fee: $89
CO2-Powered Dragsters
Students will design and build a model
dragster built solely from balsa wood and
prefabricated parts.
The students will be responsible for keeping
these models safe by adhering to a strict set
of guidelines that will be given to them. Once
the models are designed, built, painted and
assembled, they will be raced down a 100 foot
test track at speeds approaching 75 mph.
Cyber Camp
Grades 5-7
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Monday - Thursday
July 14, 15, 16, 17
At Central Valley Academy
Fee: $89
Information about Cyber Camp will be announced
soon! Check back for more at www.herkimer-boces.org.
Instead of
focusing on
just flowers
and candy this
Valentine’s Day,
female students
in grades 10-12 in
the 10 HerkimerFulton-HamiltonOtsego BOCES
component
school districts
were encouraged
to attend the
Women’s Career
Experience to
start thinking
about their career
opportunities,
employability and
independence.
The event was
then rescheduled
for April 4 due to
winter weather.
BOCES
315-867-2076
Fall in love with your future at the Women’s Career Experience!
What is the
Women’s
Career
Experience?
8:30 a.m.
April 4, 2014
In the main lobby at
Herkimer BOCES
352 Gros Blvd. in Herkimer
Get to know our guests ...
Women’s Career Experience
Jennifer
Herzog
Jennifer Herzog
will host a breakout
session at the Women’s
Career Experience.
She is a microbiologist
at Herkimer County
Community College.
Jennifer attended
the Yale School of Medicine, conducts research,
writes for two biology textbooks and does K-12
science outreach at local schools and libraries.
Her advice for young women:
“As I look out into a society where more
females are attending college than males and
outnumbering them in traditionally maledominated curricula, I want to tell young girls
that any dream that they have is possible. They
are smart enough, strong enough and worthy of
any goal they wish to pursue and attain. But more
importantly, they should know whatever that goal
may be it should bring them both professional and
personal happiness in their lives always.”
Cindy Reese
Melissa Barlett
Melissa Barlett will host a
breakout session at the Women’s
Career Experience. She is a biology
instructor at Mohawk Valley
Community College.
Melissa received her Bachelor
of Science degree from Allegheny
College, her doctorate in aquatic
ecology from Kent State University
and did post-doctoral research at
Indiana University and the University of Massachusetts.
At MVCC, she is a member of Women in Science and
Engineering (WISE), which is a faculty group dedicated
to educate, advance and mentor women in the pursuit of
STEM-related fields, and advisor for the Strategic Gaming
Club. She is a table-top gamer and creates educational
games.
“Never let anyone tell you something is a girl-thing or a boything. You can do whatever you want to do.”
Cindy Reese, chief nursing officer/director of
nursing at Valley Health Services, graduated from the
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES practical
nursing program in 1991. She graduated from Mohawk
Valley Community College in 1999 and has studied
at SUNY IT. She has been employed at Valley Health
Services since 1991 and is a former hospice nurse.
Regan Johnson
Regan Johnson will host
a breakout session at the
Women’s Career Experience.
She is director of operations
at Griffiss Institute, where
she works with the Air Force
Research Lab and manages
the technology transfer, STEM,
intern and high-speed research
network programs. She also
owns with her husband a small business, Johnson
Innovative Solutions LLC, which focuses on energy
solutions for individuals and companies. It will become a
certified Women Owned Business in 2015.
Regan has a Bachelor of Science degree in computer
information systems from SUNY Empire State College
and is pursuing a Master of Business Administration
degree in technology management at SUNY IT.
“Life is a journey, and it is not important to know where
you are going right from the start. What is important is not
to be afraid to change direction if you change your mind.
Also, stop trying to fit in when you were born to stand out.”
Cindy served as the nursing care coordinator for
the palliative program from its beginning in 1993
until her promotion to director of nursing in 2001. In
January 2013, she was promoted to the position of
chief nursing officer.
“You’re the only person who can determine how
successful you will be.”
New programs! College Preparation!
Career opportunities!
A message to parents
Table of
Contents
From District Superintendent Mark Vivacqua
As a graduate of FrankfortSchuyler Central School and
a lifelong resident of this
area, nothing concerns me
more than the vitality of this
beautiful region that we call
home.
We have somehow gotten
ourselves to believe that there
is nothing for our children
here. A recent survey indicates
that they have clearly gotten
the message, in that there
are many high-schoolers who
would like to stay in the area
but have been discouraged
from doing so.
We worsen the problem by
preparing our children to be
successful when they leave,
but being less concerned with
the success of those who stay
and therefore not preparing
them as well.
Continued on page 2 ...
Pages 2-3:
Learn more about
Herkimer BOCES and two
new programs: aviation
maintenance general and
New Visions Professions
Pages 4-5:
Health science graduate
proves BOCES’ worth
Pages 6-7:
BOCES welding program could
lead to career at Feldmeier
Page 8:
Highlighting the Information
Technology Academy and
STEM Camps
New BOCES aviation program connects to MVCC, local jobs
HERKIMER – The demand
for airplane maintenance
workers is high – including
locally – but there is a lack
in the supply of appropriately
trained talent.
That problem is also an
opportunity – one that
could help high-school
students in the region start
their training toward a wellpaying career.
A new program called
“aviation maintenance
general” will take flight at
Herkimer BOCES starting in
fall 2014 for students who
will be high-school seniors
at that time.
The class will prepare
students to potentially
go into Mohawk Valley
Community College’s
airframe and powerplant
technology program and
Continued on page 3 ...
Walter Constantini (left), director of the airframe
and powerplant program at Mohawk Valley
Community College, helps deliver an airplane from
MVCC to Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES
in January 2014.
A message to parents ... continued
...continued from page 1.
We see the effects of this trend:
population decline, shrinking tax base and
deteriorating private properties and public
spaces.
Ironically, we have jobs here that
currently go unfilled, and now the promise
of thousands more to come just a few
miles down the road. Some that require a
four-year degree or beyond, but most that
require a two-year degree or less.
These are good, middle-class jobs that
would enable our children to stay here
if they wish, buy a home and enrich our
neighborhoods. Selfishly, many of us
would have a better chance to see our
grandchildren more frequently and have
more contact with our children throughout
their lives.
The programs highlighted in this
brochure, and all of the others available at
BOCES, prepare students for life after high
school, whether or not they wish to pursue
further education.
Some of our graduates get jobs or go into
the military right after graduation, and
some go to trade schools, two and four year
colleges and seek advanced degrees.
Skills learned at BOCES also exponentially
increase the chance that students can stay
close to home if they wish because our
programs prepare individuals for jobs in this
area.
No matter where you were raised,
however, some people want to leave and
experience life in a very different place, and
that is also great for those who wish it. And
so, while we have many welding graduates
at Feldmeier in Little Falls, we also have
former students who are underwater
welders on our country’s coastlines.
Likewise, schooling in aviation
maintenance prepares students for
hundreds of available jobs in our
neighboring county, but knowledge of
hydraulics can take a graduate to a career at
Disney World in sunny Florida. Who do you
think makes sure Space Mountain is safe and
ready to go every day?
Health occupations are abundant in every
corner of our nation, as are all of the career
areas represented at BOCES.
Parents, please take a look at this
brochure with your children, and please let
them know that they can have a great life
in Herkimer, Fulton, Hamilton and Otsego
counties, whether they come to BOCES or
take advantage of the great programs in
their own high schools.
-Mark Vivacqua
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego
BOCES
NEW PROGRAM: Discover career options through instruction,
job shadowing, internships in New Visions Professions
New Visions Professions includes
both classroom instruction and job-site
experiences for students in 11th and 12th
grade.
Students experience four different
modules of study with internships at the
end of each module. Each module lasts for
10 weeks and goes in three phases:
Phase 1, the first five weeks of the
module, will be primarily in the classroom
with associated academic periods.
Phase 2, the next four weeks, will
include four days of classroom instruction
and one day of a job-shadowing
experience based upon student interests
and available job sites.
Phase 3, the final week of the module,
is a full-week internship based on the
student’s interests and experiences in the
program.
This schedule will continue throughout
the school year in four separate modules.
Students will be able to select from a
menu of academic courses.
Over-arching experiences in the
program may include: agriculture, food
and natural resources; energy; health
science; manufacturing; architecture and
construction; transportation, distribution
and logistics; and finance.
The academic component will be
during the middle two periods with
the New Visions portions before and
after to allow for greater flexibility with
student academic needs and district
transportation.
Classroom instruction focuses on 12
career ready practices, such as utilizing
critical thinking and applying technology,
with units of study to support each.
The program will be housed at Central
Valley Academy in Ilion, allowing central
access for all students in the Herkimer
BOCES region.
The instruction will be delivered live,
blended and/or virtually to accommodate
both time out of the classroom and
student academic needs.
Students have the opportunity to earn
two New Visions elective credits and up to
two academic credits (in separate courses
of study).
The program will run on a four-period
design - structured for two periods of
New Visions Professions and two periods
of academics outside of the classroom.
For information or to sign up, talk to
your school guidance counselor or call
Herkimer BOCES at 315-867-2000.
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New BOCES aviation program connects to MVCC, local jobs ... continued
...continued from page 1.
could lead to employment at airplane
maintenance companies such as the
ones at the Griffiss Business and
“These are real opportunities
and real jobs right here in
the Mohawk Valley,” Herkimer
BOCES District Superintendent
Mark Vivacqua said. “Students
and parents need to know that
if students sign up for this
program, it can be the starting
point on a pathway to a wellpaying aviation maintenance career.”
To get into this career track, students
just need to take the initiative to sign
up by speaking with their guidance
counselor or contacting BOCES.
‘A head start’
Aviation maintenance general will be
for seniors only in fall 2014. The course
is aimed not only at students interested
in aviation maintenance, but also
mechanics or basic electricity.
Administration’s required aircraft
maintenance training curriculum,
maintenance documentation,
introduction to aircraft flight controls
and aircraft physics of flight, weight
and balance.
MVCC worked out an articulation
agreement for the aviation program and
The launch: Aviation maintenance
is only for students who will be highschool seniors in fall 2014.
Connecting to college and
careers: Aviation maintenance
general includes an articulation
agreement with Mohawk Valley
Community College - allowing
students to easily transition into
the MVCC airframe and powerplant
program. The BOCES and MVCC
programs prepare students for
a career working for aviation
maintenance companies - such as
Premier Aviation and MidairUSA at
the Griffiss Business and Technology
Park in Rome.
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provided BOCES with an airplane and
engine on long-term loan that students
can practice working on during class.
Additionally, students will have the
opportunity to continue their education
at MVCC’s aviation program.
BOCES seniors can earn two dual
college credits in the airframe and
powerplant program at MVCC if they
maintain excellent attendance, a gradepoint average of 76 percent or better
and successfully complete a Federal
Aviation Administration evaluation.
This pathway can help connect
high-school students to MVCC and
the airplane maintenance businesses
at Griffiss, said Walter Constantini,
director of the airframe and powerplant
program at MVCC.
fundamentals here, the transitions will
be very smooth for them.”
‘Consistent need’
As part of the Herkimer BOCES
initiative to make high-school students
Job opportunities: Not only
are there jobs available locally at
the two companies in Rome, but
there is a high demand for aviation
maintenance workers in many places
in the country. There is a “consistent
need” for more aviation maintenance
workers, according to MidAirUSA.
What you’ll learn: How to repair
and maintain airplanes - including
working on a real airplane and engine
on long-term loan to BOCES from
MVCC - and about subjects in the
Federal Aviation Administration’s
required aircraft maintenance
training curriculum, maintenance
documentation, introduction to
college and career ready, BOCES
leaders identified aviation maintenance
as a local career field with available
jobs and created the program to try to
help students connect to those jobs.
The BOCES program will add
to the region’s growing aviation
field. MVCC’s program trains
students for employment,
and that could lead to jobs
at one of the major airplane
maintenance companies at
the Griffiss Business and
Technology Park in Rome:
MidairUSA or Premier
Aviation.
workers in the aviation industry,” said
Paul Staskowski, general manager/
director of maintenance at MidairUSA
Inc. “The aviation program proposed by
Herkimer BOCES will introduce students
to the exciting and challenging world
of aircraft maintenance. I applaud
Herkimer BOCES for their foresight and
wish them the very best of luck in this
endeavor.”
Herkimer BOCES automotive
technology student David LaJuett, of
Herkimer Central School District, said
he thinks the aviation program will
draw interest from students because it
is something different and could help
students find employment the way his
program has helped him.
jobs,” he said.
aircraft flight controls and aircraft
physics of flight, weight and balance.
Options: Aviation maintenance
general isn’t just for students who
know they want to repair airplanes.
The course also teaches students
about mechanics and basic electricity
- providing transferable skills that
could help increase employability in a
variety of career fields.
How to sign up: Talk to your
school guidance counselor or call
Herkimer BOCES at 315-867-2000.
Health science careers graduate proves BOCES’ worth
ONEONTA – A few years ago, when thenPoland-student Briana Goggin considered
enrolling in the health science careers
program at Herkimer-Fulton-HamiltonOtsego BOCES, some – including her
mother – questioned the idea.
Despite the concerns of others
about what BOCES would mean for her
academics, Goggin pushed forward and
joined the course, which gave her the
opportunity to learn about the career field
she was interested in. As a high-school
junior and senior at BOCES, she continued
her academics, worked in a nursing lab
and did clinical visitations at the Folts
Homes and Valley Health Services.
children with learning disabilities,” Rita
Goggin said, of BOCES. “I guess I was one
of those stereotyping it.”
Rita Goggin talked to BOCES guidance
counselor Heather Paul, and it changed
her mind. Also, Briana Goggin attacked
any concern about preparation for the
chemistry Regents by taking a course
at Herkimer College in the summer and
getting an 87 on the exam.
Now, Rita Goggin sees that the Herkimer
BOCES health science careers program
prepared her daughter for college while
allowing her to figure out before college
whether or not she really wanted to go
into that career.
Now, Goggin, 18, is a pre-med student at
Hartwick College in Oneonta. She majors
in nursing and double-minors in German
and biology, while also tackling a job, a
sorority and soccer.
“Sometimes, it’s more stereotyped as for
“You get in there, and maybe you don’t
like it,” Briana Goggin said. “It’s going to
tell you.”
In her case, however, she absolutely
loved it.
She has an aunt who is a surgeon and
an aunt who is a nurse practitioner, so
that piqued her interest in the health field
at an early age.
“I was probably 6 years old when I said I
wanted to be a doctor,” she said.
Goggin took two years of the career
and technical education course “health
science careers” with instructors Brenda
Bouchard and Vicki Hauser. She graduated
from the BOCES program and Poland
Central School District in June 2013 and
started at Hartwick College in fall 2013.
She recently sat down for an interview
at Hartwick College’s Johnstone Science
Center.
Her mother, Rita Goggin, however, was
worried. She thought her daughter should
stay at Poland full time and focus more on
preparing for her Regents tests. She didn’t
understand all that BOCES has to offer.
Both she and her mother said there are
a lot of people who go to college and find
out they don’t like their chosen career
path as much as they expected. BOCES
allows students to discover that sooner.
For Goggin, going to BOCES was one
stop on her journey to achieving her
childhood dream.
“I love where I am right now,” she
said.
The group questioning Goggin’s plan of
attending Herkimer BOCES included her
mother, but it didn’t include her father,
who already knew the value of a career
and technical education program because
he went through the building construction
program at Herkimer BOCES when he was
in high school.
“I think we’ve got to get the word off the
street that if you go to BOCES, you don’t
go to college,” she said. “It makes me so
mad when people say that.”
‘To be a doctor’
It was Herkimer BOCES and her
instructors there that prepared her for
college and put her one step closer to her
goal of becoming a doctor, she said.
‘Stereotyping it’
isn’t beneficial to students who do want to
go to college.
During career days at school, she was
always attracted to jobs related to being
a doctor. Then her experience at BOCES
sealed the deal.
“You always want to help people,” she
said. “Once I started going to BOCES, it
really clicked; I knew.”
“I think it’s a wonderful program,” Rita
Goggin said. “I am very happy she did do
it.”
‘People think’
There were others who doubted Briana
Goggin’s decision to attend Herkimer
BOCES. Some people were thinking that
BOCES is where you go only if you’re going
straight into a career and not college.
“People think you’re going to get fewer
opportunities,” Briana Goggin said.
There are some people who do go right
into jobs after BOCES, and that’s great,
she said, but that doesn’t mean BOCES
She also did job shadowing at the
Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare maternity
ward and is interested in becoming a
neonatologist – possibly in a surgeryrelated aspect. She isn’t completely sure
where she wants to go for medical school
or where her pursuit of becoming a doctor
will take her, but she expects to figure
it out while at Hartick College, and she
knows she wants to do something related
to kids.
‘Hands-on’
Goggin felt thrilled at Herkimer BOCES
that she was able to discover more about
the industry she was interested in by
learning in nursing labs and doing the
clinical visitations at Folts Homes and
Valley Health Services.
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based on experience, said Bouchard, her
BOCES instructor. She studied anatomy,
physiology, nutrition and medical
terminology and gained entry-level job
skills and communication skills.
Briana Goggin, Herkimer
BOCES and Poland graduate,
stands on campus at Hartwick
College. On page 4, she skins,
clears and dyes seahorses for
a biology class at Hartwick.
Bottom right corner of this
page, she uses a histology
machine to slice tissue in wax
to study cells.
“You go into BOCES, and you’re doing
exactly what you want to do,” she said.
“I’m a really hands-on person. I knew
going into BOCES I’d get to do more
hands-on.”
She enjoyed studying anatomy and
physiology and working with patients in
the nursing homes.
“It was definitely a realization,” she
said. “You’re working with real people. If
something goes wrong, that’s somebody’s
life.”
That type of pressure was a lot to handle
initially, and it prepared her for college
and her career, she said.
“My first day, I was terrified,” she said.
“But you get used to it. You don’t want to
leave.”
Now, she goes back and visits some of
the nursing home patients when she’s
home from college.
‘Prepare you’
The great thing about all the career and
technical education programs at BOCES
is that they give you the education and
practice you need and then they let you
experience the industry you’re focused on,
Goggin said.
“They put you in that field,” she said.
“They prepare you, and they put you out
there. You’ve got to be prepared.”
At BOCES, Goggin took full advantage
of every opportunity offered – such as
clinical training and internships that
allowed her to make career choices
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“Many of the skills and abilities Briana
possesses can be traced back to her time
at the career tech center,” Bouchard said.
“She was asked to learn things she had
never studied before, she was asked to
do things many people can’t or won’t do
in the health care setting. She stepped
up and worked to the highest standard
and then shared her strengths with other
students who were still struggling to find
their way. I am proud of Briana and have
confidence that she will reach all the
goals she sets for herself.”
Goggin credits Bouchard for getting her
where she is today.
“It’s the best program in the world,”
Goggin said.
‘Part of something’
When interviewed in early March 2014
for this story, Goggin had finished class
and was at the Johnstone Science Center
at Hartwick College. She said the center
sometimes seems like her new home
because she’s there so often.
In reality, she lives in the freshman
honors dorm, which is very nice, but is
about a mile’s walk from campus. She
makes the walk every day for her studies
and extracurricular activities.
She is taking 18 credits per semester,
will be doing four credits in the summer,
spends 15 hours per week in the library
as part of her pledge to get into the
sorority Phi Sigma Phi, she works seven
hours per week and she practices or lifts
weights for soccer six days per week.
Such a busy schedule is fun for her.
“I love being a part of something,” she
said.
She will start with clinical visitations
in her sophomore year of college –
something she already experienced at
BOCES. For now, she is enjoying courses
such as biology. In her salamander
science class, she has been involved with
skinning, clearing and dying salamanders
and seahorses for major studies and an
international science art exhibit.
Her salamander science professor
Stanley Sessions said she is “a very good
student.”
‘Value-added education’
Sessions was happy to hear that Goggin
went through a BOCES program.
“I love BOCES – their approach is
exactly what we’re trying to do,” Sessions
said, referencing students getting in
the lab and doing hands-on biology
work. “We’re thinking about value-added
education – how you can use what you
learn here to get a job.”
Goggin, who passed her certified
nursing assistant exam through Herkimer
BOCES to become a CNA, said she has
noticed from talking to other nursing
students at the college that they either
didn’t have the opportunity to become
a CNA or went to a different BOCES but
didn’t get training for and access to the
exam right through BOCES.
She also enjoys the size of Hartwick
College. With about 400 students in her
class, it’s an easier transition from Poland,
where she had 30 students in her class,
than some larger colleges would be.
The jump from Poland to college would
have been more difficult, she said, without
going to Herkimer BOCES first. There,
she already experienced walking into an
atmosphere where she didn’t know most
of the other students and meeting people
from other towns.
“BOCES helped in so many different
ways,” she said. “They helped prepare me
for the real world.”
BOCES welding program could lead to career at Feldmeier
LITTLE FALLS – Walking through the
260,000-square-foot Feldmeier Equipment
facility in Little Falls, you’ll see welders
hard at work creating massive, stainlesssteel, processing vessels.
amounts of stainless steel to Herkimer
BOCES for students to learn with.
It’s also easy to notice something else:
Feldmeier Equipment’s connection with
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES.
Feldmeier Equipment creates
stainless-steel, processing vessels for
pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, dairy and
beverage companies all over the world
such as Pepsi, Coke, Nestle, Chobani,
Fage, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Eli
Lilly and Co.
While strolling across the facility, Plant
Manager Elroy Moore, who took welding
for two years at Herkimer BOCES, pointed
out former Herkimer BOCES students
nearly everywhere he turned.
About 30 percent of Feldmeier
Equipment’s close to 200 employees
in Little Falls went to Herkimer BOCES,
Moore said.
There’s a reason for that. Herkimer
BOCES welding instructor Bob McGough
takes his students on a tour of the facility
every year and recommends appropriate
students to Moore for employment.
Feldmeier Equipment also donates large
“It’s a working partnership between
BOCES and Feldmeier – that’s all it boils
down to,” Moore said.
The business
Business is booming for Feldmeier. The
company is so busy that it’s backlogged by
about $43 million of business – or about a
half year’s worth of work, Moore said.
The rise in the popularity of Greek
yogurt has had a major impact on
business – with the company making
yogurt mixing tanks for Chobani, Fage and
a new Pepsi yogurt plant in Batavia.
Feldmeier’s corporate headquarters are
located in Syracuse. There are satellite
facilities in Iowa, Alabama and Nevada.
The Little Falls facility is the biggest one,
and almost half of all of the company’s
employees work there.
The company recently completed an
expansion into a second Little Falls facility
– bringing additional jobs to the region.
The Little Falls plants have the best
welding and the best work ethic, Moore
said. Last year, officials from Japanese
company Shibuya Hoppmann visited the
plant and said they were amazed by the
work ethic there, Moore said.
Feldmeier Equipment also has a positive
impact on other local businesses that it
works with. Additionally, by employing 175
people in the Little Falls plant, Feldmeier
is supporting all of those families, Moore
said.
“It’s been a good living for a lot of
people,” he said.
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES and Feldmeier Equipment
in Little Falls are community partners. Pictured below, Feldmeier
Equipment President Bob Feldmeier (left) stands with some of the
many Herkimer BOCES graduates who work at Feldmeier Equipment
(from left to right): Elroy Moore, plant manager; Peter McGowan,
former large tank shipping supervisor; Tom Connor, head of
purchasing for consumers and equipment; Don Richards, head of
maintenance; and Ron Lamanna, head of purchasing for products,
services and materials.
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Feldmeier offers good wages and room
for growth, Moore said. For example,
Mohawk resident Tom Connor graduated
from Herkimer BOCES and started as a
beginning welder at Feldmeier. He is now
head of purchasing for consumers and
equipment for all five Feldmeier plants.
Connor said that taking welding at
Herkimer BOCES has had a huge impact
on his life.
“It’s how I got my job,” he said.
The partnership
Moore wasn’t an A student in high
school, but welding fit his personality, and
he just wanted to work, so he took welding
at Herkimer BOCES. It led to his job at the
Little Falls plant starting in 1977.
“Generally, with a phone call, a kid gets
hired on the spot,” McGough said.
The large donations of stainless steel
from Feldmeier Equipment to Herkimer
BOCES are also very valuable for the
class, McGough said. What is scrap
for Feldmeier, is “gold” for the class,
McGough said.
“It’s huge,” he said. “We build projects
here that we couldn’t otherwise build.”
Projects Herkimer BOCES classes
have worked on using the stainless steel
include barbecue grills, time capsules for
the city of Little Falls and the Frankfort-
Schuyler Central School District and a fuel
tank for a handicapped accessible van for
a student’s father, McGough said.
The donations also benefit Feldmeier
by allowing Herkimer BOCES students to
have practice working with stainless steel
and becoming more prepared for potential
employment at Feldmeier.
Overall, the partnership has been
a great success for both Feldmeier
Equipment and Herkimer BOCES.
“It’s priceless,” McGough said. “That
sums it up – it’s priceless.”
“I think looking back on it, without
Herkimer BOCES, I don’t think I’d be where
I am today,” Moore said.
Former Herkimer BOCES welding
instructor Joe Aiello kept Moore and
others interested in school, Moore said.
When Aiello would see that high interest
from students, he would encourage
them to work extra hard and push them
toward employment at companies such as
Feldmeier, Moore said.
McGough continues that now with
current Herkimer BOCES students, Moore
said.
When McGough’s students tour the
Feldmeier Equipment plant every year,
they see the new cars in the parking lot
and see the employees welding, so they
know they can aim for a good-paying job
after graduation, Moore said.
When students see graduates working
hard at Feldmeier, it gives them a reason
to work hard in class, McGough said.
Moore often hires Herkimer BOCES
graduates right out of high school, and
the company has had a great success rate
with that, he said. He thinks the state
should put more emphasis on allowing
students to graduate high school through
a career and technical education program.
“The world needs tradesmen –
craftsmen – and that’s what a BOCES will
do for you,” Moore said. “You don’t need a
college degree to build a tank. You need to
know how to build a tank.”
McGough said he only makes a call to
Moore about a student when he knows the
student will be a good fit at Feldmeier.
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student Austin Dexter, a senior from the
Poland Central School District, works during
his welding class at BOCES.
About Herkimer BOCES
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES serves
students from its 10 component school districts: Central
Valley, Dolgeville, Frankfort-Schuyler, Herkimer, Little Falls,
Mount Markham, Owen D. Young, Poland, Richfield Springs
and West Canada Valley.
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Three new career and technical education (CTE)
programs are debuting in fall 2014: 1. aviation
maintenance general 2. New Visions Professions
3. introduction to careers.
Herkimer BOCES also offers the following CTE programs:
1. automotive technology 2. media arts and entertainment
3. building construction 4. business management
5. collision repair technology 6. cosmetology 7. criminal
justice 8. culinary and hospitality 9. child and family
services 10. health science careers 11. natural resource
management 12. network administration 13. outdoor
power equipment 14. visual communications 15. welding
and metal fabrication.
For information or to sign up for courses, talk to your
school guidance counselor or call Herkimer BOCES at
315-867-2000.
Award-winning Information Technology Academy
provides college credits, career training
The Herkimer-FultonHamilton-Otsego BOCES
Information Technology
Academy (ITA) allows junior
and senior students to
focus on either business
management or network
administration.
Students who complete
the program are qualified
for entry-level jobs in either
field, and they also earn a
full year’s worth of Herkimer
College credits, which can
be transferred to any college
that accepts Herkimer College
credits.
“What the program does is
it gives students insight into
what is potentially out there
for them,” ITA instructor Tony
Masala said. “It helps them
look beyond high school to
see what their future can be.”
On Nov. 21, 2013, at Hart’s
Hill Inn in Whitesboro, the
ITA received a Genesis Group
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“outstanding program” award
for its ability to help students
prepare for college and
careers.
“It’s an honor to accept
this award on behalf of the
program and the BOCES as a
whole – especially the Career
Tech Center,” Masala said.
ITA students also have
a tradition of winning
medals in regional Future
Business Leaders of America
competitions - including 32
in 2014. Some of the 2014
winners are pictured above.
The STRIVE Guide
to Mohawk Valley
Career Options
Aviation
Annual Salaries:
$30,000 - $70,000
after five years experience
Local Companies:
Premier Aviation, MidairUSA, Eastern Air Defense
Sector, UTC Aerospace,
River Hawk
How can I get on
track for a career in this field?
Take the new aviation maintenance general
class at Herkimer BOCES, which aligns with
Mohawk Valley Community College’s program.
For information, talk to your school guidance
counselor or call BOCES at 315-867-2000.
The local aviation industry:
The aviation industry is a key employer at the
former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome. Now
the home of the county airport, maintenance
repair overhead companies cluster to take
advantage of the more than two-mile runway
and uncongested airspace that make it easy to
move aircraft to and from the Mohawk Valley.
In 2006, Mohawk Valley Community
College started an airframe and powerplant
mechanic training program to feed this growing
workforce.
Beginning with the 2014-15 school year,
Herkimer BOCES is launching an aviation
maintenance general program, which aligns
with MVCC’s program and prepares students
for jobs at local companies such as Premier
Aviation and MidairUSA at the Griffiss
International Airport in Rome.
Community College, helps deliver an airplane
from MVCC to Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego
BOCES in January 2014.
Aviation
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Finance
Annual Salaries:
$30,000 - $70,000
after five years experience
Local Companies:
Premier Aviation, MidairUSA, Eastern Air Defense
Sector, UTC Aerospace,
River Hawk
How can I get on
track for a career in this field?
Take challenging mathematics and economics
classes at your local high school and/or sign up for
the Information Technology Academy at Herkimer
BOCES. Talk to you guidance counselor or call
BOCES at 315-867-2000.
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HERKIMER-FULTON-HAMILTON-OTSEGO BOCES
2014 ANNUAL MEETING REPORT
HE R K I M ER
H A M I LT O N
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Learning for Life
Table Of Contents
Page 2:
Pages 10-11:
Annual Meeting agenda Community Partner
Profile: MVCC
Page 3:
Letter to boards of
Pages 12-13:
education; last year’s
Student Spotlight:
meeting minutes
Health science
careers graduate
Pages 4-5:
Briana Goggin proves
Budget and voting
BOCES’ worth
information
Page 14:
Page 6:
List of component
Fiscal accountability
boards of education
Page 7:
Page 15:
Remington Educational Thank you to Central
Complex
Valley Academy
Chamber Choir and
Pages 8-9:
BOCES culinary and
Academic
hospitality students
accountability and
program highlights
2014 Annual Meeting - April 3, 2014
Annual Meeting Report
Pre-meeting events
The 2014 Annual Meeting Report
serves as the program for the 2014
Annual Meeting held on April 3, 2014,
at Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego
BOCES.
Reception hosted by the Herkimer-
Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES
culinary and hospitality program.
The report also provides news and
information about Herkimer BOCES
from the 2013-14 school year.
Pictured on the cover, FrankfortSchuyler student Joe Rodio works on a
computer in his Information Technology
Academy class at Herkimer BOCES.
Agenda for the
April 3, 2014,
Annual Meeting
Entertainment provided by the
Central Valley Academy Chamber Choir
- directed by Mark Bunce.
The Annual Meeting reception will
start at 6:15 p.m., with the following
meeting agenda beginning at 7 p.m.
Community Partnership Award
to be presented to Mohawk Valley
Community College.
I. Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of 2013 Minutes
Stephen Coupe,
Chairperson,
Central Valley CSD
II. Welcome and Introductions
Daniel LaLonde, President,
BOCES Board of Education
III. Presentation of BOCES
Annual Report and Budget
Highlights
Mark Vivacqua,
IV. Introduction of BOCES Board
Candidates
Respective component
superintendents
BOCES board candidates will
address the audience
West Canada Valley student
Amanda Mauldin displays one
of her designs from her visual
communications class at
Herkimer BOCES.
V. Adjournment
Stephen Coupe
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Minutes from the
2013 Annual Meeting
Ms. Melissa Bolton, chairperson,
called the meeting to order at 7:04
p.m. and requested everyone rise to
recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The
notice of Annual Meeting and the
2012 Annual Meeting minutes were
reviewed by Chairperson Bolton.
Robert Maxwell moved and W. Lee
Bynon seconded a motion to approve
the 2012 Annual Meeting minutes. All
members present voted in favor.
W. Lee Bynon, BOCES board
president, welcomed everyone to the
Annual Meeting and introduced the
BOCES Board of Education. The West
Canada Valley Jazz Ensemble was
thanked for providing this evening’s
entertainment, and students in the
culinary and hospitality program were
recognized for catering the reception.
Members of the BOCES Board of
Education were introduced.
Mark Vivacqua, BOCES district
superintendent, provided information
on the state aid picture, BOCES
communication plan, graduation rates,
college and career pipeline and the
proposed CTE sequence.
Three candidates have been
nominated for three BOCES Board
of Education seats, which are for
three-year terms. At this time, the
candidates seeking a position on
the BOCES Board of Education were
introduced and given an opportunity
to speak on behalf of their candidacy.
The 2013 BOCES board candidates
include: Daniel LaLonde [Central
Valley], Robert Maxwell [Dolgeville]
and Daniel Voce [Herkimer].
With no further business, Stephen
Coupe moved and Peter Kemler
seconded a motion to adjourn the
meeting at 7:55 p.m. All members
present voted in favor.
-Shawn Maxson, Clerk of the Board
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A letter to our local boards of education
March 2014
Dear component board members,
On behalf of our BOCES Cooperative Board,
I welcome your attendance at our Annual
Meeting. Last year, we characterized the Annual
Meeting as historic. We anticipated a cooperative
of 10 districts with the merger vote that created
Central Valley Central School and the farewell
bid to Oppenheim-Ephratah. The loss of revenue
associated with the Oppenheim-Ephratah-St.
Johnsville move to HFM BOCES was a concern,
and there was uncertainty about the effect the
Ilion-Mohawk merger may have on the BOCES.
One year later, Central Valley has proven itself to
be a successful venture, and the BOCES move into
Remington Elementary has benefited the entire
region. This month, the commissioner granted
our request to expand the cooperative board to 10
members, and so a new era has officially begun.
Our districts have continued to utilize the
BOCES to consolidate services. This past year,
there was an expansion of the Central Business
Office, we were among the first BOCES in the
state to implement a shared facilities management
service and we are in the beginning stages of a
comprehensive transportation study. Services to
students with disabilities also expanded, with new
classes added and many others filled to capacity.
Full use of existing programs is also key to keeping
costs down. Because special education classes were
full last year, the final cost of tuitions for most
programs was 25 percent lower than projected,
which means schools received an average refund of
$7,500 for every student educated within BOCES
programs.
Unfortunately, we are seeing the reverse in
Career and Technical Education. At a time when
CTE participation is rising in many BOCES, ours
has fallen dramatically. This is causing a situation
in which it is costing the same amount of money
to educate fewer children. More importantly, our
students are denied access to programs which
other schools provide to their students. In this
case, it is not because of a lack of resources, but a
lack of clarity of need. The focus of Mark’s talk
at the Annual Meeting will be around this topic
specifically and“return on investment” generally.
I am proud that my home district of Central
Valley will be hosting the event, President Steve
Coupe chairing the meeting and that we will be
entertained by the CVA Chamber Choir.
Sincerely,
Daniel LaLonde,
BOCES Board of Education President
Pictured: Members of the BOCES Board of
Education from left to right. First row: Daniel Voce,
Daniel LaLonde, William Miller, Michele Szarek,
Thomas Shypski, Scott Tranter. Second row: Robert
Maxwell, William Dodge, Lawrence Thibault.
Administrative and capital budget primers
Administrative Budget Primer
BOCES operates with the
collective support of its component
school districts; the districts must
pay an administrative assessment to
cover the administrative portion of
the total costs of operating BOCES.
A district’s responsibility or level
of ownership of the administrative
budget is determined by its student
population. The number used is
resident weighted average daily
attendance [RWADA]. Each district’s
proportion of the total RWADA for
all districts is their portion of the
administrative budget responsibility.
A defeat of the administrative
budget for failure to secure a
majority among those voting
will result in the adoption of the
previous year’s budget, excluding
costs associated with retirement
and retiree health insurance.
The administrative budget, as
submitted by a BOCES, is reviewed
by others at the State Education
Department for its compliance with
law and regulation.
Upon approval, the administrative
budget is static. This means that,
unlike program budgets maintained
by BOCES, the administrative budget
does not fluctuate because of
district requests.
The categories that make up
the administrative budget are
prescribed by law and, therefore,
are consistent BOCES-to-BOCES
throughout New York state.
Capital Budget Primer
An estimate of the rentals, capital
expenditures and debt service of the
BOCES is presented along with the
BOCES administrative budget.
State legislation, which gave
component boards the right to
vote on the administrative budget
in 1994, purposely exempted the
capital budget from a vote.
Were the capital budget fixed,
BOCES would be unable to respond
to mid-year district requests
requiring additional classroom
rentals, such as special education
classes.
(To the left) Owen D. Young student
Victoria Herringshaw prepares a puzzle for
young children during her early childhood
education class at Herkimer BOCES.
(Pictured on Page 5) Mount Markham
student Geoffrey Roberts works on a vehicle
during his collision repair class at Herkimer
BOCES.
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2014-15 Tentative
Budget Summaries
Summary of Tentative Administrative Budget
Personal Services*
$582,903
Fringe Benefits**
$297,405
Equipment
$0
Supplies and Materials
$30,000
Revenue Note Interest Expense
$18,000
Total Contract Expense
$255,275
Retirement Benefits
$1,373,944
Net Transfers (other than capital)
$134,982
Total Administrative Budget
$2,692,509
*Personal Services costs are the salaries
of all central administrative and supervisory
personnel.
**Fringe Benefits costs are the benefits of
all central administrative and supervisory
personnel.
Summary of Tentative
Capital Budget
Rental of Facilities
$370,252
Transfer to Capital Project Funds $1,392,193
Total Capital Budget
$1,762,445
Summary of Tentative
Program Budget
Career and Technical Education $4,399,482
Instruction of Students
with Disabilities
$3,907,506
Itinerant Services
General Instruction
Instructional Support
Total Program Budget
$3,140,055
$937,543
$1,203,120
$13,587,706
Compensation of
District Superintendent of Schools
State Salary
BOCES Salary
Annualized Benefits
Total Compensation
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$43,499
$123,168
$31,078
$197,745
Voting Information
Members of all component boards of education
will vote on the 2014-15 Herkimer-Fulton-HamiltonOtsego BOCES administrative budget on Wednesday,
April 23.
Voting will take place in each district. After board
members cast individual votes, each school board
will file a single majority vote.
Component boards will also vote on four BOCES
Board of Education seats, which are all for three-year
terms.
Nominees for the board seats must reside in
the following districts: Frankfort-Schuyler, Mount
Markham, Owen D. Young and West Canada Valley.
Fiscal accountability
The administrative budget carries the expenses for the district
superintendent and cooperative board, general costs of administration
not allocated to specific services, planning and central support for
operations (business office, personnel and public information). Postretirement health insurance (PRHI) costs for all programs are also
included in the administrative budget, which now constitutes more than
50 percent of the total budget.
The chart above details the history of these two parts of the budget,
and the implications will be discussed at the Annual Meeting.
The chart below illustrates that capital budget expenses, as with
administration not attributed to PRHI, have trended downward.
(Above) BOCES Information Technology Academy
student Michael Twomey, of Richfield Springs.
(Below) Herkimer BOCES cosmetology student
Katherine Nicolette, of Central Valley, gives a
haircut to younger BOCES student Dylan Flike.
On Page 7: (Middle) BOCES guidance counselor
Heather Paul stands with Pathways Academy
students Michael Clemons and Dakota Jowett
by the “positive affirmation moments” display.
(Top) The Pathways Academy students of the
month for November 2013 pose in the hallway
at Remington. (Bottom) Some of the 2013
adult education equivalency diploma graduates
moments before their graduation ceremony.
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Remington Educational Complex
With the creation of the Central
Valley Central School District, the
Remington Elementary School
became vacant. Due to its central
location in the BOCES supervisory,
the building has been transformed
into the Remington Educational
Complex. This has not only
expanded opportunities for learners
of all ages, but has resulted in
significant savings of rental dollars.
The complex houses both the
Pathways Academy at Remington
and our Adult, Early Childhood and
Outreach Education Division.
Pathways Academy serves
students who have been
unsuccessful in the traditional
school setting. Many have
behaviorally based disabilities,
and others have had a variety of
issues that have caused them to
get behind in their credits toward
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graduation. For
some students
with disabilities,
the program
has been a first
opportunity to
be integrated
with nondisabled
peers for core
instruction.
Enrollment has
grown
steadily
and
currently there are 117
students attending, with a
passing rate of 72 percent.
We are proud of our students’
performance given the
educational challenges they
have faced.
The complex is also home
base of our Adult, Early
Childhood and Outreach
Education Division. We left
two rented buildings to
consolidate the programs at
Remington
in much
more
suitable
spaces. The
grant-funded
Literacy Zone
is a focal point,
with its Family
Welcome
Center situated
in the former
library. The
Adult Literacy
Center offers
high school equivalency instruction.
Early Childhood and the Migrant
Education Tutorial and Support
Services (METS) offices also are
based at the complex. Next year,
we will move our successful Adult
Licensed Practical Nursing Program
to the second floor of Remington,
providing additional rental savings.
The complex is a vibrant learning
space, where students of all ages
are afforded opportunities to
succeed in their quest to lead
productive and fulfilling lives.
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Community Partner Profile: Mohawk Valley Community College
HERKIMER – The demand for airplane
maintenance workers is high – including
locally – but there is a lack in the supply
of appropriately trained talent.
That problem is also an opportunity –
one that could help high-school students
in the region start their training toward a
well-paying career.
Mohawk Valley Community College
received this year’s Herkimer-FultonHamilton-Otsego BOCES Community
Partnership Award for
its support of Herkimer
BOCES’ effort to make
that opportunity come to
fruition.
A new program called
“aviation maintenance
general” will take flight
at Herkimer BOCES in
the 2014-15 school year.
It will prepare students
to potentially go into
Mohawk Valley Community College’s
airframe and powerplant technology
program and could lead to employment
at airplane maintenance companies such
as the ones at the Griffiss Business and
The Herkimer BOCES program is
important for the region because of how
it can tie high-school students into MVCC
and the businesses at Griffiss, said Walter
Constantini, director of the airframe and
powerplant program at MVCC.
fundamentals here, the transitions will be
very smooth for them.”
program and loaning BOCES an airplane
and engine that students can practice
working on during their class.
The partnership
The BOCES aviation program will be for
seniors only next school year. The course
is aimed not only at students interested in
aviation maintenance, but also mechanics
or basic electricity.
Administration’s
required
aircraft
maintenance
training
curriculum,
maintenance
documentation,
introduction to
aircraft flight
controls and
aircraft physics
of flight, weight and balance.
MVCC, which is receiving the Community
Best of all, students will have the
Partnership Award at the Herkimer BOCES
opportunity to continue their education at
Annual Meeting on April 3, 2014, showed
MVCC’s aviation program.
what a strong community partner it is
to Herkimer BOCES by working out an
“MVCC’s airframe and powerplant
articulation agreement for the aviation
technology program provided a long-term
loan of a complete
aircraft and
aircraft engine to
Members of the local media gather around as
be used by BOCES
“Erma Dee,” an airplane given to Herkimer-Fultonstudents in their
Hamilton-Otsego BOCES on a long-term loan from
exploration of the
Mohawk Valley Community College is delivered to
aviation industry,”
Constantini said.
“The A&P staff
has assisted
the Herkimer
BOCES with the
development of the
aviation curriculum
and provided
guidance in what
the program needs
to cover.”
BOCES seniors
can earn two dual
college credits
in the airframe
and powerplant
program at
MVCC if they
maintain excellent
attendance, a
10
grade-point average of 76 percent or
better and successfully complete a
Federal Aviation Administration evaluation
exam.
“Without MVCC, this new program for
our students would not be possible,”
Herkimer BOCES District Superintendent
Mark Vivacqua said. “I hope parents and
students will continue to open themselves
up to existing opportunities for good
employment and the ability to lead
productive middle
class lives without
having to leave the
region.”
for this new program by speaking with
their guidance counselors or contacting
Herkimer BOCES.
’Consistent need’
The aviation program coordinated by
Herkimer BOCES and MVCC will add to
the region’s growing aviation field. MVCC’s
program trains students for employment,
and that could lead to jobs at one of the
major airplane maintenance companies at
the Griffiss Business and Technology Park
Herkimer BOCES automotive technology
student David LaJuett, of Herkimer Central
School District, said he thinks the new
aviation maintenance program supported
by MVCC will draw interest from students
because it is a good addition to the lineup
of BOCES offerings.
“I feel it’s an interesting program,”
LaJuett said. “It’s definitely different from
what we have here now.”
LaJuett said the BOCES automotive
’Golden
opportunity’
As part of the
Herkimer BOCES
initiative to make
high-school
students college
and career ready,
BOCES leaders
identified aviation
maintenance as a
local career field
with available jobs
and created the
program to try
to help students
connect to those
jobs.
“These are real
opportunities and
real jobs right here
in the Mohawk
Valley,” Vivacqua
said. “Students
and parents need
to know that if
students sign up
for this program, it
can be the starting
point on a pathway
to a well-paying aviation maintenance
career.”
Constantini, who helped deliver the
airplane from MVCC to Herkimer BOCES
on Jan. 23, said he’s glad this program is
working out because it can lead students
to “very rewarding” local careers.
“It’s a golden opportunity,” he said.
For all of this to be a success, students
who will be seniors next school year will
need to take the initiative to sign up
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Community College, helps deliver an airplane
from MVCC to Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego
in Rome: MidairUSA or Premier Aviation.
workers in the aviation industry,” said Paul
Staskowski, general manager/director
of maintenance at MidairUSA Inc. “The
aviation program proposed by Herkimer
BOCES will introduce students to the
exciting and challenging world of aircraft
maintenance. I applaud Herkimer BOCES
for their foresight and wish them the very
best of luck in this endeavor.”
technology program has helped him earn
certificates and feel prepared for the real
world. He thinks the aviation program
could similarly lead to employment for
students – especially with the articulation
agreement with MVCC and with local
businesses being located at Griffiss.
jobs,” he said.
Student Spotlight: Health science careers grad proves BOCES’ worth
ONEONTA – A few years ago, when thenPoland-student Briana Goggin considered
enrolling in the health science careers
program at Herkimer-Fulton-HamiltonOtsego BOCES, some – including her
mother – questioned the idea.
Despite the concerns of others
about what BOCES would mean for her
academics, Goggin pushed forward and
joined the course, which gave her the
opportunity to learn about the career field
she was interested in. As a high-school
junior and senior at BOCES, she continued
her academics, worked in a nursing lab
and did clinical visitations at the Folts
Homes and Valley Health Services.
Now, Goggin, 18, is a pre-med
student at Hartwick College in
Oneonta. She majors in nursing and
minors in biology, while also tackling a
job, a sorority and soccer.
It was Herkimer BOCES and her
instructors there that allowed Goggin
to be prepared for college and put her
one step closer to her goal of becoming
a doctor, she said.
“I love where I am right now,” she
said.
Goggin took two years of the career
and technical education course “health
science careers” with instructors
Brenda Bouchard and Vicki Hauser. She
graduated from the BOCES program
and Poland Central School District in
June 2013 and started at Hartwick
College in fall 2013. She recently sat
down for an interview at Hartwick
College’s Johnstone Science Center.
‘Stereotyping it’
The group questioning Goggin’s plan of
attending Herkimer BOCES included her
mother, but it didn’t include her father,
who already knew the value of a career
and technical education program because
he went through the building construction
program at Herkimer BOCES when he was
in high school.
Her mother, Rita Goggin, however, was
worried. She thought her daughter should
stay at Poland full time and focus more on
preparing for her Regents tests. She didn’t
understand all that BOCES has to offer.
“Sometimes, it’s more stereotyped as
for children with learning disabilities,”
Rita Goggin said, of BOCES. “I guess I was
one of those stereotyping it.”
Rita Goggin talked to BOCES guidance
counselor Heather Paul, and it changed
her mind. Also, Briana Goggin attacked
any concern about preparation for the
chemistry Regents by taking a course
at Herkimer College in the summer and
getting an 87 on the exam.
Now, Rita Goggin sees that the
Herkimer BOCES health science careers
program prepared her daughter for college
while allowing her to figure out before
college whether or not she really wanted
to go into that career.
“I think we’ve got to get the word off
the street that if you go to BOCES, you
don’t go to college,” she said. “It makes
me so mad when people say that.”
Both she and her mother said there are
a lot of people who go to college and find
out they don’t like their chosen career
path as much as they expected. BOCES
allows students to discover that sooner.
“You get in there, and maybe you don’t
like it,” Briana Goggin said. “It’s going to
tell you.”
In her case, however, she absolutely
loved it.
‘To be a doctor’
“I think it’s a wonderful program,” Rita
Goggin said. “I am very happy she did do
it.”
‘People think’
There were others who doubted Briana
Goggin’s decision to attend Herkimer
BOCES. Some people were thinking that
BOCES is where you go only if you’re going
straight into a career and not college.
“People think you’re going to get fewer
opportunities,” Briana Goggin said.
There are some people who do go right
into jobs after BOCES, and that’s great,
she said, but that doesn’t mean BOCES
isn’t beneficial to students who do want to
go to college.
For Goggin, going to BOCES was one
stop on her journey to achieving her
childhood dream.
She has an aunt who is a
surgeon and an aunt who is a nurse
practitioner, so that piqued her interest
in the health field at an early age.
“I was probably 6 years old when I
said I wanted to be a doctor,” she said.
During career days at school, she
was always attracted to jobs related to
being a doctor. Then her experience at
BOCES sealed the deal.
“You always want to help people,” she
said. “Once I started going to BOCES, it
really clicked; I knew.”
She also did job shadowing at the
Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare maternity
ward and is interested in becoming a
neonatologist – possibly in a surgeryrelated aspect. She isn’t completely
sure where she wants to go for
medical school or where her pursuit of
becoming a doctor will take her, but she
expects to figure it out while at Hartick
College, and she knows she wants to do
something related to kids.
‘Hands-on’
Goggin felt thrilled at Herkimer BOCES
that she was able to discover more about
the industry she was interested in by
learning in nursing labs and doing the
clinical visitations at Folts Homes and
Valley Health Services.
“You go into BOCES, and you’re doing
exactly what you want to do,” she said.
“I’m a really hands-on person. I knew
going into BOCES I’d get to do more
hands-on.”
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Briana Goggin, Herkimer
BOCES and Poland graduate,
stands on campus at
Hartwick College. On page
14, she skins, clears and dyes
seahorses for a biology class
at Hartwick. Bottom right
corner of this page, she uses
a histology machine to slice
tissue in wax to study cells.
She enjoyed studying anatomy and
physiology and working with patients in
the nursing homes.
“It was definitely a realization,” she
said. “You’re working with real people. If
something goes wrong, that’s somebody’s
life.”
That type of pressure was a lot to
handle initially, and it prepared her for
college and her career, she said.
“My first day, I was terrified,” she said.
“But you get used to it. You don’t want to
leave.”
Now, she goes back and visits some of
the nursing home patients when she’s
home from college.
‘Prepare you’
The great thing about all the career and
technical education programs at BOCES
is that they give you the education and
practice you need and then they let you
experience the industry you’re focused on,
Goggin said.
“They put you in that field,” she said.
“They prepare you, and they put you out
there. You’ve got to be prepared.”
At BOCES, Goggin took full advantage
of every opportunity offered – such as
clinical training and internships that
allowed her to make career choices
based on experience, said Bouchard,
her BOCES instructor. She studied
anatomy, physiology, nutrition and medical
terminology and gained entry-level job
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skills and communication skills.
“Many of the skills and abilities
Briana possesses can be traced
back to her time at the career tech
center,” Bouchard said. “She was
asked to learn things she had never
studied before, she was asked to
do things many people can’t or
won’t do in the health care setting.
She stepped up and worked to the
highest standard and then shared
her strengths with other students
who were still struggling to find
their way. I am proud of Briana and
have confidence that she will reach
all the goals she sets for herself.”
Goggin credits Bouchard for
getting her where she is today.
“It’s the best program in the
world,” Goggin said.
‘Part of something’
When interviewed in early March
2014 for this story, Goggin had
finished class and was at the Johnstone
Science Center at Hartwick College. She
said the center sometimes seems like her
new home because she’s there so often.
In reality, she lives in the freshman
honors dorm, which is very nice, but is
about a mile’s walk from campus. She
makes the walk every day for her studies
and extracurricular activities.
She is taking 18 credits per semester,
will be doing four credits in the summer,
spends 15 hours per week in the
library as part of her pledge to get
into the sorority Phi Sigma Phi, she
works seven hours per week and
she practices or lifts weights for
soccer six days per week. Such a
busy schedule is fun for her.
“I love being a part of
something,” she said.
She will start with clinical
visitations in her sophomore year
of college – something she already
experienced at BOCES – and in the
meantime she is enjoying courses
such as biology. In her salamander
science class, she has been
involved with skinning, clearing
and dying salamanders and
seahorses for major studies and an
international science art exhibit.
Her salamander science
professor Stanley Sessions said she
is “a very good student.”
‘Value-added education’
Sessions was happy to hear that Goggin
went through a BOCES program.
“I love BOCES – their approach is
exactly what we’re trying to do,” Sessions
said, referencing students getting in
the lab and doing hands-on biology
work. “We’re thinking about value-added
education – how you can use what you
learn here to get a job.”
Goggin, who passed her certified
nursing assistant exam through Herkimer
BOCES to become a CNA, said she has
noticed from talking to other nursing
students at the college that they either
didn’t have the opportunity to become
a CNA or went to a different BOCES but
didn’t get training for and access to the
exam right through BOCES.
She also enjoys the size of Hartwick
College. With about 400 students in
her class, it’s an easier transition from
Poland, where she had 30 students in her
class, than some larger colleges would be.
The jump from Poland to college would
have been more difficult, she said, without
going to Herkimer BOCES first. There,
she already experienced walking into an
atmosphere where she didn’t know most
of the other students and meeting people
from other towns.
“BOCES helped in so many different
ways,” she said. “They helped prepare me
for the real world.”
The Herkimer BOCES component district boards of education
Central Valley
Superintendent Cosimo Tangorra Jr.,
Ed.D., President Stephen Coupe, Vicki Judd,
Daniel LaLonde, Vice President William
Lennox, Walt Roginski, Matthew Shedd and
Fred Schell.
Herkimer
Superintendent Robert Miller, Anthony
Brindisi, President John Cipriano, Mark
Conley, Diann Fischer, Carl Lohmann, Vice
President Robert Mihevc and Daniel Voce.
Dolgeville
Superintendent Christine Reynolds,
Donna Christensen, David Clark, Mary
Lou Huddleston, Peter Jaikin, Mark
Lewandowski, Vice President Robert
Maxwell and President Karen Nagle.
Little Falls
Superintendent Louis J. Patrei, Daniel
Casler, President William Dodge, Vice
President Anthony Giaquinto, Kristina
Hameister, Christine Shepardson, Scott
Tooley and Alan Yallowitz.
Frankfort-Schuyler
Superintendent Robert Reina, Dominick
Bellino, Jack Bono, Vice President Michael
Button, Joseph Ciccone, Michael Clements,
President Lisa LoRe and Angela Service.
Mount Markham
Superintendent Shawn Bissetta,
Christopher Burke, Vice President John
Cornmire, President Thomas Huxtable, Jack
Kilty, Carol Lewis, Ronald Loiacono and
Catharine Wheat.
Owen D. Young
Superintendent James Picolla, Jordan
Clements, Quendryth Marshall, George
Mower, Vice President Natalia Rogers and
President Linda Tharp.
Poland
Superintendent Laura Dutton, Pamela
Ahles, President Melissa Allen, Vice
President Robert Batson, Michael Chauvin,
Patrick Houghtaling, Karen Ryan and Eric
Tabor.
Richfield Springs
Superintendent Dan Myers, James
Diliberto, President Scot Mondore, Thomas
Shypski, Vice President Bradley Smith and
Bruce Watson.
West Canada Valley
Superintendent John Banek, President
Melissa Bolton, Stephen Keblish, Vice
President Peter Kemler, Robin Louis, Carson
Marko, Karen Murphy and Erin Roberts.
Pictured here: Central Valley
students Treqwanel Hartwell (left)
and Emmanuel Kemna (right)
practice fingerprinting in their
criminal justice class at Herkimer
BOCES. To the right: Dolgeville
students Austin Kollbeck (left)
and Josh Bailey (right) practice
applying handcuffs.
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Thank you!
A S P ECIAL TH AN KS
G O ES OU T T O ...
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego
BOCES would like to thank the following
groups and individuals for their
contributions to the Annual Meeting:
Entertainment:
The Central Valley Academy Chamber
Choir and its director Mark Bunce.
Refreshments:
Students from the BOCES culinary
and hospitality program and instructors
Jeanni Romanowski and Terry Barr.
To the right: Herkimer BOCES culinary and hospitality
students (from left to right) Dennis Brockhum, Danielle
Pentland and Ashley Chapman in the Culinary Bistro.
Below: The Central Valley Academy Chamber Choir is
performing at this year’s BOCES Annual Meeting.
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District
Superintendent
Mark Vivacqua
HE R K I M ER
H A M I LT O N
■
F ULTON
OTSEGO
BOCES
Assistant
Superintendent
for Instruction
Laurie Hedges
■
Learning for Life
352 Gros Blvd, Herkimer, NY 13350
Executive Director of
Business and Finance
Mark Deierlein
(315) 867-2000
2014 Annual Meeting Report
Produced in cooperation with the Capital
Region BOCES Communications Service.
Bryon Ackerman, Editor
Little Falls students Courtney
Robinson (left) and Paige Ford
(right) use their skills in their
health science careers class.
Herkimer Central School District
student Jacob Labreche works in
his automotive construction class
at Herkimer BOCES.
Interact with
Herkimer BOCES
online!
www.twitter.com/mvivacqua
Registration and Entry Form
Corporate Sponsorship:
2013 tournament winners
(third-consecutive year as champions):
Below, from left to right:
Matt Wright, Bill Eberlein, Joe Scalise and Michael Stone.
Company Name: ____________________________
Contact Person: _____________________________
Sponsorship Level:
$1,500
$750
$500
$100 (non-participant donation for tee sign)
Telephone: _________________________________
Sponsorship Level:
$400 (School)
$100 (Individual)
My foursome includes:
(Co-ed teams are welcome!)
1. __________________ 2.__________________
3. __________________ 4.__________________
Enclosed is a check made payable to
Dollars for Scholars.
I cannot attend, but would like to support
Dollars for Scholars with the enclosed donation.
Please mail entry form and fees to:
Vicki Devereese, Herkimer BOCES
352 Gros Blvd.
Herkimer, NY 13350
vdevereese@herkimer-boces.org
Golf Tournament
Registration at 9 a.m.
Shotgun start at 10 a.m.
School and Individual Sponsorship:
Contact Person: _____________________________
12th Annual
Monday, August 4, 2014
at the Cedar Lake Club
Telephone: _________________________________
Name: ___________________________________
Dollars for Scholars
As costs for continuing education continue to
escalate and federal aid decreases, the need for
more community scholarships is great.
Dollars for Scholars is a solid response to this
need - providing:
• A planned approach for increasing local
scholarships.
• A place for charitable gifts that assist local
students.
• A system for recognizing and rewarding a
wide range of deserving students.
For information, call Herkimer-FultonHamilton-Otsego BOCES at (315) 867-2007.
About Dollars
for Scholars
is a not-for-profit
community scholarship
foundation. Local
citizens from many
professions work
voluntarily to generate
scholarship funds for
graduates of technical
programs in our region.
These technical
programs may be those
in place at HerkimerFulton-HamiltonOtsego BOCES or one
of the 10 component
districts.
The component
school districts
are Central Valley,
Dolgeville, FrankfortSchuyler, Herkimer,
Little Falls, Mount
Markham, Owen
D. Young, Poland,
Richfield Springs and
West Canada Valley.
Since 1991, more
than 275 scholarships
have been distributed
to students seeking to
combine their technical
education training with
accredited college study.
For those interested
in contributing their
volunteer time to such
a worthwhile endeavor,
the Dollars for Scholars
process includes work
on various fundraising
events throughout the
year and services to a
governing committee,
which is chaired by Mr.
Harrison J. Hummel
IV of Hummel’s Office
Plus.
Please consider
participating in our
largest fundraiser: the
Golf Tournament.
Registration Information
Deadline to register: July 18.
For information, call Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES
at (315) 867-2007.
Item Donations:
Donations of items also are welcomed.
We wish to donate the following items:
_______________________________________
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
The golf tournament will feature cocktails and
hors d’oeuvres following play. Photos will be taken
and raffles will be available.
Prizes will be awarded for: Challenger’s Cup,
All Women’s Team, Skins, Closest to Pin, Longest
Drive, Team Honors and Blind Bogey.
Co-ed teams are welcome!
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Sponsorship Levels:
Corporate:
The gold, silver and bronze
corporate levels include
a tournament foursome,
company name on a banner
and a tee sign.
a. Gold Level sponsor:
$1,500
b. Silver Level sponsor:
$750
c. Bronze Level sponsor:
$500
d. Tee sign sponsor: *
(Donation only, non-participant)
$100
School & Individual:
a. School sponsor with
foursome:
$400
b. Individual sponsor:
$100
c. Tee sign sponsor: *
(Donation only, non-participant)
$100
*Tee sign sponsors allow the
donator to have an advertisement
tee sign placed on a green.
They are donations only and do
not include participation in the
tournament.