The following letter was sent on Aug. 24, 2020 by Director of Special Education Caralee Kardash to families/guardians of students attending our Special Education program for the 20-21 school year. Dear Parent/Guardian: We are pleased to announce that Capital Region BOCES Special Education division will be providing in-person or remote learning for the students in …
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The following letter was sent on Aug. 24, 2020 by Director of Career and Technical Education Jeff Palmer to families/guardians of students attending our Career and Technical School programs for the 20-21 school year. Dear Parent/Guardian: We are pleased to announce that Capital Region BOCES will be providing a hybrid instructional model, including in-person learning …
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On Aug.7, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that New York state schools can offer in-person learning this school year. Following all state and national guidelines, Capital Region BOCES will begin providing in-person learning for students this fall. While our team of administrators, maintenance workers, faculty and staff have been working tirelessly this summer to prepare for …
Our Career and Technical School drew interest from near and far during the 2019-20 school year with two separate and distinct delegations looking to model their own programs after the learning taking place in our region. Inspired by our “real-life learning” In July 2019, a delegation of educators from Palestine toured our Albany Career and …
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Rosa Friere, who had been working as a certified nurse assistant, decided to take our Sterile Processing Technician program because she was looking “for a change” “I had no idea that sterile processing existed,” said Friere during a recent interview. “Once I learned about it, I thought it would be pretty cool to work on …
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On April 9, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law. The CARES Act provides several different methods for distributing roughly $14 billion in funds to institutions of higher education. The most significant portion of that funding allocation provides that $12.56 billion will be distributed to institutions using a …
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Updated August 3, 2020 A message to families from Anita Murphy, Capital Region BOCES’ District Superintendent: As you may know, on June 5 Governor Cuomo announced that Extended School Year (ESY) programs for students may be offered onsite this summer. Since receiving this news, we have carefully considered whether this a workable possibility for our …
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