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2015 Arlington Beacon Dover Hyde Park Millbrook Pawling Pine Plains Poughkeepsie Red Hook Rhinebeck Spackenkill Wappingers Webutuck 2016 From the District Superintendent 2015-2016 Origin and History ur annual calendar highlights the avail- Welcome to Dutchess BOCES The Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) first came into existence in 1948 by ability of many high-quality programs O an act of the New York State Legislature. Over and services offered by the Dutchess BOCES. Vision the years, the number of BOCES statewide rose Contact us at any time if you need further Dutchess BOCES is recognized for its premier educational and to 82 in 1958 and then through consolidations support services providing quality and cost-effective solutions for dropped to the present level of 37. Some rural information. our community. We promote an organizational culture fostering BOCES serve a student base of 8,000 pupils, Our very best wishes for a successful collaboration, innovation, efficiency, excellence and leadership that is while others exceed 190,000. Dutchess BOCES 2015-2016 school year. embraced by BOCES and its community. was organized on May 22, 1957, upon the order of the Commissioner of Education. Through the cooperative efforts of our thirteen component Richard M. Hooley Mission school districts, Dutchess BOCES is able to District Superintendent The Board of Cooperative Educational Services provides educational offer a wide variety of educational programs leadership through service, solutions and savings. and support services to children and adults in Dutchess County. We serve a student base of 48,000 pupils. Cover photograph: Alternative High School Graduation, June 2015 } 2015-2016 Component School Districts Arlington CSD Hyde Park CSD Pawling CSD Poughkeepsie CSD Rhinebeck CSD Wappingers CSD Dr. Brendan Lyons Dr. Greer F. Rychcik Dr. William Ward Dr. Nicolé Williams Mr. Joseph Phelan Mr. José L. Carrión Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent 144 Todd Hill Road PO Box 2033 515 Route 22 11 College Ave. PO Box 351 25 Corporate Park Drive LaGrangeville, NY 12540 Hyde Park, NY 12538 Pawling, NY 12564 Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 Rhinebeck, NY 12572 Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 Tel: 845.486.4460 • Fax: 845.486.4457 Tel: 845.229.4005 • Fax: 845.229.4016 Tel: 845.855.4600 • Fax: 845.855.4659 Tel: 845.451.4900 • Fax: 845.451.4954 Tel: 845.871.5520 • Fax: 845.876.4276 Tel: 845.298.5000 • Fax: 845.298.5041 Beacon CSD Millbrook CSD Pine Plains CSD Red Hook CSD Spackenkill UFSD Webutuck CSD Dr. Barbara Walkley Mr. Philip D’Angelo Dr. Martin Handler Mr. Paul Finch Dr. Lois Powell Mr. Ray Castellani Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent 10 Education Drive PO Box AA 2829 Church Street 9 Mill Road 15 Croft Road 194 Haight Road, PO Box 405 Beacon, NY 12508 Millbrook, NY 12545 Pine Plains, NY 12567 Red Hook, NY 12571 Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 Amenia, NY 12501 Tel: 845.838.6900 • Fax: 845.838.6905 Tel: 845.677.4200 • Fax: 845.677.4206 Tel: 518.398.7181 • Fax: 518.398.6592 Tel: 845.758.2241 • Fax: 845.758.3366 Tel: 845.463.7800 • Fax: 845.463.7804 Tel: 845.373-4100 • Fax: 845.373-4102 Dover UFSD Mr. Michael Tierney Superintendent 2368 Rt. 22 Dover Plains, NY 12522 Tel: 845.877.5700 • Fax: 845.832.4511 www.dcboces.org 2015-2016 Dutchess BOCES General Information What is BOCES? I know BOCES provides special and How are BOCES services paid for? What BOCES services do not generate BOCES stands for Board of Cooperative alternative education programs and career/ BOCES have no taxing authority. An BOCES aid for local districts? Educational Services. BOCES are public technical programs, but does BOCES offer administrative charge is assessed in proportion Special education services from BOCES do not organizations that were created by the New other services? to each component district’s size, but most earn BOCES aid for local districts, but local York State Legislature in 1948 to provide BOCES provides many different types of BOCES revenue is from the fees charged to districts do receive Excess Cost Aid to offset some shared educational programs and services to programs, although Special Education and Career component districts for the BOCES services of the costs of special education. Also, some school districts. and Technical Education are usually the largest they have chosen to use. BOCES expenses are expenses within services may not be aided. Other How do the BOCES programs work? programs. Other services available through incorporated into each district’s annual budget. services that do not qualify for BOCES aid are BOCES fall into the categories of Technology, State aid helps to offset some of the cost, and student transportation, services funded from other BOCES services are created when two or more Professional Development, Adult Education, other services are directly funded by the state sources, consumables and adult education. The school districts determine they have similar needs Communications and Business Services. The or federal government. amount of aid varies from district to district. that can be met by a shared program. The BOCES numbers and types of services offered change help school districts save money by providing What is BOCES aid, who gets it, and why? Do BOCES students graduate continuously as component districts’ needs and opportunities to pool resources and share costs. New York State gives a financial incentive to from high school? requests evolve. Sharing is an economical way for districts to encourage participation in shared services by BOCES does not confer high school diplomas. provide programs and services that they might Who decides which BOCES services offering BOCES state aid for BOCES services. Most career and technical students and some not be able to afford otherwise. It is usually more to purchase? This is how BOCES state aid works: Each special education students graduate from their efficient and less costly to operate one central Local boards of education review their district’s district’s board of education selects BOCES local districts with Regents diplomas. service than it is to have separate programs in needs each year and make decisions about services for the current year. In the following each school district. However, BOCES services BOCES services. Because districts’ needs change school year, a portion of the cost of BOCES are often customized, offering districts the every year, decisions about BOCES services services is returned to the district by the State of flexibility to meet their individual needs. may also change every year. The decision about New York. The amount returned to each district How is BOCES governed? whether to participate in each BOCES service is depends on which services the district buys and Two students from the Dutchess is based on a formula that takes into account the BOCES Career and Technical Each BOCES is governed by a board of based on the unique needs of each district. If a district doesn’t need a BOCES service, it doesn’t district’s financial resources. Money returned to BOCES Institute competed in the education that is made up of representatives the district is used as revenue. Did You National SklllsUSA Competition request it and does not pay for it. Know? from component school districts. They are in Louisville, Kentucky in 2015 elected by component boards of education Why do school districts participate after placing first at the New York but serve at-large for the county. BOCES board in BOCES services? State championships in the job members are responsible for policy decisions. Because BOCES services are shared by two or demo and photography contests. more school districts, they generally cost much less than if districts provided the services on their own. Districts pool their resources and share the savings. www.dcboces.org arlington Central Schools }www.arlingtonschools.org In April 2015, the Arlington High School Admiral Players presented Beauty SEPTEMBER and the Beast to three sold-out audiences. This ambitious production featured a cast of 80, 45 crew members, and a 31-member pit orchestra. In 2015-16, the Admiral Players will perform All Shook Up and 42nd Street. (Photo courtesy of Wings of Love Portrait and Design Studio.) The BOCES BOCES Did You PEACCE Know?classrooms at Arlington High School improved their yoga practice last year thanks to a $1,500 grant from the Hudson Valley Autism Society. The grant made it possible to hire a certified yoga instructor. Namaste. S M T W TH F S 1 2 3 4 5 ALI – Adult Education Faculty BETA Faculty Meeting ER Staff Meeting 9:00 a.m. Meeting 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. administrators’ Week www.dcboces.org 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 School Business Officials’ Labor Day Superintendent’s School Opens Meeting 12:30 p.m. Offices Closed Conference Day Cabinet Meeting 3:00 p.m. SPC Site-Based Meeting 2:15 p.m. Board Meeting 7:00 p.m. SPC Faculty Meeting 2:50 p.m. SCDn meeting 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 PPS/CSE Meeting 9:00 a.m. DC School Safety Adv. ERAC Meeting 9:00 a.m. ITSAC Meeting 8:00 a.m. Rosh Hashanah Committee 9:30 a.m. Schools/Offices Closed DEHIC Meeting 9:30 a.m. CTI Shared Decision Making 11:15 a.m. CAC Meeting 1:00 p.m. SPC Liaison Committee 2:00 p.m. Wellness Committee Meeting 3:00 p.m. Web Committee Meeting 3:15 p.m. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 SPC Open House 5:30 p.m. Dutchess Secondary Principals’ BETA Liaison Meeting 2:30 p.m. CSO Meeting 9:00 a.m. Meeting 8:00 a.m. Autumn Begins QA (Quality Assurance) Group Yom Kippur Meeting 10:00 a.m.