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HFM Board of
Education announces new District Superintendent
 Dec.
6, 2010 – The HFM BOCES Board of Education announced today the
anticipated appointment of Dr. Patrick Michel as its new
District Superintendent. The board will vote on the appointment
during a special meeting on Thursday, Dec. 16, with Dr. Michel
expected to assume his duties beginning on Monday, Feb. 7, 2011.
Dr. Michel is currently serving in his 5th year as the
Monticello Central School District Superintendent. Prior to becoming a
superintendent, his educational experiences included Associate
Superintendent at Clarkstown Central School District and
principalships in Hyde Park and Pine Bush.
Throughout his career, Dr. Michel has served on the Boards of
the YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, and Boy Scout Council within
Sullivan and Orange Counties. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree
from Manhattan College, Masters degrees from Brooklyn College
and Columbia University, and a Doctor of Education degree from
Columbia University.
Dr. Michel was selected from a field of 10 candidates after a
four-month search following the death of former District
Superintendent Geoffrey H. Davis on April 1.
In a letter to component school districts and BOCES staff, board
president Robert Townsend acknowledged the past eight months had
been painful and challenging both personally and to the
organization.
“We will continue to struggle with the loss we have all shared
together,” Mr. Townsend said. “However, our work is too
important, and the current environment too demanding, to allow
ourselves not to move aggressively forward. The conclusion of
the district superintendent search process is an important step
in that movement.”
HFM BOCES provides more than $30.8 million in shared educational
services to the 15 school districts in Fulton, Montgomery and
Hamilton Counties. Headquartered adjacent to Fulton-Montgomery
Community College in Johnstown, BOCES provides career and
technical training for more than 500 local high school students,
literacy and GED instruction for nearly 400 adult learners,
alternative high school for approximately 80 students, and
special education services for 99 percent of the disabled
children in the region. |
