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Monday, Dec. 6, 2010
UPDATE:
HFM BOCES
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.
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Letter to HFM
BOCES faculty and staff, component school
superintendents, component board presidents, and
business and community interview committee members
Monday, Dec.
6, 2010
It is my
pleasure to announce the anticipated appointment of Dr.
Patrick Michel as District Superintendent of the HFM
BOCES. As you know, Dr. Michel is currently the
superintendent of the Monticello Central School District
in Sullivan County. The Board will vote on the
appointment at a special meeting to be held on Thursday,
December 16th and Dr. Michel would begin his duties on
February 7, 2011.
On behalf of
the Board, I would like to thank all of those who
participated in the search process. Your time and
efforts are much appreciated.
The last eight
months have been painful to us personally and
challenging to our organization. We will continue to
struggle with the loss we have all shared together. 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.
After the
holidays we will have more information about Dr.
Michels introduction to our BOCES. I know that everyone
will extend him a warm HFM welcome.
Robert
Townsend
HFM
BOCES Board of Education President
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 About HFM BOCES
HFM
BOCES provides more than $30.8 million in shared educational
services to 15 school districts in Hamilton, Fulton and
Montgomery Counties, which range in size from a rural district
with 25 children, to small-city school districts that serve
2,200-3,800 students - for a total of almost 17,500 students.
HFM BOCES employs 360 full- and part-time faculty
and staff.
More than 500 local high school students receive
career and technical training at HFM BOCES.
Approximately 80 students who have experienced
difficulties in their home high school programs will be educated
at the HFM BOCES Alternative High School this fall.
Nearly 400 adult learners receive BOCES literacy
and GED instruction.
The Special Education division, which comprises
nearly half of the HFM BOCES organization, employs a staff of
more than 200 people - and educates 99 percent of disabled
children in our region in the same sites as their non-disabled
peers.
HFM BOCES supports an eight-site Distance
Learning network, allowing students to share advanced classes
with other learners throughout the Capital Region.
HFM BOCES does not discriminate
on the basis of race, color, sex, age, handicap, or as otherwise
decreed by law, and is in compliance with Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972 and with Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The compliance officer for HFM BOCES
is the Chief Financial Officer, who is available from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. weekdays. The phone number is 518-736-4310. The State
Education Department and the Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery Board of
Cooperative Educational Services are Equal Opportunity
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