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  • Notice of Special Board meeting ... The Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Nassau County will hold a Special Meeting on Thursday, May 16, at 5 p.m. at the George Farber Administrative Center, 71 Clinton Road, Garden City. The Board will go into executive (closed) session immediately to discuss negotiations and no action is expected to be taken.
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  • Opportunity for young artists ... Budding artists from preschool to high school are invited to enter the 2013 Arts Alive LI Festive Poster Contest, presented by the Long Island Arts Alliance and Bethpage Federal Credit Union. Monetary prizes will be awarded and the winning posters will be showcased at venues across Long Island. The deadline is May 24, 2013. For design guidelines, templates and the official entry form, please visit artsaliveli.org/poster-contest.
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  • Revised 2012-2013 and approved 2013-2014 calendars … The 2012-2013 school calendar was amended during the Jan. 30, 2013, Board meeting. As we have received information from our 56 component Nassau County school districts, we will be now be closed on Monday, March 25 and open for student attendance on Monday, April 1, 2013. In addition, the 2013-2014 school calendar is now available.
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  • Policy manual updates ... The Nassau BOCES Board Policy Manual has been updated to reflect the December 13, 2012, revision of Policy #2350, Board Meeting Procedures; and Policy #5252, Student Activities Funds Management; as well as the adoption of Policy #8110, Nassau BOCES Building Safety. View the complete manual at www.nassauboces.org/policies.
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  • Adult Learning Center "aces" NYSED report card ... Our Adult Learning Center program has received a "highly proficient" rating on its Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (ACCES) Report Card for the 2010-11 year, making it one of the highest-rated BOCES adult education programs in the state.
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  • Every Long Islander should know Barry Tech ... After taking the opportunity to tour our regional school in Westbury, Rauch Foundation President Nancy Rauch Douzinas was so impressed -- she championed Barry Tech through her "What Every Long Islander Should Know" column. This series of articles appears monthly in a number of Long Island business and community newspapers. Read all about Barry Tech on the Long Island Index website.
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At Nassau BOCES, we are committed to helping school district leaders identify and address emerging educational issues. We frequently develop pilot programs, introducing potential shared services that can help improve student learning and reduce costs.

Bo-TIE
Nassau BOCES is building one of the largest private fiber-optic networks in the country. Called Bo-TIE, this four-year project will connect the school districts of Nassau County, providing them with improved access to Internet and telephone services.

Nassau School and Municipal Savings Initiative
The Nassau School and Municipal Savings Initiative is a cooperative effort among Nassau BOCES, Nassau County, Nassau County school districts and public agencies to reduce costs by sharing services. The project began in earnest in 2009, although school officials have been meeting and planning for implementation since 2006. The initiative is supported by a $1 million 21st Century Demonstration Grant from the New York State Department of State. Results from this initiative will be used as a model for similar programs throughout the state.

GoodTemps partnership
Job-seekers now have another powerful place to get assistance — thanks to a new partnership between Nassau BOCES and GoodTemps, the staffing division of Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey Inc. In October, GoodTemps began offering job-placement services to students and other Nassau County residents at Nassau BOCES' Joseph M. Barry Career and Technical Education Center.

Northwest Evaluation Association pilot
Districts continue to join Nassau BOCES' ongoing pilot of the Northwest Evaluation Association's (NWEA) computerized adaptive test. Unlike traditional pen and paper tests, the NWEA test constantly adjusts based on the students' answers. Correct answers lead to more difficult questions, incorrect answers result in easier questions; after five to six answers the computer can generate the students' approximate score level. The remaining questions can then be dedicated toward fine-tuning the score and probing for deeper knowledge in sub-skills.