About HFM BOCES - HFM BOCES

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What is a BOCES?

BOCES are educational institutions created by New York State to help public schools provide services. BOCES stands for Board of Cooperative Educational Services, which operate as an extension of local school districts and the State Education Department. New York State is divided into 38 BOCES regions. Although each BOCES is tailored to meet specific
local educational needs, all of them are based on cooperation, coordination, interdependence and shared decision making as they provide services to school districts.

About HFM BOCES

	Our mission Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES strives to enhance education through leadership, services and programs, enabling individuals, school districts and the community to achieve their standards of excellence.

	Who we serve HFM BOCES provides more than $22 million in shared educational services to the 15 school districts in Fulton, Montgomery and Hamilton Counties. • More than 425 local high school students receive career and technical training at HFM BOCES. • Nearly 180 students who have experienced difficulties in their home high school programs are educated at the HFM BOCES Alternative High School. • HFM BOCES supports a seven-site Distance Learning network, allowing students to share advanced classes with other learners throughout the Capital Region. • 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 site as their non-disabled peers.

	How our organization is structured HFM BOCES takes its directive from the New York State Education Department and is responsive to the needs of our component school districts that are located in Hamilton, Fulton and Montgomery Counties. For a graphical interpretation of how HFM BOCES is structured, download this PDF chart. For a graphical interpretation of the HFM BOCES table of organization, download this PDF chart.


	Where we are located HFM BOCES is headquartered in Johnstown, NY, located in central Fulton County in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. We are about 45 minutes west of Albany, 35 minutes southwest of Saratoga, and about an hour east of Utica. All of our facilities are housed in our new campus adjacent to Fulton-Montgomery Community College on Route 67 in the Town of Johnstown. All of our special education students are taught in classrooms located throughout our component school districts. Most of our special education students are mainstreamed with their regular education peers, with designated special education classrooms established in Johnstown, Gloversville and Mayfield

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