HFM BOCES budget passed for 2009-10

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HFM BOCES puts spotlight on urgent need to raise graduation rates

For the 2008-09 school year, HFM BOCES has launched an initiative to help raise awareness among parents, educators and community residents about what causes teens to drop out -- and what we can do as individuals and collectively to boost graduation rates.

It's a serious problem

Across the nation, nearly one-third of high school students will not graduate – that’s 1.2 million students a year, or 7,000 each school day.

Regionally, the numbers are better, with 76 percent of high school seniors on average graduating each year in the HFM BOCES area.

But those numbers aren’t nearly good enough, not for the individuals whose opportunities are limited by their lack of education, and not for society as a whole.

Throughout the 2008-09 school year, HFM BOCES will continue to post resources to help area educators and parents work together to boost graduation rates.

Please bookmark this page and check back soon for more information.

Drop-out Prevention Resources

• www.dropoutprevention.org

• www.americaspromise.org



	HFM BOCES news

	Districts approve HFM BOCES budget and elect three board members On April 29, the 15 component school districts of HFM BOCES unanimously approved HFM’s 2009-10 operating budget of $29,543,476 and elected three members to HFM’s Board of Education. • Joseph Sullivan of Fonda-Fultonville was re-elected to a three-year term. He has served on the Board since 1982. • David Edwards of Mayfield was re-elected to the HFM BOCES board. He has served 29 years on the board. • James Beirlein of Northville was elected to his first full term on the BOCES board. He had served for one year, filling the remainder of the term held by Peter Raneri, Sr., who died in January 2008. Their terms will begin July 1.

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