Earlier today, Dutchess BOCES initiated a precautionary lockout in response to a report of a suspicious individual on campus. Our SRO and safety team cleared the campus, and the individual was determined to be an authorized visitor. Please read this letter from District Superintendent Dr. Jodi DeLucia.
Please be aware that ongoing paving along Salt Point Turnpike from West Road to Innis Circle is causing 20-30 minute delays in both directions. If planning a trip to BOCES, please plan accordingly. The construction is scheduled to continue through the end of the month.
Educators from multiple counties met to discuss new assessment strategies for students at a conference in Wappingers Falls this month.
Students in the Career & Technical Institute’s (CTI) Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management program were busy Oct. 13 and 14 baking a variety of treats for Dutchess BOCES’ Board of Trustees in honor of School Board Recognition Week Oct. 12 to 16.
Dutchess BOCES’ Board of Trustees toured the campus’ three schools this month to see students learning, gain a sense of all the programs the agency offers, and see the renovations made over the summer.
Fayza Sekatawa, a senior in the Bard Early College program at Dutchess BOCES, feels passionately about preventing kids her age from vaping and entered artwork into the Dutchess County Government’s 2026 “Escape the Vape” Anti Vaping Art Contest, held in partnership with BOCE
Students from across Dutchess County learned about civic engagement, leadership development, and building self-confidence at a recent statewide event for Ex Officio Student Board members.
Salt Point Center hallways and classrooms were filled with students and their families Tuesday night for this year’s Open House.
Teachers, administrators, teaching assistants and aides were present to answer questions and share with parents and guardians how their children were doing.
Around 40 students from Dutchess BOCES’ Resilience Academy (RA) are either now registered or preregistered to vote following a Sept.
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