Important Update: First Day for Alternative HS changed to September 8
Dutchess BOCES is looking forward to beginning the new school year.
Dutchess BOCES is looking forward to beginning the new school year.
The first day of school, for our Alternative High School students ONLY, is changed to Thursday, September 8, 2022. All BOCES Staff will return on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 as previously scheduled.
Dutchess BOCES’ Office of Human Resources welcomed approximately 65 new employees during an in-person orientation on August 25, which is held every year during Administration Week so new and current staff can meet.
A vertical milling machine, formerly used by Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, is the latest cutting edge technology to be added to the Career and Technical Institute.
While construction crews are working on completing the structure for Dutchess BOCES new campus, BOCES’ IT department is hard at work inside the building so that once construction crews finish they’ll be able to install phones, computers, and wireless access points in the classrooms and offices.
Dutchess BOCES’ Career & Technical Institute’s Middle School Summer CTI Experience returned this year during the week of July 25 following a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Project Manager Tom Chesser, from The Palombo Group, and Brian Mangan from K, G & D Architects updated the Dutchess BOCES Board of Trustees on the progress of the capital project during its July 6 meeting.


