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Hello my name is Jessica Karches. 
I have been with BOCES  since Fall of 2014. I am a Supervisor of Professional Development, Leadership, and Mentoring on the E-Team. I love being able to collaborate on designing professional development opportunities...
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A diverse range of cultures within our workplace allows for Erie 1 BOCES to create and cultivate an environment that celebrates and capitalizes on our differences. On a larger scale, a country with a diverse range of cultures allows for a society that celebrates and capitalizes on our differences as a people. 
This month we are highlighting a few of the countless Americans whose actions, accomplishments, and/or opinions have had a profoundly positive impact on our country,...
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Students in the building trades program at the Erie 1 BOCES Kenton Career and Technical Center took their classroom training to the real world, building a new pavilion at Tonawanda Volunteer Fireman's Park.
The biggest challenge as they created the 34-by-24-foot pavilion: Overcoming the weather conditions.
“It was snowing, raining, all in the same day,” said Camila Kelly, a senior from the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free School District.
Michael...
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Sample policy 7552, Student Gender Identity, was revised in response amendments to Civil Rights Law Section 64(3). These amendments changed the phrase “[a] name change order or other documentation of name change shall be sufficient to change the petitioner's name on any document or record issued or maintained by the state of New York or any subdivision thereof…” to “[a] name change order or other government issued document or court issued documentation...
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Sample policy 7540, Suicide, was revised in response to updated guidance from the New York State Education Department (NYSED) titled Guide for Suicide Prevention for School Personnel and the implementation of the new three-digit 988 hotline which connects callers directly to behavioral health crisis counselors.

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