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Pendleton resident Pamela Santillo has come full circle in her career, working in the same building she studied in thanks to her Erie 1 BOCES internship.
Santillo is a Work-Based Learning teacher at the Harkness Career & Technical Center. She graduated from Kenmore East High School and the Dental Laboratory program at Harkness and got her first job at her internship site, Voss Dental Lab. She stayed in that role full-time, teaching and working with around 80 interns...
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Lockport resident Connie Kick has spent the past 35 years working on behalf of students at Erie 1 BOCES after going through the doors of the Harkness Career & Technical Center as a student herself.
Kick is a Senior Systems Analyst currently. In 1985, she graduated from Clarence High School and the Data Processing program at Harkness. When she graduated, she was hired as summer help in the Data Entry Department at Erie 1 BOCES.
After a few weeks, Kick was asked if she...
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For the past 11 years, Michael Chmiel has loved what he does for work, and he hopes to continue it for the next 20 years.
Chmiel discovered a career as a broadcast engineer after enrolling in Erie 1 BOCES’ Electronics and Computer Technology program as a junior at Frontier High School. Currently, he works as an engineer for Nexstar Media’s WIVB-TV station, and he credits instructor Thomas Isula for helping him find his passion.
“The skills I developed...
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New required sample policy 3421, Title IX and Sex Discrimination, was developed in response to the United States' Department of Education (US DOE) amending regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 (Title IX).
This new sample policy addresses complaints of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, that fall within the scope of Title IX and reflects the new requirements of the amended regulations which, among other things: 
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Mark DiFilippo, currently the Erie County Interscholastic Conference (ECIC) executive director, will become the new executive director of Section VI following the retirement of Timm Slade. Before joining ECIC, DiFilippo served as an athletic director at Williamsville East, Niagara Wheatfield, Canisius high schools.
“The Section VI executive director role has been my ultimate career goal, so to me this is the pinnacle of my career,” DiFilippo said. In addition to...
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