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The Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton Essex BOCES Board of Education, a governing board made up of representatives from component school districts, is responsible for the oversight of curricular, financial and other policy decisions. The chief executive officer of a BOCES is the District Superintendent who works closely with local school districts as a liaison/agent of the New York State Commissioner of Education...

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Fifteen component school districts of WSWHE BOCES are represented on the BOCES Board of Education. Meetings are held monthly on the second Wednesday of each month.

The WSWHE BOCES Board of Education members are nominated by their respective Boards and elected to one three (3)- year term by the component districts.

2009-2010 Members

David Petruska- Board President - A member of the Board resides in Waterford and has served public education as a board member since 1980. Click here for bio.	John A. Rieger - Board Vice President - A member of the Board resides in Greenwich and has served public education as a board member since 1964. Click here for bio.
Frank Grimaldi - A member of the Board resides in Mechanicville and has served public education as a board member since 2008.	Gillette Nash - A member of the Board resides in Whitehall and has served public education as a board member since 2003. Click here for bio.
Harry Balz - A member of the Board resides in Adirondack, New York and has served public education as a board member since July 2001. Click here for bio.	Charles Pidgeon - A member of the Board resides in Fort Edward and has served public education as a board member since 2003. Click here for bio.
Cheryl Smith - A member of the Board resides in Galway and has served public education as a board member since .	Jeffrey W. Piro - A member of the Board resides in Greenfield Center and has served public education as a board member since 1999. Click here for bio.
Linda King - A member of the Board resides in Lake George and has served public education as a board member since 1987. Click here for bio.	Lori Millis - A member of the Board resides in Hadley and has served public education as a board member since 2008.
Bliss White McIntosh - A member of the Board resides in Cambridge and has served public education as a board member since 2003. Click here for bio.	Lester Sternin - A member of the Board resides in Minerva and has served public education as a board member since 1992. Click here for bio.
Stephen Smoller - A member of the Board resides in Queensbury and has served public education as a board member since 2008.	Paul Fronhofer- A member of the Board resides in Salem and has served public education as a board member since 2007.
Kathy Jarvis -A member of the Board resides in Ballston Spa and has served public education as a board member since 2009.