The Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex Board of Cooperative Educational Services (WSWHE BOCES) serves 31 school districts in a five-county region. The 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.
Students from the WSWHE BOCES Career & Technical Education program are bringing history to life through a unique hands-on project: constructing two full-scale replica sleds modeled after those used by Henry Knox to transport cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston during the American Revolution.
Employment Training for Adults (ETA) hosted their annual Women in Trades event on March 25, 2025 at the F. Donald Myers Education Center in Saratoga Springs, showcasing the educational programs, local industries, instructors, and offered hands-on interactive demonstrations.
On March 19, 2025, Career and Technical Education (CTE) students from the F. Donald Myers Education Center and Southern Adirondack Education Center at WSWHE BOCES participated in a wide range of competitions at the 2025 New York State SkillsUSA Area 3 Regional Competition.
New York State School Districts and BOCES are required to develop a district-wide school safety plan designed to prevent or minimize the effects of serious violent incidents and emergencies and to facilitate the coordination of the district with local and county resources in the event of such incidents or emergencies.