JENNIFER FARNSWORTH The Leader-Herald
JOHNSTOWN The HFM BOCES Board of Education met twice this past month to take a look at the 2021-22 budget and to welcome a new administrator in response to the recently announced departure of Deputy Superintendent Lorraine Hohenforst, who will retire in August after 32 years with the district.
The board met last week where they officially welcomed Aaron Bochniak as Hohenforst’s replacement effective Sept. 1. They approved a five-year contract for Bochniak to serve as the assistant superintendent for BOCES’ Operations and Component District Services. Bochniak, 47, comes to the district as the current acting superintendent for the Schenectady City School District. Bochniak chose to not participate in Schenectady’s search for a permanent superintendent and instead decided to pursue the open position with HFM BOCES. A native of Amsterdam, he said he was excited to return to the area where he grew up. He comes to the position with 10 years
GUEST COLUMN: Open Schenectady superintendent search process conflicts with finding best candidate | The Daily Gazette
SECTIONS
By Roger Hull |
Neither do open searches and experienced leadership.
So, in reading about the search for a new Schenectady City Schools superintendent, I was not surprised there were problems.
I believe in openness whenever possible, but I think it unreasonable to expect an experienced leader, at least a sitting superintendent, to participate in an open search process.
Another local search, this one decades ago, underscores my strongly held belief.
There, the search had the same goals openness and experience that quickly conflicted.
Like the superintendent search, that search was meant to be open.
Cuomo s budget includes aid bump for some Capital Region schools
Executive spending plan swaps school aid with federal dollars
FacebookTwitterEmail
4of5Buy PhotoSuperintendent Shannon Shine is seen in his office at the Mohonasen Central School Administration Office on Monday, July 3, 2020 in Rotterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
ALBANY School districts appear to be getting more aid in Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo s budget proposal, but the boost is largely driven by federal pandemic relief funds made available to schools in the most recent federal stimulus package.
Aid to New York s more than 700 school districts would rise by $2.1 billion in 2021-2022, through a combination of federal and state dollars, according to the governor s financial plan. Approximately 70 percent of the $31.7 billion in combined state and federal education funding will be directed to high need districts, state officials say.