HERKIMER – The Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Board of Education has new leadership this school year.
During the Herkimer BOCES Board of Education’s annual reorganization meeting on Thursday, July 7, board members elected Michael Clements to his first one-year term as board president and Holly Pullis to her first one-year term as board vice president.
State Assemblyman Robert Smullen also attended the board meeting. Board members invited Smullen to thank him for recently securing $25,000 in grant funding for Herkimer BOCES workforce development programs.
Smullen congratulated Clements on being named the new board president and spoke about the benefits of the grant and BOCES.
“The Herkimer BOCES program is in great hands with its new board members and under the leadership of Michael Clements. I congratulate all the officers and instructors throughout the program for their dedication to our students’ success,” Smullen said. “This grant funding will be instrumental in providing more alternative career pathways and opportunities for good-paying jobs in local trade industries in the Mohawk Valley region, and I couldn’t be more proud to support our future skilled workers and tradesman.”
Clements served as Herkimer BOCES Board of Education vice president during the 2021-22 school year and is now starting his fifth year on the board. He represents Frankfort-Schuyler Central School District on the BOCES board and has been on the Frankfort-Schuyler board for the past eight years.
Pullis joined the Herkimer BOCES Board of Education in October 2021. She represents Owen D. Young Central School District on the BOCES board and has been on the Owen D. Young board since 2015.
Thomas Shypski served as the Herkimer BOCES Board of Education president for the past three school years. Shypski continues to represent Richfield Springs Central School District on the Herkimer BOCES board.
During the reorganization meeting, newly elected board member Travis Costin was sworn in. Re-elected board members Pullis, Samuel Luce and Janine Lynch were also sworn in. The board members were voted on by Herkimer BOCES component district school boards in April, and they were elected to three-year terms from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2025.
Costin, who represents Central Valley Central School District on the Herkimer BOCES board, replaces Jane North, who did not seek re-election. Luce represents Herkimer Central School District on the Herkimer BOCES board, and Lynch represents West Canada Valley Central School District.
State Assemblyman Robert Smullen poses with Herkimer-Fulton-Hamillton-Otsego BOCES Board of Education members and Herkimer BOCES Superintendent Sandra Sherwood during a Herkimer BOCES board meeting on Thursday, July 7. Smullen recently secured $25,000 in grant funding for Herkimer BOCES workforce development programs. From left, standing: board member Samuel Luce, board member Janine Lynch, Sherwood, board member Thomas Shypski, Smullen, new board Vice President Holly Pullis, new board President Michael Clements, board member James Schmid and new board member Travis Costin. From left, on the screen attending the meeting virtually: board members William Miller and Ronald Loiacono.
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Board of Education member Michael Clements is sworn in for his first one-year term as board president on Thursday, July 7, by Board Clerk Shawn Maxson. Clements represents Frankfort-Schuyler Central School District on the Herkimer BOCES Board of Education.
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Board of Education member Holly Pullis is sworn in for her first one-year term as board vice president on Thursday, July 7, by Board Clerk Shawn Maxson. Pullis represents Owen D. Young Central School District on the Herkimer BOCES Board of Education.
New Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Board of Education member Travis Costin is sworn in for his three-year term on the board on Thursday, July 7, by Board Clerk Shawn Maxson. Costin represents Central Valley Central School District on the Herkimer BOCES Board of Education.
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Board of Education member Janine Lynch is sworn in for a three-year term on the board on Thursday, July 7, by Board Clerk Shawn Maxson, after being re-elected to the board this year. Lynch represents West Canada Valley Central School District on the Herkimer BOCES Board of Education.
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Board of Education member Samuel Luce is sworn in for a three-year term on the board on Thursday, July 7, by Board Clerk Shawn Maxson, after being re-elected to the board this year. Luce represents Herkimer Central School District on the Herkimer BOCES Board of Education.