GST BOCES provides many of its services from its three beautiful campuses: The Bush Campus in Elmira, NY, the Coopers Campus in Painted Post, NY, and the Wildwood Campus in Hornell, NY.

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Tony Micha retires as GST BOCES superintendent, Allen Buyck named interim superintendent

Tony Micha stepped down as the GST BOCES district superintendent on January 31, 2010 due to health concerns. Broome-Delaware-Tioga BOCES District Superintendent Allen Buyck has been named interim district superintendent for GST BOCES. Micha's retirement automatically prompt a NYS consolidation survey. According to state law, any time there is a BOCES superintendent vacancy, a survey is done to see if merging that district with a neighboring, contiguous BOCES district is in the best interest of the region.

This survey looks at several factors, including cost savings and educational benefits, district demographics and the impact on academic standards. Once completed, and assuming GST BOCES is not required to merge with another neighboring BOCES, then the search for a new superintendent will begin. 

Assistant Superintendent Horst Graefe will oversee the day-to-day BOCES operations under the leadership of Buyck until the search process is completed.

Micha was named the superintendent of SCT BOCES in 2004 after Bob Reidy resigned. In 2004, SA BOCES District Superintendent Jay Bouchard retired, which resulted in a merger study and, ultimately, the merger of SCT and SA BOCES into a new, larger, GST BOCES covering 21 component school districts in the Southern Tier of New York.

Click here to read a message from Tony Micha.

Click here to read a message from Allen Buyck.