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Regional Forums on
Grade 3-8 Testing Program and the English Language Arts and
Mathematics Grade-by-Grade Curricula

Forum Dates and Locations

Capital Region Regional Forum  -- Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Location:           Prime Hotel and Conference Center
                         Travers Room
                         534 Broadway
                         Saratoga Springs, NY 
                         Tel. 584-4000

 Contact:           Eileen Comley
                         Tel. 464-3983
                         Email: ecomley@gw.neric.org                       

Lower Hudson Regional Forum – Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Location:           St. Thomas Aquinas College
                         McNelis Commons
                         Dining Hall
                         125 Route 340
                         Sparkill, New York
                         Tel. (845) 398-4068

  Contact:          Gary Heller
                         Asst. Superintendent for Educational Services
                         Rockland BOCES
                         Tel. 845-627-4703
                         gheller@rboces.lhric.org

Long Island Regional Forum – Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Location:          SUNY Farmingdale
                        Roosevelt Hall
                        2350 Broad Hollow Road
                        Farmingdale, NY
                        Tel. (631) 420-2000

NOTE:  Persons interested in attending should contact the individual from their BOCES listed below to register.

Contact:           Eastern Suffolk BOCES
                        Joan Skelly, Director of Educational Support Services
                        Tel. 631-244-4054
                        Fax. (631) 244-4296
                        Email:  jskelly@esboces.org

                        Nassau BOCES
                        Fred Podolski, Executive Director, Curriculum, Instruction and Technology
                        Tel. (516) 396-2257
                        Fax. (516) 334-6707
                        Email:  podolski@mail.nasboces.org

                        Western Suffolk BOCES
                        Paula Klingelhoefer, Assistant Director, Instructional Support Services
                        Tel. (631) 242-1128
                        Fax. (631) 623-4913
                        Email: pklingel@wsboces.org

Mid-Hudson Regional Forum – Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Location:          Ulster BOCES
                        Conference Center
                        Administration Building – First Floor
                        175 Route 32 North
                        New Paltz, New York 
 
Contact:           Jane Bullowa
                        Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services
                        Ulster BOCES
                        Tel. (845) 255-1402 ext. 1278
                        Email:  jbullowa@mhric.org

Rochester Regional Forum – Monday April 4, 2005
Location:          Auditorium Center
                        875 East Main Street
                        Rochester, New York

Contact:           Michael Christman
                        Managing Director Department of Research, Evaluation and Testing

                       To register contact: Nancy Parent
                       131 West Broad Street
                       Rochester, New York 14614
                       585-262-8559
                       nancy.parent@rcsdk12.org

Western New York Regional Forum – Tuesday, April 5, 2005
Location:          Erie I BOCES
                        Room A
                        355 Harlem Road
                        West Seneca, NY

Additional sites for the April 5th Regional Forum: (If you have already registered for this forum at the Erie 1 BOCES site and would like to change your location, please call 716-821-7004)

Contact:           Margy Jones-Carey  
                        Assoc. Superintendent for Instruction
                        Erie I BOCES
                        Tel. (716) 821-7003
                        mjones-carey@e1b.org

Central New York Regional Forum – Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Location:          Session I (1:00-4:00 p.m.)                   Session II  ( 5:00-7:30 p.m.)
                        Barbagallo’s Restaurant                         OCM BOCES
                        6344 E. Molloy Road                            Lee G. Peters Career Training Center
                        East Syracuse, NY 13057                     4500 Crown Road
                                                                                     Liverpool, NY  13090

Contact:           Patricia Richards
                        Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Support Services
                        Onondaga, Cortland and Madison BOCES
                        Tel. 315-433-2627
                        Prichard@ocmboces.org   

Mid-South Regional Forum  -- Thursday, April 7, 2005
Location:         Endwell Greens Golf Club
                        The Green House Room
                        3675 Sally Piper Road
                        Endwell, NY  13760
                        (607) 785-4653

Contact:           Janet Gleason
                        Supervisor of School Curriculum Improvement and Educational Leadership
                        Broome-Tioga BOCES
                        Tel. (607) 763-3455
                        jgleason@btboces.org

North Country Regional Forum – Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Location:          Holiday Inn  (Champlain and Adirondack Rooms)
                        Route 3
                        Plattsburgh, NY  12901
                        Tel. (518) 561-5000

Contact:           Aimee Defayette
                        Director of Instructional Programs
                        Champlain Valley Educational Services
                        Tel. 518-957-2350
                        adefayette@cves.org