Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES history

In 1952, the guidance center became a separate service category and opened a center in Katonah.

Additional personnel were later added such as a nurse, librarian, and teachers of the handicapped, driver education, speech correction and vision until, in 1956, there were 44 shared professional staff members.

Putnam BOCES began its operation in 1957.

As of 1958, the upper Westchester BOCES offered the following services: itinerant teacher program, 10 special education classes for 115 students, guidance center servicing 975 youngsters, college conference and psychiatric consultant service.

In 1962, the vocational education school was establish in Yorktown as was the Center for Educational Services and Research and the data processing center.

As of 1964, it employed 35 full-time and part-time staff members and offered services in data processing, speech correction, psychology and pupil personnel, as well as vocational courses in auto mechanics, beauty culture and buildings trades.

Prior to the 1967 opening of the Putnam Tech Center buildings in Carmel, 220 vocational students were learning their trades in four different locations in Mahopac and Carmel.

In 1968, the special education student programs were initiated.

Vocational programs were offered in eight occupational areas in 1970, including secretarial, data processing, auto technology, electricity, graphic arts, heating/air conditioning, construction technology and machine industries.