JCSD1 Board Approves New BOCHES Agreement

At their regular meeting Monday evening, the Board of Trustees for Johnson County School District #1 voted to accept a new agreement forming a new Board of Cooperative Higher Educational Services, or BOCHES.

The new agreement is necessary to prepare for Gillette College breaking away from the Northern Wyoming Community College District along with the Gillette school district.

The agreement, which will take effect for the 2023-24 school year, will create a new BOCHES between Sheridan College, Sheridan County School Distirct #1, and Johnson County School District #1 to be known asSheridan/Johnson Board of Cooperative Higher Educational Services.

The purpose of BOCHES and the agreement is for the three entities to work together and cooperate to provide educational services, including but not limited to post-secondary educational services, vocational-technical education, adult education, and services for children with disabilities.

To read the entire agreement, click on the link provided here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Ax3XzelczEkv9k5vsXh6xfoV-ETOmhb/edit