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For details about the Poughkeepsie Cyber Crime Seminar, click here.

For details on the Suffern Cyber Crime Seminar, click here.

For details on the Smithtown Cyber Crime Seminar, click here.

For details on the East Syracuse Cyber Crime Seminar, click here.

For details on the Batavia Cyber Crime seminar, click here.

NYSIR is joining with the New York State Association of School Business Officials (NYSASBO) to present a free half-day seminar for all New York State public school districts on how to deal with cyber crime. To facilitate attendance, the same seminar, which will discuss current issues, causes and steps districts can take to reduce exposure, will be held in six regions of the state on six different dates.

Those dates and regional locations include:
• March 29 – Batavia, at the Holiday Inn, 8250 Park Road, (585) 344-2100
• March 30 – East Syracuse, at the Hilton Garden Inn, 6004 Fair Lakes Road, (315) 431-4800
• April 12– Smithtown Long Island, at the Long Island Sheraton, 110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, (631) 231-1100
• April 13 – Suffern, at the Holiday Inn, 3 Executive Blvd., (845) 357-4800
• April 26 – Poughkeepsie, at the Hampton Inn & Suites, 2361 South Road, (845) 463-7500
• April 27– Albany, at the Crowne Plaza, Ten Eyck Plaza, State and Lodge streets, (518) 462-6611

Registration for all seminars begins at 8:30 a.m. and presentations by experts from the FBI, New York State Police Cyber Crime Units, J.P Morgan Chase Bank and the NYSIR Risk Management Department will run from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Lunch will follow. To register, click here.

NYSIR received permission from Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi and Nassau County Commissioner of Police Lawrence W. Mulvey to make this information available to its subscribers.  The document highlights a new video on hate crimes and was produced by the Nassau County Police Department.  It features a number of local students and youths from Nassau County and is titled Hate – Crossing The Line. (more…)

For details about a one-day seminar at West Point called Tranquility to Tragedy – Critical Strategies for Active Shooter Preparedness, Response and Recovery offered by the New York State Emergency Management Office, see the attached announcement ActiveShooterSeminarAnnouncement

International Eagle. That’s the name of the award recently presented by the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International to Kishore Kuncham, deputy superintendent of Freeport Public Schools and a member of NYSIR’s Board of Governors.

ASBO’s 2009 International Eagle Award is the highest recognition bestowed by the association, and singles out school business officials who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and exemplary commitment to education, students and the profession. It was presented during a recent ASBO International Conference in Chicago.

Kuncham was cited for contributions made over his 15-year tenure in Freeport, including success in leading the district from financial crisis to a top bond rating. ASBO also noted Kuncham’s role in helping to pass $52 million in bond issues at little or no cost to taxpayers, open the first magnet school on Long Island, launch a full-day kindergarten program, reduce class sizes and open an alternative high school.

NYSIR adds its congratulations, and proudly notes that Kuncham has been a member of the NYSIR Board of Governors since 2005.

Kishore Kuncham

Photo complements of NYSASBO

Seminars to help athletic directors, coaches and physical education instructors identify and limit sports liability exposures will be held Nov. 3 and Nov. 4 in Saratoga Springs and Canton, respectively. Besides everyday risks from school sports programs such as football, basketball, baseball, wrestling and lacrosse, the seminars will address non-traditional issues such as overnight travel, student transportation and off-site training. Potential liabilities arising from cheerleading programs and hazing and bullying also will be discussed.

The seminars, which are free to NYSIR subscriber districts, will be held Nov. 3 at the Holiday Inn, 232 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, and Nov. 4 at the Best Western University Inn, 90 East Main St., in Canton. Both presentations will begin at 8:30 a.m. and run until 12:30 p.m. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided to attendees.

For more information about guest speakers, topics and directions to each venue, click here for the Saratoga Springs seminar and here for the Canton seminar.