After having shelled out over $7,000 for the Surgical Sterile Processing class (uniforms, text…read morebook/workbook, exam for pre-credential CRCST) in late 2019/early 2020 - and passed the pre certification CRCST exam in February - myself and four classmates needed to go to Orange Regional Medical Center (now Garnet Health Medical Center) for 400 hours of UNPAID internship to get the FULL CRCST certification. 96 hours into the internship, on March 13 2020, the hospital turned myself and the 4 other students out of the CS Department due to COVID. We were never informed when we would return. All during the class, all we heard was "THEY ARE HIRING! THEY ARE HIRING! ALL OUR STUDENTS FIND JOBS!" This past summer I applied to over 23 Surgical Sterile Processing jobs in NYS including GHMC and several in other states. I had 6 interviews and zero job offers. This had NOTHING to do with COVID!!!! I informed my teacher that I could no longer pursue a career in Surgical Sterile Processing in August. I needed a job, not b.s. promises. Fast forward to mid-September when I was informed by another source that the students were being allowed back into GHMC, oh, and BTW, they had HIRED 2 students - one in June and the other in August. Funny, but when I applied I received an email stating that the positions had been closed. FWIW those two students are 24 years old; I am 51 with extensive work experience and a college education. BOCES needs to tell applicants upfront that if you're over 50 don't bother applying for ANY of these medical classes. It was all fine and dandy to get my UNREFUNDABLE $7,000+. I am very sorry I believed BOCES literature about how the medical field was growing and how many people would be needed to fill positions. Only people under the age of 30!

teachers and learning is great but the nurse, she needs to be replaced. she is rude and…read morecondescendin. she thinks she knows more then the pediatrician. she doesn't ask the child, who has holes in his shirt, if he picked out his own clothes. Causes problems for parents of mentally challenged kids

Highly recommend checking out the Newburgh orchestral series that's played out at Mount Saint…read moreMary's college and around the greater Hudson Valley. I've been Independence for about two or three shows so far and it's really a nice experience. Plenty of parking, the campus is beautiful the folks who organize and volunteer are really knowledgeable and are also patrons of the arts. Really cool to run into one of my former music director / teachers from my junior high school days who is very involved in this particular group.

Beautiful, safe campus. Extremely knowledgeable staff and professors. Expectational programs and…read moreopportunities for students.