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!

Not a military school at all. "Cadets" aren't disciplined at all, the Headmaster was very rude, and…read morethe school is falling apart. Half of the buildings are abandoned, the people fixing the property are doing a terrible job, and the grounds aren't maintained. I would not send my child there ever again.

Beware this is not a military school. There is no commandant, and there is no JROTC program. This…read moreis a "camp" for kids that can't be home. There really some foreign exchange kids, and those are the only ones getting help to take the AP courses. The other kids are just there to stay away from Juvenile detention. The campus is open, which presents a major safety issue. The facilities are falling apart. This entire school is a sham and should be shut down. They are preying on parents that are trying to help their children find structure and discipline, but the reality is sending your kids her is sending them to the lion's den. Your child will not recover, they will only get worse an pick up worse habits like drugs, stealing, or not even going to class since nobody is actually monitoring these kids.