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Event Schedule

Wednesday, October 15
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Registration
Thursday, October 16
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.  
Registration

9:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  
Pre-Convention School
Law Seminar

9:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.  
Fiscal Oversight Workshops

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Revenue Sources and the Budget Process (Module 2)

10:45 a.m. Noon 
Building School District Fiscal Fitness (Module 3)

12:45 – 2:00 p.m. 
Monitoring School District Fiscal Fitness (Module 4)

10:00 a.m. – Noon 
School Board Institute Courses 1, 4 and 7

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 
Big 5 School Districts Meeting

12:45 – 2:45 p.m.
School Board Institute Courses 2, 5 and 8

2:45 – 4:45 p.m. 
School Board Institute Courses 3, 6 and 1

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.  
Keynote Kickoff

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.  
NYSSBA at Night
Friday, October 17
8:00 – 10:00 a.m.  
Small Cities Meeting

8:45 – 10:00 a.m.  
Rural Schools Meeting

8:45 – 10:00 a.m.  
Educational Seminars

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Town Hall Meeting  with the Education Commissioner

9:00 a.m. – Noon
Workshop – Dr. Olatokunbo (Toks) Fashola

9:00 a.m. – Noon  
Workshop – Dr. David Rose, Mary Thorngren and Jenna Wasson

9:15 a.m. – Noon 
Fiscal Oversight Workshops

9:15 – 10:30 a.m.  
School District Finances: Roles and Responsibilities (Module 1)

10:45 a.m. – Noon  
Preventing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse of District Resources (Module 5)

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  
Trade Show Open

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  
American Folk Art Musuem Tour

10:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.  
Sports Museum of America Tour

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  
COLSBA Meeting

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  
Educational Seminars

11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.  
The Musuem of Modern Art Tour

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.  
Light Lunch, Trade Show Floor

12:30 – 2:00 p.m.  
NYSPRA Lunch 

2:00 – 3:15 p.m.  
Educational Seminars

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.  
Workshop – Dr. Sarah Armstrong

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.  
American Folk Art Musuem Tour

2:30 – 4:30 p.m.  
Critical Issues Meeting

2:30 – 4:30 p.m.  
NYSPRA Meeting

2:45 – 5:15 p.m.  
Sports Museum of America Tour

3:00 – 4:45 p.m.  
The Musuem of Modern Art Tour

3:15 – 3:45 p.m.  
Snack Break, Trade Show Floor

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.  
Caucus of Black School Board Members Meeting

3:45 – 5:00 p.m.  
Educational Seminars

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.  
Upstate/Downstate Meeting

7:00 – 8:15 p.m.  
NYSSBA at Night
Saturday, October 18
7:30 – 8:45 a.m.  
R.E.F.I.T./C.O.P.E. Joint Breakfast & Meeting

8:00 a.m. – Noon  
Trade Show Open

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.  
Light Breakfast,
Trade Show Floor

9:00 – 10:15 a.m.  
Educational Seminars

8:00 – 9:15 a.m.  
Caucus of Black School Board Members Meeting

9:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. 
Workshop –
Michael John Carley

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  
American Folk
Art Musuem Tour

10:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.  
Sports Museum of
America Tour

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. 
Educational Seminars

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  
Delegate Orientation/Ask the Parliamentarian

11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.  
The Musuem of
Modern Art Tour

1:00 p.m. – END  
Annual Business Meeting

2:00 – 3:15 p.m.  
Educational Seminars

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.  
Workshop –
Dr. Meredith Mountford

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.  
American Folk
Art Musuem Tour

2:45 – 5:15 p.m.  
Sports Museum of
America Tour

3:00 – 4:45 p.m.  
The Musuem of
Modern Art Tour

3:30 – 4:45 p.m.  
Educational Seminars

7:00 – 8:15 p.m.  
NYSSBA at Night
Sunday, October 19
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.  
Sunday Showcase

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Registration

Register online for both the convention and your hotel room.

 

Hotel and Travel Plans

Need help?
Call us at 800.342.3360 

Reserve your room ONLINE! You must be registered for the convention to get accommodations.

Room Rates

NYSSBA has blocked rooms for exceptional rates at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers (convention headquarters hotel), 811 7th Avenue, and Sheraton Manhattan, 790 7th Avenue.

Lodging requests will be accepted on a first-come, first-served, basis. No lodging requests will be accepted in the NYSSBA block after September. 12.

Contact the Hilton New York 1335 Avenue of the Americas; (212) 586-7000 directly for rates and availability; this is not part of the NYSSBA room block.

Should the Sheraton room block sell out before Sept. 12, NYSSBA has made arrangements with the following hotels. Please contact these hotels directly for reservations.

New York Hotel
 481 8th Ave. & 34th St.
$299 per night/single or double
(212) 971-0101

Hotel Pennsylvania
 4017 7th Ave. at 32nd St.
$289 per night/king room/single or double
(212) 736-5000

Wellington Hotel
 871 7th Ave. at 55th St.
$355 per night/single or double
(212) 247-3900

Comfort Inn Times Square
 305 West 39th St.
$299 per night/single or double
(212) 268-3040

Gem Hotel
449 West 36th St.
$299 per night/single or double 
(212) 967-7206

NOTE: These rates do not include the 13.375% sales tax and $3.50 per night occupancy tax.  

To avoid paying sales tax, present your New York state sales tax-exempt form upon check-in. Please ensure that the district name on the tax-exempt certificate matches the district name on the hotel registration and on the method of payment being used. All certificates must have original signatures.

Lodging requests must be guaranteed by a credit card. Sorry, purchase orders or checks will not be accepted.

Hotel cancellations made after Aug. 22 will be charged $100. Please make certain of your convention attendence prior to making your hotel reservation. No-shows will be charged for one night’s lodging. A portion of the room rate offsets Convention costs.

There is a limited number of rooms available for Wednesday arrival at the contracted rate.

Getting there

Airline and Amtrak train tickets - call Carlson WagonLit Travel toll-free (800) 666-2929 or (518) 292-9000 - for special group rates and more information.

 

Automobiles - call Hertz at 800-654-2240 or visit their website at www.Hertz.com and use the NYSSBA group code CV#02W80006. Or go to www.nyssba.org and log into the Members Only part of the website. Click on Member Benefits and get deals from Enterprise and Alamo/National car rentals.

 

Buses - charter a bus with your colleagues, enjoy the ride and arrive at the Sheraton’s front door. What could be easier? Go to www.busrates.com for rates.

 

Airport Shuttles - book online at www.supershuttle.com. Enter group discount code “SUMLZ” and follow the directions to complete your reservation. Or check out Airlink NY, a door-to-door share-ride airport shuttle service each way between Manhattan and JFK, LaGuardia and Newark Airports. Special discounted rates apply for convention participants; call
(212) 812-9000 and mention NYSSBA to book your transportation.

 

Parking Garages - park at the Sheraton’s own garage or at three additional parking garages all within two blocks of the Sheraton (fees apply).

For more information on New York City, contact NYC & Company at www.nycvisit.com or (212) 484-1222.