Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents, Inc. (LHCSS)

is a non-profit educational corporation representing a group of 75 school districts and 4 BOCES, spanning a four county region – Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester – north of New York City.

Our mission is to promote, foster and advance high quality educational practices, strong leadership and professional collaboration in the public schools of Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties.

As educational leader, these 79 school superintendents have a priority goal of improving educational opportunities for students and adults in the four-county region. The specific purposes of the Lower Hudson Council include:

• • To share information about current and future educational practices and issues
  • To coordinate efforts to seek legislation for the benefit of children in the region
  • To encourage educational research
  • To exert a positive influence on state and national school administrator organizations
  • To improve relationships among LHCSS members and their school organizations
  • To promote cooperative relations with other governmental agencies, Boards of Education, etc.