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Strong Commitment to Education
Education is a critical resource that sustains the future and greatly enhances the quality of life in any community. Chemung County's area schools represent an extensive educational system offering a combination of four public school systems (Elmira, Elmira Heights, Horseheads and Spencer-Van Etten) and several private and parochial schools, all providing the foundation for students entering the work force of continuing with their formal education. GST BOCES (Greater Southern Tier Board of Cooperative Educational Services), is a a vocational education system, of 21 school districts combined regionally on three campuses. Corning Community College's Small Business Development Center and the Elmira Academic & Workforce Development & Career Center, and the Chemung/Schuyler/Steuben Workforce Development one stop system work closely with local schools and businesses to design, administer and promote school-to-work, back-to-work workforce development, and community education programs. A wide range of educational options are available to students pursuing continued education.
Chemung County's Library District system provides its patrons with access to more than 300,000 volumes, a computerized reference system and internet connections is comprised of neighborhood libraries in Big Flats, Elmira, Horseheads, Van Etten, and West Elmira. The Bookmobile constitutes a mobile neighborhood library. Taken together, the collections serve patrons who reside throughout Chemung County who seek both popular works and in-depth information on many subjects, in many formats, of current and historical interest. Ten total local libraries available and a bookmobile consists of an interlibrary loan network offering multimedia, cutting edge technology, both wired and wireless to the fifteen district area residents of Chemung County.
Click on the individual links below to view Chamber of Commerce members that are local education institutions.
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