Highway School
The Annual School for Highway Superintendents, or "Highway School," brings together over 700 local roads professionals from across New York State for two and a half days of training and education. Sponsored by the New York State Association of Towns, Cornell Local Roads Program, and statewide vendors, the first Highway School was held in 1938.
2024 Training Topics
- Legal Panel
- Budgeting for municipalities
- Sustainable & Innovative Highway Materials
- Getting CDL's for your Crew
- Alternatives to Gas & Diesel
- Improving Highway Safety
- A Year in the Life of a Highway Superintendent
- Reasonable Suspicion
Register online with the Association of Towns or download the registration form.
2024 Picnic Sponsors
Principal Sponsors
- Allegiance Trucks
- Delta Engineers, Architects, Land Surveyors
- New York Pavement Preservation Association (NYPPA)*
- Suit-Kote Corporation*
- Tectonic Engineering Consultants, Geologists & Land Surveyors, DPC
Sustaining Sponsors
- Alta Construction Equipment NY, LLC*
- Auction International, Inc.*
- Chemung Supply Corporation*
- Dolomite Products & A.L. Blades Inc*
Patch Sponsors
- Tracey Road Equipment*
*sponsoring both picnics
Road Scholar Awards
The Roads Scholar Award recognizes outstanding participation of highway personnel at the Highway School. The award was given out from 1963-1998 and restarted in 2015. The award is given out by county and accounts for attendance by all municipalities in the county: counties, towns, villages and cities.
Learn more about the Road Scholars Award and check out our past recipients