Welcome to Laurens Central School! It is an honor to serve as your superintendent.
For those of you who don’t know me, this is my fourth year in this role. I was previously the K-12 principal here at LCS for 14 years. I also served as the athletic director for three and one half years and maintained an active role in the Tri-Valley Athletic Association and Section IV Athletics. Prior to my appointment at Laurens I was the assistant principal at Richfield Springs Central School from January of 2005 to June of 2006 and a high school history teacher and coach at Edmeston Central School from 1997 to December of 2004. I graduated from Hartwick College with a BA in Political Science, earned a Master’s Degree in Secondary Education from SUNY Oneonta, and was awarded my Certificate of Advanced Studies in School Leadership from SUNY Cortland. I am also a proud Class of 1991 Laurens Central School alumnus.
I live in Mount Vision with my wife and two sons, one who graduated from LCS in 2019 and currently works in Oneonta and the other who is currently a freshman. All five of my siblings, three brothers and two sisters, are LCS graduates. In my free time I enjoy cooking, hunting and fishing, reading and playing golf. Like Coach Grasso, (who you can’t mention LCS without talking about and who we miss each and every day), I am a diehard New York Yankees fan.
As you can see from my prior positions I firmly believe in the benefits that a rural school education can offer. With the focus of education moving more and more towards social emotional learning there is no doubt that a small rural school can provide the ability for students and teachers to form the strong relationships necessary to help maintain student academic and mental health to the greatest extent possible. They are more necessary than ever and I am very proud of the efforts that our teachers, administrators and support staff make to foster those relationships. I wouldn’t trade my experiences here at Laurens or those of my two children for anything. Quite simply I feel it is an amazing place for our kids to attend school.
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another successful school year!
Sincerely,
Bill Dorritie
Superintendent