Highway School

The Annual School for Highway Superintendents—known as 'Highway School'—is open to anyone involved in local road work, not just superintendents. Each year, it brings together more than 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, NYSLTAP Center - Cornell Local Roads Program, and statewide vendors, the first Highway School was held in 1938

2026 Topics

  • Asphalt Specifications
  • Legal Panel
  • Culvert Design
  • Shared Services in Practice
  • So, You Need a new Highway Garage
  • Work Zone Safety
  • Prevailing Wages
  • Equipment Inspections
  • And much more!

If you have any issues accessing the above information, please email clrp [at] cornell.edu (clrp[at]cornell[dot]edu)

 

2026 Picnic Sponsors

Principal Sponsors 

 

Sustaining Sponsors 

  • Alta Equipment Co.* 

 

Individual Sponsors 

  • Tracey Road Equipment Co.* 

 

Patch Sponsors

  • Safety Marking/Straight Line Industries* 

 

*Sponsoring both picnics 

Past picnic Sponsors 

Participants in our Partners Village

Partnership Tables, are reserved for associations, state agencies, and other resource organizations that provide services or information useful to highway superintendents, if interested please contact Amanda Caughey at ael234 [at] cornell.edu (ael234[at]cornell[dot]edu)

 

Highway School Conference Details

June 1 - 3, 2026

Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York

 

Registration for the 2026 will open in March

View a lodging list for hotels in the area.

 

 

Click here to see our membership

If you're interested in joining us on the committee email clrp [at] cornell.edu

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