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.
Thank you for attending the 79th HWY School!
Please help make the 80th Annual School for Highway Superintendents the best one yet, by filling out this survey by June 14th to be entered to win a free registration to next year's conference.
2026 Presentations
Some of our Highway School presentations can be shared, to see the full list please click here.
- So, You Want a New Highway Garage
- What do you need to know about Asphalt
- Before the Crash - Winning Highway Claims Before They Are Filed
- Obtaining and Retaining Your Crew
- Social Media for Local Public Agencies - Roles, Policies and Best Practices
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
- Allegiance Trucks
- Dolomite Products Co, Inc *
- New York Pavement Preservation *
- Suit-Kote Corporation*
- Tectonic Engineering
Sustaining Sponsors
- Alta Equipment Co.*
- Chemung Supply Corp*
- Filtrec Corp Inc*
Individual Sponsors
- Tracey Road Equipment Co.*
- Vestal Asphalt Inc*
Patch Sponsors
- Auction International Inc*
- Safety Marking/Straight Line Industries*
*Sponsoring both picnics
Participants in our Partners Village
- New York Association of Towns (NYAOT)
- New York State Association of Town Superintendents of Highways
- UDig NY
- Division of Water (DOW)
- Division of Environmental Permits (DEP) & Bureau of Ecosystem Health (BEH)
- Division of Environmental Permits and Bureau of Habitat
- Comp Alliance
- New York State Comptroller
- New York Center for Organics Recycling and Education
- Division of Environmental Remediation / Spill Response and Prevention
- American Concrete Pavement Association
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- New York State Water Resources Institute
- Appius Communications
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
Registration for the 2027 will open in March
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