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 Presentations

Some of our Highway School presentations can be shared, to see the full list please click here

 

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.*
  • 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 

Past picnic Sponsors 

Highway School Conference Details

June 7 - 9, 2027

Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York

 

Registration for the 2027 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