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, Cornell Local Roads Program, and statewide vendors, the first Highway School was held in 1938.
Conference Information
- Some of our presenters allowed us to share their presentations, download the PDF for the best results
- View pictures from around the conference!
If you have any issues accessing the above information, please email clrp [at] cornell.edu (clrp[at]cornell[dot]edu)
Thank you to all the attendees, presenters, partners, and sponsors for making the 78th conference one to remember! mark your calendars for 79th conference on June 1 - 3, 2026!
2025 Picnic Sponsors
Principal Sponsors
Sustaining Sponsors
- Alta Construction Equipment NY LLC*
- Chemung Supply Corporation*
- Dolomite Products & A.L. Blades Inc*
Individual Sponsors
- Clark Equipment Rental & Sales*
- Tracey Road Equipment*
Patch Sponsors
- Auctions International*
- Invenergy
*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 Lands and Forests (DLF)
- NYS Department of Labor (NYSDOL) Bureau of Public Work
- Division of Environmental Permits (DEP) & Bureau of Ecosystem Health (BEH)
- Comp Alliance
- New York State Comptroller
Highway School Conference Details
Registration for the 2026 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