Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (COSSA) is a public school

cooperative serving the special education, gifted/talented, career & technical, and alternative education needs of students from Homedale, Marsing, Notus, Parma, and Wilder

School Districts.

Formed in 1969, COSSA is the oldest public school

cooperative in IdahoConsortium School Districts Include:

HomedaleMarsingNotusParmaWilder

Positive Placement Rate: (2014 graduates)

JobPost-secondaryMilitary

Automotive Technician – 100% $12.00/hrPre-Engineering – 100% all in college

Diesel Technician – 100% $10.17/hrHealth Occ (CNA) – 91.7% $10.23/hrHealth Occ (EMT) – 83% $ 8.38/hrCommercial Welding – 89% $11.57/hr

Immediate Economic Impact – 2014 Graduates

 

Economic calculation is the number of “employed” graduates in each program area, times the average hourly pay, times 2080 hours (40 hours per week x 52 weeks per year).

Total = $392,558.40

COSSA Academy graduates = averaging 28 per class in past

four years

Positive Placement for 2014 graduates = 73%

Total Special Education Savings

Throughout the Consortium

$2,139,037

The “Future”?

COSSA is in the business of providing high-quality pathways and meaningful credentials.

We intend to “break the cycle” of poverty and dependence found in western Treasure Valley.

We will make a difference. At COSSA, learning occurs for every student, every day, every way…