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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…