New York state education law allows libraries to place a funding proposition on school district ballots and requires school districts, at the libraries’ requests, to levy and collect taxes for libraries. The libraries are separate legal entities from the school district, with their own funding and budgets. The amount of the tax levy collected by …
On June 9, voters will decide on the purchase of five buses: four 71-passenger school buses and one 35-passenger bus. Each of the buses would include air conditioning, and the total purchase cost would not exceed $681,556. The district’s fleet includes 60 school buses and three Suburbans. All school buses must pass a rigorous state …
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Fayetteville-Manlius School District students will soon get a break from academic work so they can instead focus on their mental, physical and emotional well-being. On May 29, F-M will virtually host Wellness Day to promote participation in healthy activities and provide some end-of-the-year relief for K-12 students. Students have been learning remotely since mid-March when …
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The Fayetteville-Manlius School District Board of Education’s public hearing on the proposed 2020-21 budget was planned to take place during the board’s May 26 meeting and conducted via livestream on the district’s YouTube channel. However, a power failure at that time prohibited the livestream. The board rescheduled the hearing to 6 p.m. June 1. Amid …
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Due to distance learning requirements set by New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Fayetteville-Manlius School District will now end its 2019-20 school year for students on June 17. The amended calendar was approved by the Fayetteville-Manlius Board of Education during its May 26 meeting. It takes into account that school was in session during the …
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The 2019-20 school year was the first year of the Fayetteville-Manlius School District’s new three-year strategic plan. Feedback that students, parents, board of education members, administrators, faculty and staff members shared through a series of surveys and focus groups helped shape the final plan, which the district unveiled in fall 2019. Some goals within the …
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Fayetteville-Manlius School District voters will decide whether the F-M Board of Education will continue the practice of including a non-voting student member. The board approved a policy in 2015 that allows the board to add a student member, pending voter approval. In 2016, voters approved the proposition, and four students, including the 2019-20 school year …
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More than 140 Fayetteville-Manlius School District students studying Latin recently received awards on the 2020 National Latin Exam (NLE), including 13 students who earned perfect scores. The exam, which was administered in March, is not meant to be a competition but rather an opportunity for students to receive reinforcement and recognition, according to the NLE …
On June 9, residents will elect three members of the Fayetteville-Manlius School District Board of Education. The board is the official policy-making body of the school district. It is responsible for carrying out the laws and regulations pertaining to the education of the community’s children. It adopts school district policy, curriculum and programs of study, …
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed some aspects of how the Fayetteville-Manlius School District is sharing information about its proposed operating budget for the 2020-21 school year. District residents will still be receiving in the mail the district’s traditional 8-page newsletter that focuses on the $88.30 million budget proposal, and information will continue to be shared …
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