Month: August 2021

The College Board recently recognized high school students across the country who have shown outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on Advanced Placement (AP) Exams during the 2020-21 school year. In 2021, Fayetteville-Manlius School District students earned a total of 142 AP Scholar-level distinctions.   AP Scholar Award The College Board grants AP Scholar awards to …

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The Fayetteville-Manlius School District has recently received nearly a dozen Freedom of Information requests that require the district to share documents including email communications that individuals submitted to district administrators and F-M Board of Education members on topics such as face masks, vaccinations and diversity, equity and inclusion.  New York state’s Freedom of Information Law …

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The majority of Fayetteville-Manlius School District property owners will see their 2021 tax rate decrease 0.58% compared to the 0% tax rate increase projected at the annual school district budget vote in May. The Fayetteville-Manlius Board of Education adopted the 2021 tax levy—the amount of revenue to support the budget raised through school taxes—at its …

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F-M is helping coordinate monetary and gift card donations for the residents displaced by the recent apartment fire.  While food, clothing, household goods, and toiletries were initially appreciated, the families have no room to store these donations in their temporary shelters.  Donations may be dropped off at either the Fayetteville YMCA or Manlius YMCA or …

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Parents and guardians will no longer receive a 12-month printed school-year calendar in the mail as they have in the past.  “We have recognized that as a tool to communicate school events, the printed calendar has often caused more confusion than clarity as event dates or times sometimes change throughout the school year,” Superintendent Craig …

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