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  • District earns statewide school safety recognition award

    The Fayetteville-Manlius School District earned Utica National Insurance Group’s top safety award for the district’s work to keep students, staff and visitors safe. On April 2, the district received the Utica National Insurance Group’s “School Safety Excellence Award” for 2025 at the Titanium with Honors level. The award program has three levels – titanium, platinum

  • UPDATE: Eagle Hill and Wellwood teams win CNY Battle of the Books SuperRegionals

    Update posted April 11: Wellwood Middle School’s Battle of the Books team, “Process of Elimination,” was named the CNY SuperRegional Battle of the Books champions at the grade 7/8 level. The team competed in the final battle of the competition on April 10. The team, which includes student members Jim O’Brien, Mary O’Brien, Isaac Jung

  • F-M conducts trial runs with electric buses; Performance falls short of expectations

    In February, the Fayetteville-Manlius School District put an electric school bus to the test to see how it would perform on F-M’s bus routes in response to New York State’s mandate that requires all school bus purchases be electric starting July 1, 2027, and all diesel-fueled school buses be replaced with electric buses by July

  • District shares community survey results, outlines action steps

    In fall 2024, Fayetteville-Manlius School District parents, caregivers, students, staff and community members were invited to complete the district’s annual community survey. The survey prompted participants to share their feedback with district leaders on topics such as F-M’s academic rigor, leadership, student support, priority areas, and student cell phone use. The survey received 545 responses.

  • District details emergency closure protocol for the rest of the 2024-25 school year

    The Board of Education, at its recent March meeting, approved a memorandum that outlines the district’s protocols in the event that the designated emergency closure days are exhausted. The district set aside four emergency closure days for the 2024-25 school year, and has since used three of those designated days. As a reminder, emergency closure

  • District to launch parent/guardian climate survey; Seeks input on cell phones and school start times

    Parents/guardians of Fayetteville-Manlius students will be invited to participate in a confidential and anonymous survey at the end of March. The survey, aimed at evaluating the school environment, will also include custom questions related to student cell phone use and school start times. Governor Hochul has recommended, as a part of her executive budget proposal,

  • Forgotten time capsule discovered at Eagle Hill; Teacher looks to reunite F-M alumni with items, memories

    A 24-year-old time capsule was recently discovered at Eagle Hill Middle School and one teacher has made it her mission to reunite the capsule’s contents with the alumni who helped assemble it. Eagle Hill Middle School teacher and Fayetteville-Manlius alum Meaghan Bedigian is coordinating the effort to return the contents of the time capsule to

  • Eleven varsity teams earn scholar-athlete recognition

    The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) recently recognized several Fayetteville-Manlius School District athletic teams as part of its winter Scholar-Athlete program. At the end of each sports season, NYSPHSAA recognizes student-athletes and teams that have achieved academic success. To receive a NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athlete team award, 75 percent of students on a

  • F-M parents/guardians asked to complete digital equity survey

    The following letter was sent to F-M parents/guardians via email: Dear parents/guardians, The New York State Education Department (NYSED) is requesting internet and technology information to provide funding for school districts depending on the needs of the families. The ultimate goal is for NYSED to provide funding to those districts where families do not have

  • High school yearbooks for students are available by pre-order only through Feb. 14

    Fayetteville-Manlius High School students may pre-order the 2024-25 yearbook online. Yearbooks are available for $85 (without personalization or a protection plan) through Jan. 31. Beginning Feb. 1, the cost of yearbooks will increase to $90 (without personalization or a protection plan). The last day to order a yearbook is Feb. 14. Yearbooks may only be

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