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Fayetteville-Manlius School District students, parents/guardians, employees and community members now have access to a new mental health communication tool. A Mental Health Referral button has been added to F-M’s Let’s Talk! online platform, a web-based, two-way communication tool that allows anyone to share concerns or questions with district administration at any time. The Mental Health …

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Fayetteville-Manlius School District students lent a helping hand to a local dog rescue in order to provide hope to dogs in search of their forever homes. In March, students at Fayetteville Elementary School collected items for Helping Hounds Dog Rescue, a non-profit organization that works to find permanent homes for rescue dogs in Central New …

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A proposition on this year’s school budget and board of education election ballot will ask voters to authorize the purchase of six school buses as part of the district’s long-term replacement plan. The buses include five 71-passenger buses and one wheelchair accessible 56-passenger bus. The total purchase would not exceed $1,182,121. This proposition is not …

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On May 16, the Fayetteville-Manlius School District will be asking voters to decide on the creation of a new $10 million capital reserve fund.  A capital reserve fund allows school districts to set aside money for future construction projects and major purchases. Most school districts have capital reserve funds, and in 2013, F-M residents voted …

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To learn more about the life, struggles and aspirations of an emerging hip hop star, a group of Fayetteville-Manlius High School students went straight to the source. On April 11, members of the F-M High School French Club got to virtually hang with Vancouver-based bilingual soul artist and “femcee” (female emcee) Missy D, who joined …

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Fayetteville-Manlius School District residents will go to the polls May 16 to vote on a proposed $104,966,845 school budget for the 2023-24 school year that maintains existing student programming and supports the district’s strategic plan. The district’s tax levy, which is the total amount of money the district collects from property owners within the district …

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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 …

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Following months of project research and local competitions, a Fayetteville-Manlius School District student will bring her award-winning history exhibit to the national stage next month. F-M High School senior Mae Cohen recently qualified to compete in National History Day (NHD), which is set to take place June 11-15 at the University of Maryland. Mae’s exhibit, …

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The creativity, precision and skill expressed by two Fayetteville-Manlius High School students is being recognized at the national level. Seniors Allison Wong and Sarai Stenson were recently named national medalists in the 2023 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, which is the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens. More than 260,000 works …

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A national showcase recently highlighted the talents of four Fayetteville-Manlius School District musicians. On April 13-16, high school juniors and seniors from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont came together for the 2023 National Association for Music Education (NAfME) All-Eastern Division Conference.  The following F-M …

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