Transportation

F-M buses are dispatched in 37 routes serving students throughout the 42.73 square-mile school district, plus 13 routes to stops outside the district.

The F-M Transportation Department has an excellent safety record. The New York State Department of Transportation inspects each school bus twice during the year.

2025-26 Bus Stop Information

Parents/guardians will receive an email in late August about bus stop information for their child(ren).

Change of Address

Families who are moving into the district or changing their address within the district must complete the appropriate registration forms available on our Student Registration page.

Transportation to Non-Public Schools

If you live within the F-M School District and your child attends a non-public school, you may request transportation if you reside within 15 miles of the non-public school. Transportation requests for the upcoming school year should be made by April 1 each year.

To request transportation to a private or parochial school, complete the Non-Public Request for Transportation form.

transportation to Daycare or alternate bus stop

Transportation services for middle school and elementary students are only provided within a student’s home school zone. For example, students living in the Eagle Hill Middle School zone will not be transported to or from any other school zone except Eagle Hill.

The only exception is that transportation outside of the attendance zone will be provided to registered daycare providers. The current list of registered daycares in the F-M area is available by calling the Transportation Department at (315) 692-1218.

Download a Daycare Transportation Request Form.

YMCA transportation

For middle school students

All students who are enrolled in an after-school daycare program at either the Manlius or Fayetteville YMCA may take the bus at the 2:40 p.m. dismissal. For Manlius YMCA, the program is called School Age Child Care (SACC), and for the Fayetteville YMCA, the program is called Tween.

These program lists are sent from and updated by the transportation office. No other students are allowed on the 2:40 p.m. bus, including any students signed up for extra programs offered by the YMCA.

All middle school students are welcome to take the late bus from the middle school to either YMCA locations after the activity period.

For elementary school students

Only students who are enrolled in daycare at either YMCA will be transported. All student daycare care lists are updated and on file at the Transportation office.

Requesting a bus stop location change

School bus routes are based upon safety and efficiency.  Please email requests for a bus stop location change to the Transportation Department at transportation@fmschools.org.

Requests must include:

• Student(s) name
• Name of school
• Legal address
• Address of location requested
• Rationale relative to the request

Most requests will be reviewed within five business days. According to state education law, visibility from the home to the bus stop, lack of sidewalks and/or streetlights, and traffic on the road do not constitute an unsafe bus stop.

School Bus Safety

Hop aboard! This video introduces Fayetteville-Manlius School District students to bus safety.