Fairport Central School District

Graduation Walk: Class of 2019 visits former schools

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Donning their caps and gowns and nametags declaring their post-graduate plans, Fairport High School’s Class of 2019 took a stroll down memory lane by returning to their former schools as part of the school’s first-ever Graduation Walk.

The graduating seniors boarded buses and traveled to their first stop,

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Residents approve 2019-20 school budget

Residents in the Fairport Central School District approved the 2019-20 budget on May 21, 2019. Voters also approved the proposition and elected board members, along with approving the library budget and electing a library board trustee.

2019-20 School Budget
YES — 1432
NO — 486
Proposition 1 (Capital Technology Reserve Fund)
YES — 1582
NO — 337
Board of Education (2 seats)
Timothy Slisz — 1666
Damon Buffum (incumbent) — 1613
Public Library Budget
YES — 1551
NO — 367
Public Library Trustee (1 seat)
Suzanne Stockman (incumbent) — 1682 Read more  »


School Budget Vote & Board of Education Election is May 21

Fairport Central School District residents will go to the polls on Tuesday, May 21 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Johanna Perrin Middle School.

Budget highlights include:

  • The $132,199,783 total budget is a 2.47% increase over the prior year’s budget
  • The budget is in compliance with the Property Tax Cap
  • The estimated tax rate is a projected $22.77,

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District budget information in the latest edition of the Commentator

Budget Commentator (May 2019)

Fairport Central School District’s newest edition of the Commentator is now available. District residents will receive it in their mailboxes in the coming days. The 2019-20 proposed budget vote date is Tuesday, May 21, at Johanna Perrin Middle School from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

To read about the latest in news as it relates to future planning and the budget development process for 2019-20,

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SAANYS, NAESP select Dunn as NYS Middle School Principal of the Year

David Dunn, principal at Martha Brown Middle School in the Fairport Central School District, has been selected as the 2019 New York State Middle School Principal of the Year by the School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS) and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). This award is given annually to a member of SAANYS and NAESP who is clearly committed to excellence,

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Two Fairport Odyssey of the Mind teams advance to world competition

Nine teams from Fairport Central School District competed in the Odyssey of the Mind State Tournament held on Saturday, March 23 in Binghamton, NY.  Two teams are moving on to the World Competition at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan on May 22-25, 2019 and five of Fairport’s teams finished in the top five.

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Community meetings about potential MD – FHS merger set for March 26 & April 3

Dear Fairport Community Members:

Facilities planning has been at the forefront of the District’s work this year.  The Board of Education and administration continue to discuss the possible merger of Minerva DeLand and the Fairport High School. We have been analyzing the educational and fiscal implications of a possible merger and the importance of having a comprehensive facilities plan to achieve our strategic initiatives.

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Annual District Art Show is March 21-April 3

The Fairport Central School District’s Annual K-12 District Art Show kicks off March 21 with the opening night from 4-6 p.m., with the show continuing through April 3 at the Perinton Square. The annual event celebrates the work of Fairport’s K-12 student artists.

District Art Show

 

 

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Nine Fairport teams advance to State Odyssey of the Mind Tournament March 23

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Nine (9) Odyssey of the Mind teams will represent Fairport at the New York State Finals Tournament on March 23 in Binghamton, N.Y.  Fairport CSD hosted the Greater Rochester Regional Odyssey of the Mind Tournament on March 2.

The 2019 tournament was the most successful in Fairport history,

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Online safety for children

Local and national news have been covering a social media concern that is alarming to parents and could be harmful to students. This recent increase in online safety concerns is an appropriate time to revisit students’ online behaviors in school and at home.

The challenge that is surfacing involves a fictitious video character that allegedly challenges viewers to contact them via private message and then perform acts to avoid being “cursed.” These acts are said to include self-harm and extreme actions such as suicide.

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