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FCSD administrators and staff are excited to share more information with our Fairport neighbors and friends about the proposed Fairport Forward 2022 Capital Improvement Project. In mid-October, the Board of Education approved a Proposition Resolution calling for a Special Vote on December 13, 2022!

Here’s what you need to know about Fairport Forward 2022:

- - The next stage in the District’s phased plan to:

- - - Stage FHS for the merger of our ninth-grade students

- - - Consolidate District buildings

- - - Protect your investment in our facilities by updating infrastructure

- - The anticipated impact to voters is an additional $59 a year for homes valued at $200k

- - - It is projected that taxpayers would see this impact begin in the 2025-26 fiscal year

- - Project highlights include:

- - - Multi-purpose STEAM learning spaces at FHS

- - - Reimagined and renovated FHS music,

The District is preparing for the next proposed Capital Improvement Project: Phase II of Fairport Forward! The anticipated vote date for this proposal is December 13, 2022.

Phase II is the next step in the process that started back in 2018 with the District Advisory Council. I encourage you to visit our Capital Project website to learn more about Fairport Forward’s past,

The Fairport Central School District’s proposed updated Districtwide Safety Plan 2022-2023 is currently under review for public feedback through June 21, 2022. Comments may be sent to the District Clerk by emailing Pamela Alexander at palexander@fairport.org.

Click here to view the Districtwide Safety Plan.

Yesterday’s tragedy in Texas and the recent horrific event in Buffalo are disheartening, unsettling and evoke a wide range of emotions that may impact our ability to focus on our daily lives.

Schools are supposed to be sanctuaries for learning and a symbol of hope for our democracy –

Dear Fairport Families,

Today, just a few short miles down the Thruway, families in the City of Buffalo are waking up to the first morning after an incomprehensible tragedy. At least 10 people were gunned down yesterday afternoon inside a grocery store there in what authorities are calling a racially-motivated,

Dear Fairport Families:

At this week’s Board of Education meeting at Fairport High School, the Board of Education voted to adopt the proposed 2022-23 School Budget.

The 2022-23 proposed School Budget provides opportunities to build upon the district’s commitment to meet and exceed the community’s expectations for meaningful and developmentally appropriate programming for grades K-12.

January 25, 2022

Dear Fairport Families:

FCSD is aware that a Supreme Court judge on Long Island ruled yesterday that the state’s mask mandate is procedurally flawed. The state appealed the decision last night, and an appeals court judge heard the case this afternoon. A temporary stay of the enforcement of the Nassau County decision has been issued while the appeal is pending.

Dear Fairport Families;

As you may have seen on local news or social media, many Fairport families were displaced from their homes in the Pines of Perinton complex by a devastating overnight fire. Many of those displaced were families of Fairport students. We are relieved to say that as we understand at this moment,

Dear Fairport Families;

The district recently learned of a legal ruling from a lower state court in Nassau County that says the NYS Department of Health exceeded its authority by requiring masks be worn in school settings. This ruling conflicts with an earlier ruling in Albany County Supreme Court that upheld the Department of Health’s masking regulation.

January 18, 2022

Dear Fairport Families,

We want to make you aware of a governmental resource for obtaining free at-home COVID-19 rapid tests for your convenience and safety. CovidTests.gov launched this week. At this site, you can place an order for up to four free at-home rapid test kits to be delivered by the USPS.