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Early Release Day - 1/29
Dear Families, On January 29th, Fairless Local Schools will have the second of three early release days for professional development. Early Releases will occur on: 1/29 5/30 (last day of school) On early release days, your child will be released 2 hours early from school, i.e. bus pick ups/release times will be as follows: FES - Parent pick-up 1:10, bus pick-up 1:25 FMS - 12:40 FHS - 12:45 For students riding the bus home on Early Release days, the drop off time should be two hours earlier than normal. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the building principal. M. Hearn
Friday, Jan 17 2025
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2025-2026 Fairless Local Schools District Calendar
Good afternoon Falcons! Attached is the 2025-2026 Fairless Local Schools District Calendar. Please reach out if you have any questions. Have a great evening, M. Hearn
Wednesday, Jan 08 2025
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Veterans Day
Good afternoon, We will have two opportunities that are open to the public to honor veterans. Please see the information below. If you have any questions, feel free to call at 330-767-3444 for the high school or 330-767-3913 for the elementary school. Have a great weekend! M. Hearn Fairless High School Veterans Day Program Information Do you have a veteran in your family? If so, please invite them to join us for our Veterans Day Assembly in our high school Performing Arts Center on Veterans Day, November 11, at 12:35 pm. Fairless Elementary School Veterans Day Program Information
Friday, Nov 08 2024
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Tickets for Clue available NOW!
You can now purchase tickets online for Clue! There are 2 different links, one for each day. FRIDAY Clue On Stage [High School Edition] Friday The Friday show has 2 ticket options: Premium and General. Premium tickets ($20) include appetizers; premium seating; early entry (5:30) General tickets ($12) do not include appetizers; general seating; regular entry (6:30) All tickets are reserved seats. Here is the menu made by our Family and Consumer Science students for the premium tickets: SATURDAY Clue On Stage [High School Edition] Saturday The Saturday show has 1 ticket option: General General tickets ($12) Seat selection on a first come, first serve basis All tickets are reserved seats [Saturday, Oct 26 at 8:36 AM]
Wednesday, Oct 23 2024
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Senate Bill 29
Dear Students and Parents, On October 24th, a new Ohio law goes into effect known as Senate Bill 29. In short, the law was designed to protect the privacy of student data. It also has components designed to ensure transparency in how student data is monitored, accessed, and used. Required in the law is an annual notification to students and parents (see below) regarding the districts general use of monitoring technology. The technology includes internet filtration, tracking of Chromebooks in case of theft or loss, and apps like Securly designed to help ensure safe internet use. Additionally, the law requires that the district send notification to parents and students if student data is accessed for things like a disciplinary investigation or to investigate a threat to life/safety. These additional notifications will be sent using email to the address associated with the student in Final Forms. If you have any questions regarding SB 29 or its implementation, please feel free to contact me using ParentSquare or by calling 330-767-3577. Have a great rest of your day! M. Hearn
Monday, Oct 21 2024
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National School Bus Safety Week
Good afternoon, October 21-25, 2024 is National School Bus Safety Week. Local police, the Highway Patrol, and Stark County Sheriff's office will be in our community and following bus routes. Please see below for more information on bus safety from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Have a great weekend, Mike 2024 National School Bus Safety Week Fact sheet and talking points Communities across the country will be celebrating National School Bus Safety Week October 21-25, 2024. While the school bus is one of the safest modes of transportation, illegal school bus passing is a significant threat to children and their caretakers. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is sharing the following statistics about illegal school bus passing to help raise awareness about this very real danger. During National School Bus Safety Week, support NHTSA’s mission to help save lives by warning other drivers about the dangers of illegal school bus passing. Statistics and Facts About Illegal School Bus Passing In every state, it is illegal for vehicle drivers to pass a school bus while the school bus stop-arm is extended, and the red lights are flashing. Failing to do so could result in injury or death to child pedestrians or their caretakers. Vehicle drivers must always come to a complete stop when a school bus stop-arm is extended, and the red lights are flashing. Obey all traffic signs and signals. More injuries and fatalities occur outside of or near a school bus because a motorist has failed to obey the stop-arm warning or has failed to follow local traffic laws. School buses are statistically the safest way to transport school children. Unfortunately, dangers still arise: From 2000-2021, there were 53 fatalities in crashes that involved a driver illegally passing a stopped school bus, an average of 2.4 fatalities a year. Almost half of those fatalities (25) were pedestrians who were 18 years old or younger. A driver in a school-bus-related crash could be charged with one of the following: A violation for passing a stopped school bus A related factor of passing a school bus when prohibited by posted signs, pavement markings, or school bus displaying warning not to pass, and the crash was school-bus-related. In the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services 2022 Stop Arm survey, 79,859 school bus drivers reported that 51,593 vehicles passed their buses illegally on a single day during the 2020-21 school year. Throughout a 180-day school year, these sample results point to more than 41.8 million violations per year among America’s motoring public. The most dangerous part of the school bus ride is getting on and off the school bus. The school bus loading and unloading area is called the “Danger Zone.” Specifically, this is any side of the bus where a child may not be seen by the bus driver and, therefore, is in the most danger. These areas include: 10 feet in front of the bus, where the driver may be sitting too high to see a child 10 feet on either side of the bus, where a child may be in the driver’s blind spots Behind the school bus Young children are most likely to be struck because they: Hurry to get on and off the bus Act before they think and have little experience with traffic Assume motorists will see them and wait for them to cross the street Safety Reminders for Parents and Caregivers Arrive at the bus stop five minutes early. Stand at least 5 giant steps (10 feet) away from the edge of the road. Wait until the bus stops, the door opens, and the driver says it’s okay before stepping onto the bus. Be careful that clothing with drawstrings and book bags with straps or dangling objects do not get caught in the handrail or door when exiting the bus. Walk in front of the bus; never walk behind the bus. Be sure the bus driver can always see you, and you can see the bus driver. Before crossing the street, stop and look left-right-left before crossing. Safety Reminders for Motorists The overall best practice is to “always stop if there’s a school bus.” Yellow flashing lights indicate the bus is preparing to stop to load or unload children. Motorists should slow down and prepare to stop their vehicles. Motorists may begin moving only when the red flashing lights are turned off, the stop arm is withdrawn, and the bus begins to move. Never pass on the right side of the bus, where children enter or exit. This is illegal and can have tragic results. The greatest risk to a child isn’t riding a school bus but approaching or leaving one. That’s why, as a vehicle driver, it is especially important to pay attention. Students’ lives are on the line. Slow Down. Watch for children walking in the street, especially if there are no sidewalks in the neighborhood. Watch for children playing and gathering near bus stops. Don’t drive distracted. Be alert. Children arriving for the bus may dart into the street without looking for traffic. Watch out for young people who may be distracted and not paying attention to the traffic around them. For more information on illegal school bus passing, visit www.nhtsa.gov/school-bus-safety/reducing-illegal-passing-school-buses .
Sunday, Oct 20 2024
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Bluecoats and Fairless Local Schools Form New Partne...
Bluecoats and Fairless Local Schools Form New Partnership At its October 15, 2024 meeting, the Fairless Local Schools Board of Education approved a memorandum of understanding with Bluecoats to create a strategic partnership and officially name the school district as a Bluecoats Community Partner. Superintendent of Schools Mike Hearn, Bluecoats CEO Mike Scott, Fairless High School Band Director Elizabeth Barkan, and students Ashton Haney and Noah Barkan presented the partnership to the Board of Education. Bluecoats is one of the most widely-celebrated performing arts education organizations in the world. This past year their flagship program, the Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps earned a World Championship for the second time. The group was founded in Canton, OH in 1972 with a focus on local youth outreach. The organization has now grown into a renowned band education nonprofit with a variety of youth programming & world-class events, including BANDtastic!, Rhythm IN BLUE, The Blue Way Summer Arts Camp, and the Bluecoats Fellowship. This year the organization completed the construction of the $2.2mm EN-RICH-MENT Arts Education Center, and announced the addition of EN-RICH-MENT of Stark County as an affiliate and programming partner. The center now provides a permanent home for the free after-school and weekend arts programming of EN-RICH-MENT. This summer, the Bluecoats Summer Music Series had nearly 20,000 in attendance in Stark County. The partnership between Fairless Local Schools and Bluecoats will create an educational home for the group to hold its audition camps at Fairless High School. The two-year agreement is renewable and provides Fairless a revenue stream from facility rental agreements and the Bluecoats access to a first-class facility. These camps will bring hundreds of student-musicians from across the nation and even from other countries to compete for a spot on the Bluecoats roster. According to Superintendent Mike Hearn, the agreement “works for both groups who have similar strategic goals. At Fairless, we are aiming to make our district the community where families want to learn, live, work, and grow. Access to world-class performing arts for our community is one way to do this.” In addition to housing the camps at Fairless High School, the partnership aims to build a suite of performance-based educational events in cooperation with the district to be housed at Fairless facilities. In the early planning phases are a marching band festival with an educational component to be held at Brideweser Stadium, as well as a concert band festival and clinic event to be held at the Lucinda J. Frailly Performing Arts Center at Fairless High School. The Bluecoats takes seriously its mission to create performing arts experiences that inspire, educate, and promote excellence, and to enrich the lives of young people, and those who encounter their art. Bluecoats and Fairless Local Schools each are committed to promulgate the value of performing arts education in their local communities and Stark County, and desire to work together to achieve objectives that further their mutual goals and vision, including, but not limited to, increasing performing arts education activities on the Fairless campus, providing quality facilities for Bluecoats programming, and creating new programming and opportunities for young performing arts students in the Stark County and surrounding communities.
Wednesday, Oct 16 2024