![AMI Day](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_18490586-d766-4e1b-a337-e4b4645efa55.jpg)
January 25, 2023
We are aware that some homes in our school district are without electric power and/or Internet service this morning due to the heavy snowfall. If this is the case for your family,...
![Mr. Jason Edwards, Principal Happy Hollow Elementary](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_b9310a73-3b13-4ff7-b5a4-081c2c51fcb3.jpg)
November 1, 2022
#NationalPrincipalsMonth
CELEBRATING OUR PRINCIPALS! Meet Jason Edwards! This is Mr. Edwards' sixth year as the principal of Root Elementary. Mr. Edwards has worked for FPS sin...
![FPS Superintendent Search](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_6b4c83ac-d559-4cf8-9272-e95261a7f7ea.png)
October 4, 2022
Dear FPS Families,
Our superintendent Dr. John L Colbert has announced his retirement in June of 2023, marking the end of a truly outstanding and pioneering career as an educa...
September 6, 2022
Please see attached information on Arkansas Child Find "Helping All Children Succeed" and other developmental milestone indicators.
![Colbert Middle School Named](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_3f31620c-cc49-4d74-8075-70280167776e.jpg)
May 26, 2022
At their May 26 meeting the Fayetteville Board of Education voted unanimously to name the new middle school the John L Colbert Middle School in honor of Superintendent Dr. John L ...
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May 9, 2022
The 2022 annual school election will be held on Tuesday, May 24 in conjunction with the Primary Election in Arkansas. Only one seat on the Fayetteville Board of Education is up fo...
![Root Senior Celebration 2022](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_f8066dcc-5d56-4663-ac54-c4d0aec11c2e.png)
April 27, 2022
Attention graduating Root Alumni! We will celebrate you in person at Root on Tuesday, May 17 at 8:15 AM . Please check-in at the office when you arrive by 8:15 that day and p...
![Root Family Tours](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_282e2212-7f16-4667-a902-0158ae451a8e.jpg)
April 26, 2022
Root New Family Tours
Please select a 20-minute time slot that works for you and your family to tour Root school. Only sign up for ONE time slot per family in the link provid...
![FPS Earth Week April 18-22](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_2b04e7e3-3d22-4787-b6fa-b798c5d1903b.png)
April 13, 2022
Earth Week will be celebrated in Fayetteville Public Schools April 18-22. To see the schedule of events, check out the website HERE .
![Student studying at home](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_8ed7d56f-e20b-4101-9890-3188a1a8d72d.png)
February 23, 2022
We have made the decision to transition all Fayetteville Public Schools from in-person to online learning on Wednesday, February 23 due to the predicted inclement weather and roa...
![Pictures of stick figures staying home in their own house.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_81c522cc-e91f-434e-9b45-006bbec11aa6.jpg)
January 7, 2022
UPDATED GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS BASED ON REVISED CDC GUIDELINES
ISOLATION
Isolation is required for someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, regardless of vaccination ...
![Student in face mask](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_b5c00784-c9b5-49a4-bb86-40558099788d.jpg)
January 5, 2022
We have received information from the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) that our school district community’s number of active cases of COVID-19 per 10,000 people is 71...
![Be sure to watch our own Rebel Hays when he is honored on the Musial Awards on TV on Christmas Day! Truly an inspirational young person!](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_a7141ba9-230d-4f18-aa29-25d50d285abc.jpg)
December 22, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MUSIAL AWARDS TO AIR ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK AND STREAM LIVE ON PARAMOUNT+ ON CHRISTMAS DAY AT 5 P.M. ET / 4 P.M. CT NATIONAL BROADCAST FROM ST. LOUI...
![Homeless Vigil](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_276374bc-8cfc-4bd8-aa1d-db1ca9d6c150.jpg)
November 23, 2021
The Fayetteville High School Student Council will hold the 23rd annual Homeless Vigil on Thursday, December 2, from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on the north side of the FHS campus along B...
![Student in face mask](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_ef2bf1b2-b80c-4bcb-9cd9-e7ed29577964.jpg)
October 29, 2021
The Fayetteville Board of Education voted unanimously to amend Policy: 1.19: Wearing Masks and Face Coverings as follows :
Amend the policy as stated below effective Novembe...
![Haunted Physics Festival](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_853e8a05-d743-403c-8cd2-05be9d74f353.jpg)
October 27, 2021
The University of Arkansas' Society of Physics Students is hosting a "Haunted Physics Festival" on October 31st from 11am-3pm. Please read the details of the event in the image be...
![FPS Child Nutrition Employees](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_3d4d36d9-3d68-487d-bfc0-f99d378135d9.jpg)
October 6, 2021
Fayetteville Public Schools has been awarded $80,000 in grants over the next three years from the Life Time Foundation to help improve the nutritional quality of school meals by ...
![Headshot of Mary Claire Hyatt, General Counsel](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_3dfb41f7-345e-46cc-bd61-6bf387e12cdc.jpg)
September 20, 2021
Mary Claire Hyatt joined Fayetteville Public Schools on September 20 as general counsel for the school district, according to Superintendent Dr. John L Colbert. The hiring of Ms. ...
![Picture Day](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_7c9ccaf6-a4ba-4373-9e54-ea6540f2f3cf.png)
September 20, 2021
PICTURE DAY IS COMING! Picture Day is on Tuesday, September 28th. You may order online before the 28th by going to mylifetouch.com and entering your student's school ID or Pictu...
![Arkansas Child Find](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/fayetteville_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_4f277a90-e288-449a-907d-98c5fc98677f.png)
September 15, 2021
Do you have concerns about your child's development or progress in school?
Please read below.