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District previews redesigned, mobile-responsive website with improved calendar and athletics pages
Summary
Capital Region BOCES public information specialist Courtney Stagnetti showed a refreshed ADA-compliant, mobile-first site design with a new calendar experience, embedded athletics schedules, streamlined contact/absence reporting and consolidated parent resources; launch expected later this month.
Courtney Stagnetti, public information specialist with Capital Region BOCES, presented the board with a preview of a rebuilt Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District website intended to replace the seven-year-old site.
Stagnetti said the 2018 site was originally rebuilt to meet federal accessibility (ADA/OCR) requirements and that the new design keeps accessibility as a priority while improving mobile responsiveness, navigation and visual design. She said analytics and a district survey informed the redesign, and that less than half of users previously reported being able to find what they sought on the old site.
Key changes outlined included a custom, mobile‑friendly design; a consolidated and filterable calendar where users can limit events by school or program and subscribe to calendars; athletics and schedules integrated on the district site rather than an external service; clearer contact pages and a one-click absence reporting flow; and a streamlined parent resources area that links to HSAs, parent council and common apps.
Stagnetti said content migration and link quality checks were complete and that the web team remediated 404 errors and accessibility issues. The site uses WordPress with the Gutenberg editor and will be launched later in the month; an exact date was not given.
Board members asked about content ownership and updates for Home & School Associations (HSAs) and suggested an implementation step to verify bios, coach lists and other people-focused content before launch. Stagnetti said communications staff will reach out to groups over the summer for updates and that community relations will maintain the site going forward.
Several board members urged a final review to check that a shortened tagline or vision statement on the site matches the district’s formal vision wording. Stagnetti and board leaders said they would perform final checks during the summer window and keep the board informed of the launch date.
The board did not vote on the site; the presentation served as an informational rollout prior to publication.
