Week 13 Family Newsletter 26-27

Week of November 2, 2026

Dear Mustang Families,

We had a VERY full week last week! We hope all of our students enjoyed the fun events that parents and staff made happen for them! We want to send a huge thank you to everyone who donated or helped with the Bubble Run! We exceeded our goal and will be able to implement some wonderful projects to benefit our Mustangs! A special thank you to Ashley McGuire and her Bubble Run Committee!

This week is a little lighter, with the Veteran's Day Assembly being the only school-wide event. It's 5th Grade PBIS Store week, and 6th will be next week.

For Your Information

Homework Helpers is at the FPL and it is FREE for grades 1st-9th. Here are the times. If anyone has questions they can reach out to Mollie Quinn at;

mquinn@faylib.org

Homework Helpers (Grades 1–9)
Monday, November 2, 9, 16 & 30, 4:30–6:30pm (drop-in)
Tuesday, November 3, 10 & 17, 4:30–6:30pm (drop-in)

Grade School Library

Feeder Pattern Information

Dear McNair Families,

Beginning with the 2027-28 school year, Fayetteville Public Schools will adjust to new feeder patterns. A feeder pattern is the grouping of elementary schools that will attend the same middle school and junior high school. The current feeder patterns split some elementary schools, sending part of their students to one middle school and the remainder to another middle school. It also splits some middle schools when the students move up to junior high, sending some to one junior high and the remainder to another. However, the new 2027-28 feeder pattern keeps all of the students from an elementary school together as they transition to middle school and junior high without splitting them.

Beginning next school year, August of 2027, all students zoned for McNair Middle School under the new feeder plan (Asbell, Butterfield, & Vandergriff) will attend Woodland Junior High School. If you currently attend McNair but are not zoned for our school, the link below provides more information on how the new feeder pattern might impact you once your child leaves Holt.

If you have a 5th grade student who currently attends McNair and you live in the Happy Hollow or Root zones, your child will be zoned to attend Thomason Middle School next year.
For 5th graders living in the Butterfield and Vandergriff zones, McNair will remain your middle school.

However, the district is offering a one-year-only grandfather provision to allow current year 5th grade students impacted by the feeder pattern changes to remain at McNair for the 2027-28 school year, as long as you provide transportation to and from school. A survey regarding the grandfather option will be emailed on Monday, Oct. 19th, to those of you residing within the Happy Hollow and Root zones.

For our sixth graders who reside in the Happy Hollow or Root zones, you will be assigned to Ramay Junior High for the 2027-28 school year.
For our sixth graders who reside in the Butterfield or Vandergriff zones, you will be assigned to Woodland Junior High for the 2027-28 school year.
If you currently attend McNair but are not zoned for our school, the link below provides more information on how the new feeder pattern might impact you once your child leaves Holt.

Parents of students who are not eligible for the grandfather provision can still request an in-district transfer through the district's standard process.

For more information on the feeder pattern, please CLICK HERE.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Dr. Lynn Faught

lynn.faught@fayar.net

Counseling Corner Website

Visit the McNair Middle School Counseling Corner to learn more about your school counselors, explore helpful resources, find important information, and discover ways we can support your student and family throughout the school year! Click the picture below to visit!

Thank You to Our Sponsors for the 2026-27 School Year

This Week at McNair

Looking Ahead

Car Riders

Carline information can be found here. AM carline starts at 7:10 in the front and approximately 7:20 in the back (after buses have cleared). PM carline is front only. At 2:30, we will go to a double line to be able to load more cars at a time (Students will be dismissed at 3:00, but we have to scan ID barcodes prior to dismissal). This means that it is almost impossible to get into the parking lot to check out after 2:30, so please complete all check outs before 2:30. This will make your life a lot easier!!!

Breakfast & Lunch

This year, EVERY student will again receive one FREE breakfast everyday! All they have to do is go through the cafe line and enter their lunch code and it is free!

For lunch to be free or reduced, each family MUST fill out the meal form. This is the link to apply for free/reduced meals: https://www.myschoolapps.com/

And lastly, to add money to your student's meals account: www.MySchoolBucks.com

Reminder - if you bring your child lunch, you can only bring it for your child. Due to allergies and other concerns, we do not allow drop off meals for children from other families.

Contact Us

Here is the phone number to reach the school and get a message to your student: 479-527-3660. Please add this number to your contacts so that if your child calls you, you recognize the number and answer. :-)

Emails

Principal - lynn.faught@fayar.net

6th Grade Assistant Principal & 504's - randy.oxford@fayar.net

6th Grade Counselor - tiffany.finder@fayar.net

5th Grade Assistant Principal & Testing - stephanie.anderson@fayar.net

5th Grade Counselor - lauren.willis@fayar.net

SPED Designee - colleen.powell@fayar.net

Nurse - marcie.griffin@fayar.net

Admin Assistant - mary.kyle@fayar.net

Registrar - shannon.arcana@fayar.net

Front Desk & Attendance - erin.combs@fayar.net

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