MANLIUS, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — As students head back to the classroom today from spring break, a Fayetteville-Manlius father hopes a dangerous encounter his son experienced gets brought back into the spotlight and back in front of school leaders.
Jason Held said his 15-year-old son was threatened with a knife ten days ago inside a bathroom at Fayetteville-Manlius High School.
While the other student now faces three misdemeanor charges, the father worries the district and the police department are downplaying the situation.
A message sent to F-M families on Friday, April 11, reads in part, “This afternoon, apparently after a verbal altercation was diffused, an FM student was found to be in possession of a knife.”…