Our ESM Community

East Syracuse Minoa Central School District is a suburban school district in Onondaga County, minutes from the downtown amenities in the City of Syracuse. Our district includes 72 square miles and is a blend of urban, suburban and rural communities,  with a wide range of socio-economic groups. 

We are fortunate to have a wealth of languages spoken by our students and families.   Including English, we have approximately 40 unique home languages recorded districtwide.   We are very linguistically diverse at ESM!  

We are part of a region that boasts of more than 44 universities and colleges offering professional and cultural opportunities, including Syracuse University, SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Le Moyne College and Onondaga Community College.

A strong, supportive business presence with Lotte Biologics, CORE (a division of CFCU), King & King Architects, Siemens and others provides numerous career opportunities, as well as opportunities for partnerships to maximize student learning. There are many opportunities for cultural experiences at the nationally renowned Everson Museum of Art, the Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) with its IMAX theater, the historic Landmark Theatre, St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, and others.

Additionally, we are fortunate to have partnerships with our community-based organizations which provide many social-emotional and mental health resources.  Some of these organizations include ARISE, Access, Onondaga County Department of Health, Contact Community Services, Coordinated Care Services, and The Good Life Foundation.

We look forward to the partnership with Micron in the coming years.  In the August 2023 issue of Syracuse WOMAN magazine, Superintendent, Dr. Donna DeSiato, describes how we are preparing for the Micron impact in our community.  "Central New York will be experiencing a major transformation in the next few years with the arrival of MICRON and its impact over the next several decades. As Pre-K to 12 educators, our responsibility is to graduate students who will succeed in a world that is defined by a rapidly changing, technologically advanced global environment.  Our region will need to recognize the importance of a learning ecosystem, as MICRON does.  This type of learning requires partnerships with businesses, community agencies and higher education and STEM-rich institutions in environments that provide real-life application for problem-solving, collaboration, creativity, communication and innovation."