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• Mills Lawn greenspace— Group seeks preservation

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 14, 2021

  

  Preserving greenspace on the Mills Lawn Elementary School property and developing a desirable facilities plan for the local schools are not mutually exclusive goals, say a group of residents calling for a portion of the Mills Lawn grounds to be set aside as a permanent community park.

• Yellow Springs schools— April 5 eyed for larger in-person return to classes

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 13, 2021

  

  During a special work session of the Yellow Springs school board, conducted online Saturday morning, March 6, the district superintendent said she is working on a plan to increase students’ in-person classroom time to near pre-pandemic levels.

• The Briar Patch— Life cycles of community

  By Cheryl DurgansMarch 10, 2021

  

  Yellow Springers will soon be asked to support efforts to either build a new school or improve the structures that are already in place through a new school levy. Up until three years ago, a school levy passing in Yellow Springs had been a no-brainer for several generations.

• Schools facilities planning— District hones in on 4 options

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 18, 2021

  

  The effort to develop a master plan for addressing identified building needs in Yellow Springs schools is moving along quickly, with four project scenarios emerging as the district’s leading options.

• Mental health considered in students’ return

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Local data shows that an increased number of young people are struggling, and mental health care providers report that the severity of struggle is more pronounced amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Yellow Springs school facilities— School board names architect firm

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 28, 2021

  

  On Thursday, Jan. 14, board members unanimously approved a contract with SHP Leading Design, designating the Cincinnati-based firm as the “pre-bond architect” that will work with the district in developing a new master plan for Yellow Springs school facilities.

• Teacher vaccinations tied to reopening by March 1

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 24, 2021

  

  Yellow Springs students, whose instruction has been 100% online since the start of the 2020–21 school year, will return to the classroom — at least part time — no later than March 1.

• COVID-19 vaccines for school staff tied to March 1 reopening

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 8, 2021

  

  Yellow Springs Schools Superintendent Terri Holden says the district will agree to Gov. Mike DeWine’s stipulation that students return to in-person classes, at least part time, by March 1, in order to receive COVID-19 vaccinations for teachers and staff beginning the first week in February.

• Board approves plan for eventual return to in-person instruction

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 15, 2020

  

  The Yellow Springs school board approved a plan for the district’s second semester, which starts Jan. 19, to begin transitioning students back to the classroom for in-person instruction.

• Yellow Springs School board— Facilities back at forefront

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 2, 2020

  

  Administrators’ recent focus on pandemic-related school closures, and the accompanying transition to online instruction, drastically slowed the facilities conversation, but didn’t sideline it completely.