A special meeting of the YS school board — scheduled Thursday, Feb. 15, in order to discuss and vote on the censure of a board member — ended about eight minutes after it started due to a lack of quorum.

On Thursday, Feb. 8, local residents, students and educators implored the members of the school board not to divert funding away from the performing arts space planned for the district’s facilities improvement project.

The Foundry Theater will welcome Southwest Louisiana band Feufollet to the stage Wednesday, Feb. 21, beginning at 7 p.m.

The school district’s facilities improvement project — particularly its timeline for both design and construction — was the topic of focus at a special meeting of the school board Wednesday, Jan. 24.

According to Interim Fire Chief Dennis Powell, MTFR currently staffs 26 firefighters and EMTs and works with an annual budget of $1.4 million.

Outfitted with a GoPro camera and decades’ worth of knowledge to share, local resident Don Cipollini brings viewers along on journeys that delve into the natural world on “The Naturalist” — the newest original program to be broadcast by Community Access Yellow Springs Channel 5.

Ruetschle Architects, and in particular firm Vice President Mike Ruetschle, worked with the district in 2022 and 2023 as a consultant to create a master facilities plan to put before voters.

A newly released short film produced by a group of current and former YS Schools students, “OTIS,” is a meta meditation on the unpredictable nature of art, among other themes.

In 2023, 10 local residents spent the better part of the year filling 10 books with original art, a page at a time.

At The Antioch School, Antioch College, Village Schools and Children’s Center, 2023 was an educational year.