YS Schools announced yesterday that it has hired Becca Huber as the next principal for Mills Lawn Elementary School, beginning Aug. 1.

At their Thursday, April 10, meeting, school board members and district administrators discussed a federal directive and impending state legislation that could impact the funding of local schools if they are enacted.

“The Works,” an eight-part play by local playwright Robb Willoughby, will be performed Fridays and Saturdays, April 25 and 26 and May 2 and 3, at First Presbyterian Church; each show begins at 8 p.m. The performance will run about 90 minutes.

A group of local residents told the News last week that they’re establishing a new satellite affiliate of PFLAG, a national nonprofit that aims to provide support for the LGBTQ+ community — particularly young people — in Yellow Springs.

“The Music Man,” the district’s upcoming all-school musical — involving young thespians from kindergarten through 12th grade — will be staged Thursday and Friday, April 17 and 18, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, April 19, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., at the Foundry Theater.

The Antioch School will hold its Spring Community Celebration Sunday, April 13, 2–4 p.m., with a special presentation at 2:30 p.m. The event was made possible with the support of the YS Community Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, Mad River Theater Works and 91.3 WYSO.

The Saturday, April 12 event — which will feature live music as well as raffles — is intended to help fund local resident Amy Wamsley’s goal of swimming the English Channel, about which the News has reported in the past.

On Tuesday, April 8, the Yellow Springs branch of the Greene County Public Library will host a program for ages 7–12, presented by the National Afro American Museum and Cultural Center, on the life of Hallie Quinn Brown.

“Discussing Our Own Death” meets on the third Saturday of each month, 3:30–5 p.m., in the Senior Center Great Room; meetings are announced in the News’ “Local Events” column and on the Senior Center’s website, ysseniors.org.

A group of Yellow Springs precinct captains for the Greene County Democratic Party have organized a town hall — based around the theme “The State of Healthcare: Stories from the community” — to be held Saturday, April 5, at 2 p.m., at the Foundry Theater.