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Articles About Yellow Springs Board of Education

  • YS School Board — Superintendent search begins

    By Gary McBrideMarch 7, 2019

    Following the announcement that Superintendent Mario Basora would be taking the job of superintendent of Huber Heights schools, the Yellow Springs School Board held a special meeting to authorize the hiring of Susan Griffith as a consultant to facilitate the search for a new superintendent.

  • Superintendent Basora accepts position in Huber Heights

    By Megan BachmanFebruary 28, 2019

    After nine years as superintendent at Yellow Springs Schools, Mario Basora will leave for the top district job in nearby Huber Heights. (Photo by Gary McBride)

    After nine years at the helm of the local school district, Yellow Springs Schools Superintendent Mario Basora will leave for the top district job in nearby Huber Heights.

  • YS school board — District seeks levy renewal

    By Carol SimmonsOctober 25, 2018

    With a renewal levy on the Nov. 6 ballot, Yellow Springs school  district leaders want local voters to know that the measure, if approved, will not increase their tax bill.

  • Greene County Career Center — Facility levy eyes aerospace training

    By Megan BachmanOctober 11, 2018

    The Greene County Career Center is asking county voters to pass a 1.03-mill property tax levy to build a new center near the intersection of U.S. 68 and U.S. 35 in Xenia. The current facility is located at 2960 W. Enon Road in Xenia Township. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Looking to propel its aerospace training program, the Greene County Career Center is asking voters next month to support a property tax levy for a new facility.

  • YS Schools — Superintendent outlines new district goals

    By Carol SimmonsOctober 4, 2018

    Improving school culture, deepening the rigor of project-based learning and collaborating with the community on a plan for district facilities were among the main areas of focus in a set of proposed goals presented to the Yellow Springs School Board during its most recent regular meeting.

  • YS school board accepts resignation— Krier on paid leave until spring

    By YS News StaffSeptember 20, 2018

    Last week the Yellow Springs school board accepted the resignation of Yellow Springs High School/McKinney Middle School Principal Tim Krier, effective next spring.

  • Levy committee forming

    By Carol SimmonsFebruary 22, 2018

    The Yellow Springs school district is ramping up efforts in support of passing its May 8 ballot request of a combined 4.7-mill property levy and 0.25 percent income tax. A crucial piece in that effort is the formation of a levy committee.

  • School board seeks levy, tax increase for facilities improvements

    By Carol SimmonsDecember 28, 2017

    by Yellow Springs School Board The Yellow Springs school board voted unanimously at its Dec. 14 meeting to seek a May 2018 levy for a proposed $18.5 million rebuild/renovation of McKinney Middle/YSHS. Pictured here is a concept design, prepared by Ruetschle Architects and presented at the meeting, showing the buildings targeted for demolition, as well as those where renovations only are planned. (Rendering submitted)

    The Yellow Springs school board voted unanimously Thursday, Dec. 14, to seek  $18.5 million for the “renovation and partial replacement of existing 7–12 facilities” through a combination income tax and bond levy request to be put on the May 8, 2018, ballot.

  • Citizens speak on school facilities

    By Audrey HackettOctober 26, 2017

    Villagers’ questions and concerns about the impact of new school facilities on local affordability and the environment came to the fore at a recent public forum, held Oct. 11 at the Bryan Center.

  • Village schools— New year, new requirements

    By Carol SimmonsSeptember 7, 2017

    With the new school year also comes a variety of new initiatives and policies — some the result of changing state and federal requirements and funding.