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• Board of Education discusses safety, MPA

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 27, 2022

  

  The majority of comments from the public, including letters that had been submitted by those who could not attend, focused on the physical safety of students in consideration of the deadly May shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

• Facilities Committee wavers on MPA

  By Lauren ShowsJune 25, 2022

  

  An MPA would assess certain aspects of the school facilities’ needs and make recommendations to the Facilities Committee and the district on necessary long-term maintenance.

• YS Schools budget shortfall delayed slightly

  By Lauren ShowsJune 6, 2022

  

  At the regular meeting of the Board of Education two weeks ago, district Treasurer Jay McGrath presented the revised five-year forecast for the district’s budget for general operations funding.

• Board of Education weighs levy options

  By Lauren ShowsMay 11, 2022

  

  A permanent improvement levy passed in 2018 is set to expire in 2023. Two emergency levies of $1,060,391 and $917,417 will expire in 2025, and a $4.5 million bond issue passed in 2000 to pay for renovations and additions at both campuses will be paid down at the end of 2026.

• Board of Education renews facilities discussion

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 24, 2022

  

  How best to address deteriorating conditions and outdated capacities identified in Yellow Springs’ public school buildings is a question that remains unresolved for district leaders.

• Yellow Springs Board of Education • Board Work Session

  By YS News StaffJanuary 20, 2022

  

  Board Work Session for Monday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

• Yellow Springs Board of Education • Board Policy Committee Meeting

  By YS News Staff

  

  Board Policy Committee Meeting for Monday, Jan. 24, 9 a.m.–12 p.m.

• Budget deficit forecasted for Village Schools

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 26, 2021

  

  After finishing the last two fiscal years with revenues higher than expenditures, Yellow Springs school leaders anticipate a return to deficit spending this fiscal year (FY), which ends June 30, 2022, according to the district’s latest five-year financial forecast.

• Looking ahead after school levy loss

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 13, 2021

  

  At a 61%-39% spread, Yellow Springs district voters last week rejected a combined 6.5-mill, 37-year property tax and a 0.5% income tax increase with no end date to build a $35.6 million K–12 school at the location of the current middle/high school on East Enon Road.

• Ellison resigns from YS school board

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 12, 2021

  

  Yellow Springs school board member Sylvia Ellison has resigned, according to a press release from the district on Friday afternoon, Nov. 12.