Articles About Yellow Springs School Board

• The value of a soccer field

  By Reilly DixonJuly 11, 2024

  

  If, in the coming months, all the local stakeholders agree that the Morgan Fields are, in fact, the best site to build the future housing development, then where would all the soccer players go?

• Village Council continues low-income housing talks

  By Reilly DixonJune 24, 2024

  

  As previously reported in the News, YS Home, Inc. has been petitioning for municipal support for the organization’s pursuit of millions of dollars in housing tax credits that could help finance the creation of a 50-unit housing development that would target low-income families.

• Request to censure school board member fails

  By Lauren ShowsJune 8, 2024

  

  At a special meeting of the YS school board Tuesday, May 21, a request to censure a member of the board that was originally put forth in February was not approved, as one member abstained from voting and the vote count was 2–2.

• Elected bodies weigh low-income housing proposal on school land

  By Reilly DixonMay 27, 2024

  

  For the first time in public meetings, YS Home, Inc. unveiled a new, large-scale affordable housing proposal: the development of a 50-unit, low-income rental complex that may one day be sited on three acres of school district-owned land.

• School board discusses operations levy options

  By Lauren ShowsMay 2, 2024

  

  At its most recent meeting Thursday, April 11, the YS Board of Education returned to the topic of an operations levy to be brought before voters.

• School board discusses Mills Lawn greenspace preservation

  By Lauren ShowsApril 4, 2024

  

  At the regular school board meeting Thursday, March 14, local advocacy group Citizens to Preserve Mills Lawn Greenspace brought forward a potential plan to place a conservation easement on a portion of land on which Mills Lawn Elementary School is located.

• School board to hire contractor to investigate alleged policy violations

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 25, 2024

  

  The YS school board returned to discussion of the censure of a board member at its most recent regular meeting Thursday, March 14. Though a resolution to authorize the proposed censure was on the agenda for the evening, it was not voted on.

• School board discusses upcoming levy, facilities

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 14, 2024

  

  The Yellow Springs School Board also approved the selection of a construction manager for the facilities project and discussed the substitute levy that will appear on March 19 primary ballots in the village.

• Attempt to censure school board member stalls

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 27, 2024

  

  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.

• Residents, educators air concerns over school performing arts space

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 23, 2024

  

  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.