Articles About Yellow Springs School Board

• YS Schools talk Yondr pouches, nine months later

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 8, 2024

  

  McKinney and YSHS Principal Jack Hatert, who spoke to the News last week, said using the Yondr pouches has been “really smooth” for the district thus far, and, in his estimation, worth the investment.

• School board talks Morgan Fields

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 23, 2024

  

  The YS Board of Education returned to the discussion of a potential affordable housing development on land currently owned by the school district at its most recent regular meeting Thursday, Aug. 8.

• Village Council talks ‘layers of encumbrances’ on Morgan Fields

  By Reilly DixonJuly 23, 2024

  

  At the most recent Village Council meeting, Monday, July 15, Council members again revisited the topic of pursuing a tax credit application that could one day lead to the creation of a 50-unit, low-income housing development on the YS school district-owned soccer fields.

• School board approves soccer fields resolution

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 22, 2024

  

  At its Thursday, July 11, regular meeting, the YS school board approved a resolution that could help bring a proposed 50-unit affordable housing development closer to fruition — provided several further hurdles are cleared.

• 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.