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• Board reflects on levy loss

  By Carol SimmonsMay 24, 2018

  

  The defeat of the combined 4.7-mill property tax and 0.25 percent income tax levy in the May 8 election was a painful blow, Yellow Springs District Superintendent Mario Basora said during the regular school board meeting two days later, Thursday, May 10.

• How will you vote on the school levy?

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 10, 2018

  

  Last week the News spoke to about two dozen villagers representing a cross-section of the community about how they plan to vote on the upcoming school facilities levy.

• How safe are village schools?

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 3, 2018

  

  In recent weeks, the focus of those promoting the YSHS/McKinney facilities levy seems to some villagers to have shifted to safety, as epitomized by the flier and recent letters to the editor in this paper.

• School board sets limits on public comments

  By Carol SimmonsApril 26, 2018

  

  The Yellow Springs School Board’s regular meeting Thursday, April 12, was its first since the middle/high school principal took a medical leave of absence last month and allegations of sexual misconduct between high school students became public. However, the board kept discussions related to employee and student concerns to a minimum.

• Yellow Springs Schools— McKinney/YSHS plan focus of forum

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 15, 2018

  

  Questions about time frame and concerns about health and safety predominated at the community discussion Thursday, March 1, when an estimated 75 people attended a public forum presented by the Yellow Springs School District to consider the district’s plan for upgrading the middle and high school campus.

• Typographical error forces special meeting

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 1, 2018

  

  A typo in the bond and tax levy resolution approved by the Yellow Springs school board earlier this month forced the board to call a special meeting Tuesday, Jan. 23, to replace the incorrect resolution with the corrected version.

• School board meeting— State report card discussed

  By Audrey HackettNovember 30, 2017

  

  While Yellow Springs received mixed grades on the 2016–2017 Ohio school report card, district leaders remain skeptical that the report card system delivers meaningful data about local schools.

• School board meeting — $18.5 million plan discussed

  By Audrey HackettNovember 16, 2017

  

  The Yellow Springs school district is considering an $18.5 million “hybrid” renovation/addition plan for McKinney Middle/Yellow Springs High School, while leaving facilities issues at Mills Lawn School for a second phase, potentially several years down the road.

• Precinct-level results for Nov. 2017 election

  By YS News StaffNovember 9, 2017

  

  About 50 percent of Yellow Springs voters cast ballots in yesterday’s elections. Results by precinct for the four local races and two state issues are provided here.

• School facilities update — K–12 options off the table

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  The Yellow Springs school district is no longer considering building options that would put a combined K–12 facility on a single site, according to Superintendent Mario Basora this week. He cited cost as the reason for taking the K–12 options off the table.