Articles About Yellow Springs Schools

• 2024–2025 Back to School Guide

  By YS News StaffAugust 9, 2024

  

  For welcome messages, information on lunch programs and food assistance, school calendars, enrichment options and more, see the Yellow Springs News’ 2024–2025 Back to School Guide.

• Young artists bring ‘OTIS’ to life

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 25, 2024

  

  A newly released short film produced by a group of current and former YS Schools students, “OTIS,” is a meta meditation on the unpredictable nature of art, among other themes.

• 2023–2024 Back to School Guide

  By YS News StaffAugust 10, 2023

  

  For welcome messages, information on lunch programs and food assistance, school calendars, enrichment options and more, see the Yellow Springs News’ 2023–2024 Back to School guide.

• Retiring educators sign off

  By Lauren ShowsMay 26, 2023

  

  The News spoke with all three educators — Paul Comstock, Iyabo Eguaroje and Dave Smith, all of whom are retiring this year — in April about how they came to the district, their years of work here and what they intend to do next.

• School facilities listening and board work session now community meeting

  By YS News StaffMarch 14, 2023

  

  YS Schools announced Monday, March 13, that the listening session/board work session scheduled for Thursday, March 16, has been canceled. In its stead, a community meeting about school facilities.

• Building Community | Meet your mayor

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 22, 2023

  

  That Mayor Pam Conine sees the village as one giant classroom should come as little surprise, considering that she was an educator for over four decades.

• YS Schools | Student, faculty awards presented

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 1, 2022

  

  YS Schools announced the November recipients of student and faculty awards at the Nov. 10 Board of Education meeting.

• YS Schools receive state ratings

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 28, 2022

  

  The district’s highest average proficiencies across all tested subjects were social studies, English language arts and science. The lowest-scoring subject in achievement was math, which averaged 54% across grades three through eight and high school algebra and geometry.

• Facilities Committee discusses maintenance plans

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 26, 2022

  

  The Facilities Committee formed earlier this year to consider the costs of a phased, permanent-improvement plan to upgrade the district’s buildings compared with building all-new facilities.

• ‘Louverture Exchange’ — Black legacy through music

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 9, 2022

  

  History, generational struggle and legacy will be the unifying themes of “Louverture Exchange: A Musical Dialogue,” a performance featuring the World House Choir, hip-hop artist and local resident Tronee Threat and headlined by international performer Napoleon Maddox on Thursday, Oct. 13.