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  • Election results— Miami Township Fire-Rescue, Yellow Springs school levies pass

    By YS News StaffMay 11, 2017

    On Election Day, local voters handily passed a new bond issue and a renewal levy for the local fire department and school district. About 27 percent of village and township voters turned out for the May 2 special election.

  • Yellow Springs School Board— ‘Wheelchair Experience’ at Mills Lawn

    By Dylan Taylor-LehmanMarch 23, 2017

    Above, from left, Nick Meister, Tyee Meeks and Ayla Arnold play soccer in sports wheelchairs brought over to the school from the Wright State Office of Recreation. (Photo by Robert Hasek)

    Students from Mills Lawn Elementary School’s fourth-grade classes presented the findings of their recent PBL project, “Wheelchair Experience,” which gave students in the class a better understanding of what school is like for their “wheelchair friends.”

  • Former CEO turns talents to art

    By Dylan Taylor-LehmanOctober 13, 2016

    Yellow Springs resident Richard Lapedes has occupied his MillWorks studio for 12 years. He will be opening his first show on Oct. 21 at the Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery. The show, entitled “Sculpture: Recovering from 30 years of Management,” celebrates his retirement from the corporate world but also incorporates the lessons he learned from it. (Photo by Dylan Taylor-Lehman)

    The title of Richard Lapedes’s upcoming first show — “Sculpture: Recovering from 30 years of Management” — sums up his feelings on the matter.

  • Teacher resigns after investigation

    By Diane ChiddisterApril 14, 2016

    Following an internal school district investigation, longtime Yellow Springs teacher Shawn Jackson resigned his position recently.

  • Mills Lawn School students on task with four sides

    By Carol SimmonsJune 4, 2015

    Mills Lawn third-grade students studied quadrilaterals in math class this year by getting outside and identifying four-sided shapes in the community. (Photo by Carol Simmons)

    One of the challenges for teachers of mathematics is helping students see the relevancy of seemingly abstract concepts in their daily lives. “When will I ever use this?” is an oft-muttered refrain.

  • Voters approve Yellow Springs school district levy

    By Lauren HeatonMay 7, 2015

    Yellow Springs and Miami Township voters approved the local school district’s levy renewal at the polls on Tuesday, May 5.

  • Ohio approves school testing waiver

    By Lauren HeatonApril 16, 2015

    Yellow Springs High School sophomores spent a solid week in March taking the Ohio Graduation Test. Last week the the Yellow Springs district received state permission to waive over 50 percent of standardized tests for grades K–12 over the next five years. (Photo by Lauren Heaton)

    Yellow Springs public school students are one big step closer to taking significantly fewer standardized tests next school year, as the state of Ohio approved the district’s assessment waiver application last week.

  • Mills Lawn teacher charged

    By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 16, 2015

    On Friday, Feb. 13, popular longtime Mills Lawn teacher Ben Trumbull was arrested in Columbus and charged with pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor.

  • Yellow Springs schools aim to opt out of tests

    By Lauren HeatonJuly 3, 2014

    The Ohio legislature recently approved an education bill that gives Yellow Springs schools a chance to apply for a waiver from any and all state and federally mandated standardized tests.

  • Yellow Springs schools closed because of snow

    By YS News StaffDecember 6, 2013

    The winter storm system moving across the midwest closed Yellow Springs schools today.

    The Yellow Springs School Board decided this morning that Village schools are closed due to inclement weather.

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