Articles About COVID-19 :: Page 15

• COVID-19 update— Cases moderating, for now

  By Audrey HackettAugust 19, 2020

  

  After a spike in June, and a larger spike in July, COVID-19 cases are moderating in Greene County. Yet with the county at level 2 on Ohio’s public health advisory system, cases are still increasing here at a higher rate than two months ago.

• YS Schools restart— District assesses risks

  By Carol SimmonsAugust 13, 2020

  

  This story looks at some of the risks of both in-person and online instruction that local educators are weighing in planning for the new academic year.

• Antioch School plans for in-person restart

  By Carol SimmonsAugust 11, 2020

  

  As the new academic year approaches, the Antioch School — the local independent day-school for pre-K and elementary school-aged children — is planning to open its doors, and its many windows, for in-person classes this fall.

• Movies return to Little Art big screen

  By Megan BachmanAugust 6, 2020

  

  The 90-year-old local independent theater, the Little Art, reopened two weekends ago after being closed for more than four months.

• State mask order: how to enforce?

  By Megan BachmanAugust 5, 2020

  

  Exactly two weeks to the day after the Village of Yellow Springs mandated face masks in downtown Yellow Springs to slow the spread of COVID-19, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced masks would be required in public across the whole state.

• Yellow Springs Schools— New academic year to begin online

  By Carol Simmons

  

  In a specially called meeting Saturday morning, July 25, the Yellow Springs school board unanimously approved a plan to restart the 2020–21 academic year online, with instruction to be presented by district teachers.

• Yellow Springs Schools to start academic year online

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 25, 2020

  

  In a specially called online meeting Saturday morning, July 25, the Yellow Springs school board unanimously approved a plan to restart the 2020–21 academic year with all students receiving online instruction presented by district teachers.

• Teachers urge online option

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 22, 2020

  

  As Yellow Springs school district leaders consider what educational approach to take when the 2020–21 academic year begins Aug. 27, the local teachers union says the risks of returning to the classroom amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic are too great, and is calling for “100% virtual” learning when school resumes.

• Yellow Springs Schools— Town hall addresses restart

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Yellow Springs Schools Superintendent Terri Holden fielded questions from local parents regarding the district’s school start options at a town hall meeting on Monday, July 20. The district could make a decision about school restart as early as Sunday, July 26.

• Masks required by law downtown

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Council unanimously passed an emergency ordinance mandating facial coverings downtown and on Village-owned properties when physical distancing of six feet is not possible.