Articles About facilities

• Facilities Committee wavers on MPA

  By Lauren ShowsJune 25, 2022

  

  An MPA would assess certain aspects of the school facilities’ needs and make recommendations to the Facilities Committee and the district on necessary long-term maintenance.

• YS Schools budget shortfall delayed slightly

  By Lauren ShowsJune 6, 2022

  

  At the regular meeting of the Board of Education two weeks ago, district Treasurer Jay McGrath presented the revised five-year forecast for the district’s budget for general operations funding.

• School Facilities Committee assesses issues

  By Lauren ShowsMay 28, 2022

  

  Among the issues identified by building users, the largest concerns discussed at the meeting were heating, ventilation and air conditioning, or HVAC, systems and air quality; bathrooms; and safety and security.

• YS school board considers levies timing

  By Carol SimmonsApril 26, 2022

  

  Yellow Springs school district Treasurer Jay McGrath told school board members during their last regular meeting that now is the time to start thinking about what they want to do about the current permanent improvement levy that expires at the end of 2023.

• School facilities committee moves forward

  By Carol SimmonsApril 2, 2022

  

  Recently elected board members Judith Hempfling and Dorothée Bouquet, who were on different sides of the previous facilities plan that was defeated by voters this past fall, presented a joint proposal for moving forward on the issue last month.

• School board approves facilities committee

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 7, 2022

  

  The board’s new plan involves forming a committee that will explore the costs and ramifications of a phased, permanent-improvement plan to repair and upgrade the district’s buildings, compared with the costs and considerations associated with new or partial construction.

• Board of Education renews facilities discussion

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 24, 2022

  

  How best to address deteriorating conditions and outdated capacities identified in Yellow Springs’ public school buildings is a question that remains unresolved for district leaders.