Articles About facilities upgrade

• Yellow Springs School board— Facilities back at forefront

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 2, 2020

  

  Administrators’ recent focus on pandemic-related school closures, and the accompanying transition to online instruction, drastically slowed the facilities conversation, but didn’t sideline it completely.

• Yellow Springs Schools—Facilities task force begins work

  By Carol SimmonsApril 4, 2019

  

  An 11-member task force assigned to develop a plan for addressing local school facility needs — both now and in the future — is beginning its work by seeking opinions from the community.

• Schools analyze levy defeat

  By Carol SimmonsJune 7, 2018

  

  In the wake of the school facilities levy loss May 8, the Yellow Springs School Board met Thursday, May 24, to discuss what the schools’ contracted architect described as a “decisive” defeat, and consider next steps in addressing the needs of the district’s aging buildings. 

• 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.

• 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.

• Board eyes school enrollment

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 28, 2017

  

  Fewer students are leaving the Yellow Springs school district to attend other area school settings than in the past couple of years, but the number is still of concern.

• Fire department a trustee priority

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 2, 2017

  

  The anticipated new fire station and the continuing health of the local fire and rescue squad, which serves village as well as Miami Township residents, were leading concerns expressed during the Oct. 19 James A. McKee Association-sponsored candidates forum.