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• Schools prepare to reopen Aug. 27

  By Carol SimmonsJune 27, 2020

  

  The current message from Ohio’s governor is that schools will reopen in the fall, but local districts will have a great deal of control over how that happens and what the return looks like, Yellow Springs Schools Superintendent Terri Holden told the local school board last week.

• School district extends meal program

  By Carol SimmonsJune 17, 2020

  

  School may have concluded for the summer, but the Yellow Springs student lunch and breakfast program is continuing for an additional month, through the end of June.

• Yellow Springs Schools— District faces funding cuts, uncertainty

  By Carol SimmonsJune 11, 2020

  

  A $300 million cut in funding to Ohio schools this fiscal year, announced by Gov. Mike DeWine in May, will mean the loss of more than $140,000 in anticipated revenue for Yellow Springs Schools over May and June, according to state and district administrators.

• YS Schools— Learning continues despite closure

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 27, 2020

  

  This week would have been spring break for Yellow Springs schools, if they — and all other kindergarten through 12th grade institutions in the state — had not closed a week earlier, as ordered by Gov. Mike DeWine in response to the worldwide novel coronavirus outbreak.

• School vouchers hit home

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 21, 2020

  

  While some Ohio families benefit, a growing number of the state’s school districts, including Yellow Springs, have found themselves landing in an undesirable position.

• YS School Board— Sixth graders give back through service

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 12, 2019

  

  Mills Lawn sixth graders are learning to think of themselves in a civic context — as community members with the ability to be of service and contribute to the greater good.

• School facilities tours— Top needs highlighted

  By Audrey HackettOctober 17, 2019

  

  In a walk-around that lasted almost two hours on the evening of Sept. 18, outdoor issues such as the lack of a fence around the property and indoor issues such as energy-inefficient windows, lack of central air conditioning in parts of the building, lack of a separate cafeteria and lack of learning spaces conducive to group work were among the issues highlighted by Housh and Carter.

• Big shoes to fill

  By YS News StaffOctober 3, 2019

  

  Yellow Springs High School premiered  “The Bigfoot Diaries” last week. It addressed differences, acceptance, family and prejudice through the vehicle of dark comedy. 

• YSHS student arrested in false threat

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 12, 2019

  

  A 15-year-old Yellow Springs High School student was arrested Thursday, Aug. 29, after police were alerted to an alleged bomb threat made against YSHS on social media earlier in the day.