Articles About special education

• County school grows in village

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 19, 2012

  

  For the past 25 years, Greene County’s special education provider has sat quietly at the western edge of the village, growing.

• Parents parley over IEP needs

  By Brooke BryanDecember 10, 2009

  More must be done to address issues in the special education program in the Yellow Springs schools, especially in the upper levels, according to approximately 10 parents who came to a special meeting held on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The meeting was the second convened by school administrators to address the results of the special education parent survey the district conducted last summer.

• Candidates discuss stronger schools

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 29, 2009

  During an election forum at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday, Oct. 25, seven candidates for Yellow Springs school board shared their views on issues from improving student engagement to the impending change in school leadership.

• Survey highlights concerns of special needs parents

  By Diane Chiddister

  Most parents of special needs children in the Yellow Springs school system are satisfied with their children’s program. However, the level of satisfaction drops considerably when the child moves from Mills Lawn to the middle school and high school, where a lack of communication between parents and teachers, and teachers with each other, are perceived areas of discontent.

• Board of education meeting—Why fewer girls in YSHS sports?

  By Brooke BryanSeptember 17, 2009

  At the Sept. 10 Yellow Springs Board of Education meeting, the board heard a presentation on data regarding why local female youth participate less in sports than their male peers. Overall, the report stated that upper-grade girls, most of whom had played sports in lower grades, now found less satisfaction in sports, rated themselves as […]

• Board hears concerns on proposed cuts

  By Brooke BryanMay 21, 2009

  The May 14 school board meeting was held at Yellow Springs High School at 4 p.m. before, at its high point, an audience of approximately 40 people. Board President Aida Merhemic opened the meeting with an apology for the timing of the meeting, which was scheduled so as not to conflict with the schools’ spring music festival.

• Football to continue in ‘09

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 27, 2008

  Yellow Springs High School will field a football team next fall, YSHS Principal John Gudgel announced at the Nov. 13 meeting of the Yellow Springs board of education. “We feel confident that we will have enough players,” Gudgel said.