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• 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.

• Home, Inc. and St. Mary — Senior housing funding denied

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  A planned 54-unit senior apartment building in Yellow Springs was turned down for funding for the second consecutive year.

• 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.

• Yellow Springs Schools— Reopening plan in flux

  By Carol Simmons

  

  With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to spread in our community and region, and the 2020–21 school year scheduled to begin in a mere six weeks, uncertainty and worry seem to be the overwhelming feelings among many families considering educational choices for their children.

• Eyes on reform

  By YS News Staff

  

  About 30 members and supporters of the Greene County Coalition for Compassionate Justice gathered across from Greene County Jail in Xenia last Saturday, July 11, to call on county leaders to reduce the jail population during, and beyond, the COVID-19 pandemic.

• New processor license for Cresco Labs

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Cresco Labs learned in June that it had been awarded a provisional processor license under Ohio’s medical marijuana program.

• Institutions adapt to COVID-19

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The News spoke with leaders at a variety of local institutions who are adapting to a new normal in the fifth month of the coronavirus pandemic, including the Yellow Springs Senior Center, Friends Care Community, Yellow Springs Community Children’s Center, Antioch College Wellness Center and the John Bryan Center/Youth Center.

• Greene County Jail— Avoiding a COVID outbreak

  By Audrey HackettJuly 17, 2020

  

  In late May, an inmate transferred to state prison from Greene County Jail was tested by the state for COVID-19 and found positive. The individual hadn’t displayed any symptoms, and had a normal temperature upon leaving the county jail, according to jail administrator Major Kirk Keller this week. Keller asked the state to re-test the inmate, but the state declined.

• Fossils fuel new local shop

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 16, 2020

  

  Rock Around the Clark is located at 108 Dayton St., Suite L, upstairs. Hours are Wednesday–Friday, noon to 6 p.m.; Saturday, noon –7 p.m.; and Sunday, noon–4 p.m. Masks are required inside the store. For more information, visit rockaroundtheclark.com.