Village Schools Section

• School board censures member Amy Magnus

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 31, 2025

  

  The school board’s most recent meeting Thursday, Jan. 9, included an agenda item that concerned an apology offered by board member Amy Magnus. The discussion of that agenda item ended in a 4–0 vote in favor of censuring Magnus, with Magnus abstaining from the vote.

• Yellow Springs Schools are closed Wednesday, Jan. 22

  By Matt MindeJanuary 21, 2025

  

  The Yellow Springs Board of Education has decided to close village schools on Wednesday, Jan. 22, due to extreme cold weather.

• Two-hour delay for Yellow Springs Schools, Tuesday, Jan. 21

  By Matt MindeJanuary 20, 2025

  

  The Yellow Springs Board of Education has decided delay the start time for village schools by two hours on Wednesday, Jan. 8, due to cold weather and icy conditions.

• More LIHTC questions than answers at school board meeting

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 16, 2025

  

  At the center of the fraught discussion was the ongoing, intergovernmental initiative to build a 30- to 50-unit low-income housing development on the district-owned Morgan soccer fields.

• Two-hour delay for Yellow Springs Schools, Wednesday, Jan. 8

  By Matt MindeJanuary 7, 2025

  

  The Yellow Springs Board of Education has decided delay the start time for village schools by two hours on Wednesday, Jan. 8, due to cold weather and icy conditions.

• UPDATE: Yellow Springs Schools closed Monday, Jan. 6 & Tuesday, Jan. 7

  By Matt MindeJanuary 5, 2025

  

  The Yellow Springs Board of Education has decided to close to close village schools on Monday, Jan. 6, and Tuesday, Jan. 7, due to heavy snowfall.

• LIHTC project ‘win-wins’ discussed

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 5, 2024

  

  The latest update on the land, presented at the Nov. 14 school board meeting, is that Morgan Fields have been appraised at $339,000 by Cedarville-based real estate and auction company Sheridan & Associates.

• School board approves sale option for LIHTC project

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 4, 2024

  

  Mirroring a decision made by Village Council earlier the same week, the YS Board of Education voted 3–2 during a special meeting Thursday, Nov. 21, to approve an option to purchase agreement with the Village of Yellow Springs.

• YS School District talks ‘State of the Schools’

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 11, 2024

  

  District enrollment is up from last year, breaking a several-year trend of declining student numbers; there are currently 634 students being educated in the district, with 436 being residents and 198 open-enrolled.

• Antioch School to secure land

  By Reilly DixonOctober 30, 2024

  

  After months of uncertainty, The Antioch School — touted as the “oldest democratic school” in the country, with 50 students currently enrolled — is set to expand its footprint by over five acres.