Village Schools Section

• 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.

• LIHTC, Gaunt Park raise questions

  By Reilly DixonOctober 23, 2024

  

  The school district and Village government continue to work together to flesh out the details and possibilities of a proposed 50-unit low-income housing development.

• Schools respond to tree concerns

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 19, 2024

  

  Those traveling on East Enon Road in the last week will have noticed some changes to the landscape at McKinney Middle and YS High schools: A number of modular buildings have been delivered to the edge of the campus, and many trees previously on the property have been removed.

• YS Schools talk Yondr pouches, nine months later

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 8, 2024

  

  McKinney and YSHS Principal Jack Hatert, who spoke to the News last week, said using the Yondr pouches has been “really smooth” for the district thus far, and, in his estimation, worth the investment.

• Antioch School Nursery teacher passes torch

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 1, 2024

  

  “Throughout her decades as Nursery teacher, Ann Guthrie has maintained her scientist’s curiosity, remaining interested, she said, in the personalities and temperaments of each of the students she has shepherded as they grew within the Nursery program before moving on to Kindergarten.”

• Mills Lawn Bike Bus to begin Aug. 28

  By YS News StaffAugust 26, 2024

  

  Beginning Aug. 28, the Mills Lawn Elementary Bike Bus will begin weekly rides each Wednesday.

• School board talks Morgan Fields

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 23, 2024

  

  The YS Board of Education returned to the discussion of a potential affordable housing development on land currently owned by the school district at its most recent regular meeting Thursday, Aug. 8.

• 2024–2025 Back to School Guide

  By YS News StaffAugust 9, 2024

  

  For welcome messages, information on lunch programs and food assistance, school calendars, enrichment options and more, see the Yellow Springs News’ 2024–2025 Back to School Guide.

• Class of ’04 honors past classmates with scholarship

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 26, 2024

  

  The remaining members of the Yellow Springs High School Class of 2004 seek to honor these former classmates through the establishment of a memorial scholarship fund, to be managed by the YS Community Foundation.