Mills Lawn School Section

• Meet your local Safety Patrol

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 9, 2025

  

  The Safety Patrol program has been a longstanding tradition for Yellow Springs Schools — at least since the early 1970s, as far as the News can tell — and enthusiasm has only grown. Program coordinator and fourth-grade teacher Jocelyn Bailey said that with 20 volunteers, this year’s crop may be the biggest ever.

• Huber hired as new Mills Lawn principal

  By Lauren ShowsApril 25, 2025

  

  YS Schools announced yesterday that it has hired Becca Huber as the next principal for Mills Lawn Elementary School, beginning Aug. 1.

• 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’s ghouls: Mills Lawn School Halloween parade

  By YS News StaffNovember 3, 2022

  

  After a three-year hiatus, the long-loved Mills Lawn School Halloween parade and town-wide trick-or-treating returned Monday, Oct. 31.

• Author Gaia Cornwall visits Mills Lawn

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 16, 2022

  

  On Monday, Jan. 31, students in Heidi Hoover and Debra Mabra’s second grade classes at Mills Lawn Elementary School got a special virtual visit from author Gaia Cornwall.

• Mills Lawn School closed Wednesday due to gas leak

  By YS News StaffDecember 7, 2021

  

  Mills Lawn School will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 8, as a precaution while a gas leak is remediated.

• Mills Lawn students open Veteran’s and Peace Park

  By Reilly DixonNovember 11, 2021

  

  On Thursday, Nov. 11, Veteran’s Day, Mill Lawn Elementary School students created a temporary Veterans and Peace Park on the Mills Lawn tennis courts, which is now open for visitors after school hours and on the weekend through Friday, Nov. 19.

• Longtime Mills Lawn teachers retire

  By Carol SimmonsJune 23, 2021

  

  This is the second of two articles featuring teachers who have retired from the local school district this academic year.

• New MLS principal named

  By Carol SimmonsMay 12, 2021

  

  Megan Winston, a vice principal at Xenia High School, is expected to be approved at this week’s regular Yellow Springs school board meeting as the next principal at Mills Lawn Elementary School.

• Mills Lawn School principal finalists named

  By Carol SimmonsMay 4, 2021

  

  The school district announced earlier this week that a 12-member interview committee had selected Cheryl Lowe, a fifth-grade teacher at the school, and Megan Winston, an assistant principal at Xenia High School, as the top candidates.