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• New school board makeup expected to bring changes

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 24, 2022

  

  After more than a decade, when changes in school board makeup occurred mostly one new member at a time, amid the constancy of veteran office holders serving multiple terms and carrying over familiar approaches, newcomers are in the super-majority as 2022 begins.

• New school board members take seats

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 23, 2022

  

  The Yellow Springs school board’s annual organizational meeting, conducted in the Mills Lawn gym on Thursday, Jan. 13, began with the swearing in of its three newest members: Dorothée Bouquet, Judith Hempfling and Amy Magnus.

• YSHS COVID-19 booster clinic Jan. 12

  By YS News StaffJanuary 8, 2022

  

  A COVID-19 booster clinic for vaccinated children 12 and older will be held at Yellow Springs High School on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, from 1–3 p.m.

• 2021 in Review | Village Schools

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 7, 2022

  

  The Yellow Springs public school district began 2021 with students set to continue learning remotely, through online instruction, in response to the ongoing pandemic.

• Board members, treasurer end tenures

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 5, 2022

  

  Grateful goodbyes and an official welcome were expressed Monday night, Dec. 20, during the Yellow Springs school board’s monthly business meeting, held in person in the Mills Lawn Elementary School gym and livestreamed on the district’s YouTube channel.

• District report card suggests losses for YS Schools

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 17, 2021

  

  Yellow Springs’ most recent score was 83.5 points out of a possible 120 (69.6%), representing a drop of five percentage points.

• 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.

• School district hires new treasurer, appoints new board member

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 30, 2021

  

  In a special meeting Tuesday morning, Nov. 22, the Yellow Springs school board approved the hiring of a new district treasurer and the appointment of a new board member.

• Budget deficit forecasted for Village Schools

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 26, 2021

  

  After finishing the last two fiscal years with revenues higher than expenditures, Yellow Springs school leaders anticipate a return to deficit spending this fiscal year (FY), which ends June 30, 2022, according to the district’s latest five-year financial forecast.

• Looking ahead after school levy loss

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 13, 2021

  

  At a 61%-39% spread, Yellow Springs district voters last week rejected a combined 6.5-mill, 37-year property tax and a 0.5% income tax increase with no end date to build a $35.6 million K–12 school at the location of the current middle/high school on East Enon Road.