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• YS school facilities— BOE weighs levy ask

  By Carol SimmonsJune 27, 2021

  

  Having last month approved a $35.5 million master plan to construct a K–12 school at the middle/high school campus on East Enon Road, the Yellow Springs school board is nearing a decision about a levy measure to support the project.

• 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.

• Email sparks legal concern

  By Carol SimmonsJune 14, 2021

  

  The ground rules for who can support levy campaigns, and when and how they do it, arose this week when a community member questioned the legality of an email forwarded by the Yellow Springs Schools district office.

• Teachers Morgan, Nickell to retire

  By Lauren ShowsJune 12, 2021

  

  As the 2020–21 school year — a unique one by any standard — came to a close, so did the years of service provided by five educators in the local school system.

• YS school board— Deficit delayed by one year

  By Carol SimmonsJune 5, 2021

  

  Revenue over the past 10 months is about $500,000 ahead of budgeted projections, while expenses are about $500,000 under budget.

• School board OK’s new K–12 plan

  By Carol SimmonsMay 30, 2021

  

  The projected cost is about $35.5 million, though the district expects an eventual state reimbursement of 26%, more than $9.2 million.

• ‘Please Stand By’— Play captures pandemic year

  By Carol SimmonsMay 28, 2021

  

  “Please Stand By,” an approximately 60-minute work in one act, captures a year in the life of local students. But not just any year. The pandemic year, when previously normal life was put on hold, is the focus.

• YSHS 2021 graduation speakers— Finding direction amid atypical year

  By Carol SimmonsMay 27, 2021

  

  Natalie Galarza and Kayla Ross were the two seniors chosen to speak for their class at Thursday evening’s Yellow Springs High School commencement ceremony.

• Facilities survey— Many reluctant to hike taxes

  By Carol SimmonsMay 21, 2021

  

  The results of a new survey that polled Yellow Springs school district voters about their views concerning local school facilities — and the anticipated $30 million to $35 million cost to undertake major renovations or build new — suggest a dilemma for district leaders.

• 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.