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• ‘Open Air Village’— Where kids, nature take the lead

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 24, 2021

  

  Open Air Village focuses on child-led education and, as suggested by its name, is committed to keeping its young students engaged with nature by spending large swaths of the school day outside.

• Yellow Springs schools— BOE approves 100% in-person instruction

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 19, 2021

  

  More than a year after all K–12 schools in Ohio temporarily closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and months after most neighboring districts returned to in-person instruction, Yellow Springs public school students will go back into the classroom full time beginning Monday, April 5.

• Facilities options narrow

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 15, 2021

  

  Presented with questions about their level of support for four proposed scenarios to address identified structural needs in the district’s schools, a majority of the participants at a community forum last week responded that they “strongly support” construction of a new K–12 facility at the current site of the middle/high school on East Enon Road.

• Yellow Springs schools— April 5 eyed for larger in-person return to classes

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 13, 2021

  

  During a special work session of the Yellow Springs school board, conducted online Saturday morning, March 6, the district superintendent said she is working on a plan to increase students’ in-person classroom time to near pre-pandemic levels.

• Fuller classroom return likely in April

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 8, 2021

  

  During a work session of the Yellow Springs school board, conducted online Saturday morning, March 6, the district superintendent reported on the likely possibility of moving to a nearly full-time in-person instruction plan for all students in early April.

• School facilities— Forum takes public pulse

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 4, 2021

  

  Questions about costs, the future of the Mills Lawn school property and recommendations by the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission dominated public comments last week during the first of three planned community forums to discuss the future of Yellow Springs’ public school buildings.

• Schools facilities planning— District hones in on 4 options

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 18, 2021

  

  The effort to develop a master plan for addressing identified building needs in Yellow Springs schools is moving along quickly, with four project scenarios emerging as the district’s leading options.

• Mental health considered in students’ return

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Local data shows that an increased number of young people are struggling, and mental health care providers report that the severity of struggle is more pronounced amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

• YS Speech & Debate— Students find their voice

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 14, 2021

  

  Whether sharing their own thoughts, presenting the words of another or arguing both sides of an issue, members of the Yellow Springs Speech & Debate team say they are finding power in their personal voices.

• Yellow Springs school facilities— School board names architect firm

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 28, 2021

  

  On Thursday, Jan. 14, board members unanimously approved a contract with SHP Leading Design, designating the Cincinnati-based firm as the “pre-bond architect” that will work with the district in developing a new master plan for Yellow Springs school facilities.