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• School facilities tours— Top needs highlighted

  By Audrey HackettOctober 17, 2019

  

  In a walk-around that lasted almost two hours on the evening of Sept. 18, outdoor issues such as the lack of a fence around the property and indoor issues such as energy-inefficient windows, lack of central air conditioning in parts of the building, lack of a separate cafeteria and lack of learning spaces conducive to group work were among the issues highlighted by Housh and Carter.

• Task force to seek community input

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Meeting regularly since its formation last spring by then-Yellow Springs Superintendent Mario Basora, the schools facilities task force is close to taking its findings out into the community in a series of public meetings, where members plan to share the information they’ve gathered and collect feedback.

• Students of the Month — September 2019

  By YS News StaffOctober 10, 2019

  

  McKinney Middle School and YS High School have instituted a “Student of the Month” program, each month acknowledging one student from each grade who has shown exemplary work as a student, classmate and citizen of the school. The schools have selected the following six students who best modeled these efforts in the month of September, pictured above from left.

• School board race— Turner, Ellison unopposed

  By Megan Bachman

  

  This fall’s race for the Yellow Springs School Board won’t be much of a race at all — both candidates are running unopposed for seats they already hold. Sylvia Ellison, 55, is running for her third term on the board. Turner, 45, is running for his first term for a seat he was appointed to fill last fall.

• Yellow Springs Schools — Work session to consider future

  By Carol Simmons

  

  With the new academic year in full swing, the Yellow Springs School Board  will take time Saturday, Oct. 5, to talk about the future.

• Yellow Springs Board of Education Meeting

  By YS News StaffOctober 3, 2019

  

  Yellow Springs Board of Education Agenda

• Yellow Springs Schools— Holden responds to report card results

  By Carol Simmons

  

  The state’s annual district report cards, based mostly on the results of those tests, were released earlier this month. Yellow Springs received a “C” overall for the 2018–19 school year, down from a “B” for the prior year. The overall grade combines the grades of six different categories measured by the state.

• YSHS, McKinney theater— ‘Bigfoot’ takes to the stage

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 26, 2019

  

  “The Bigfoot Letters” is a comedy presented by McKinney Middle School and Yellow Springs High School for four performances, Thursday–Saturday, Sept. 26–28, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m. All performances will be held at the Foundry Theater at Antioch College.

• Yellow Springs Board of Education Meeting

  By YS News StaffSeptember 6, 2019

  

  Yellow Springs Board of Education Agenda

• YS police respond to alleged bomb threat at high school

  By YS News StaffAugust 30, 2019

  

  According to the Yellow Springs Police Department, a 15-year-old Yellow Springs High School student was arrested Thursday, Aug. 29, after police were alerted to an alleged bomb threat made against YSHS on social media earlier in the day. UPDATE: The image shared on social media depicted another student threatening to bomb the school.