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• Wheels of fortune

  By YS News StaffDecember 21, 2017

  

  The YSHS gymnasium was converted over the weekend into a pay-to-skate roller rink, the senior project of Aza Hurwitz and Jonah Trillana, who conceived of the fundraiser that the school might purchase roller skates of its own.

• A closer look at OFCC report

  By Audrey HackettDecember 14, 2017

  

  Yellow Springs schools fall far short of facilities standards set by the state.
  A state assessment conducted last spring by consultants to the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission, or OFCC, found that nearly all major components and systems of local schools failed to meet state standards.

• Gingerbread Fest returns to Mills Lawn

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 7, 2017

  

  The third annual Gingerbread Festival, sponsored by the Mills Lawn PTO, takes place this Saturday, Dec. 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mills Lawn gym.

• School board meeting— State report card discussed

  By Audrey HackettNovember 30, 2017

  

  While Yellow Springs received mixed grades on the 2016–2017 Ohio school report card, district leaders remain skeptical that the report card system delivers meaningful data about local schools.

• Projecting their knowledge

  By Matt MindeNovember 23, 2017

  

  Students of McKinney Middle School and Yellow Springs High School held their annual Fall Exposition Night Monday evening, Nov. 19, showcasing end results or intermediate stages of many PBL projects.

• School board meeting — $18.5 million plan discussed

  By Audrey HackettNovember 16, 2017

  

  The Yellow Springs school district is considering an $18.5 million “hybrid” renovation/addition plan for McKinney Middle/Yellow Springs High School, while leaving facilities issues at Mills Lawn School for a second phase, potentially several years down the road.

• State report card — Schools react to assessment

  By Carol Simmons

  

  A lot of information appears to be packed into the Ohio Department of Education’s 2016–17 school report card released earlier this fall, but Yellow Springs district leaders don’t see much in the results that is of use to local schools.

• In their service

  By Matt Minde

  

  Mills Lawn students honored veterans and current service members Monday, on the observed Veteran’s Day, by inviting them to a luncheon.

• School facilities update — K–12 options off the table

  By Audrey HackettNovember 9, 2017

  

  The Yellow Springs school district is no longer considering building options that would put a combined K–12 facility on a single site, according to Superintendent Mario Basora this week. He cited cost as the reason for taking the K–12 options off the table.

• Spooky Steps

  By Robert HasekNovember 2, 2017

  

  This year’s Mills Lawn ghouls trod the well-worn path of the traditional Halloween Parade.