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• Levy committee forming

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 22, 2018

  

  The Yellow Springs school district is ramping up efforts in support of passing its May 8 ballot request of a combined 4.7-mill property levy and 0.25 percent income tax. A crucial piece in that effort is the formation of a levy committee.

• Great chili, with a side of dancing

  By Megan Bachman

  

  A celebration of Americana to send eighth-graders to America’s capital, this year’s annual McKinney Chili Cook-Off is doubling down on national nostalgia with the addition of square dancing and bluegrass music.

• Square meal

  By Matt Minde

  

  This year’s YSHS/McKinney Annual Chili Cook-off had a special twist — and turn — for patrons, namely square dancing.

• Scholarships to be awarded for agricultural, environmental studies

  By YS News StaffFebruary 19, 2018

  

  The Greene County Farm Forum and Master Gardeners will offer scholarships for students planning to focus on an assortment of agricultural and plant-based environmental studies.

• Community input sought for future PBL projects

  By YS News StaffFebruary 14, 2018

  

  Yellow Springs Schools is requesting ideas from the community for future project-based learning projects.

• Bulldog Sports events for Feb. 9–26

  By YS News StaffFebruary 9, 2018

  

  Bulldog Sports events for Feb. 9–26: Cheer on the teams as winter sports come to a close!

• Bulldog Brigade puts skills to work

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 8, 2018

  

  Sierra Miller, a senior at Yellow Springs High School, says her “dream job” is to be  a voiceover artist, working in television and radio. In the meantime, she’s getting a variety of job experiences, for wherever her dreams take her, through a distinctive district program.

• YS teacher named finalist for national award

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 3, 2018

  

  McKinney Middle school English teacher Jaime Adoff is a top-10 finalist for the biennial Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching, a national award sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

• Typographical error forces special meeting

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 1, 2018

  

  A typo in the bond and tax levy resolution approved by the Yellow Springs school board earlier this month forced the board to call a special meeting Tuesday, Jan. 23, to replace the incorrect resolution with the corrected version.

• School board approves May levy

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 25, 2018

  

  At its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday, Jan. 11, the Yellow Springs School Board approved a “resolution to proceed” to place a 4.7-mill permanent improvement levy and a 0.25 percent income tax levy on the May 8 ballot.