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• School threat rumor unsubstantiated

  By Audrey HackettApril 18, 2016

  

  A rumor about a threat to McKinney Middle/Yellow Springs High School was determined last week to be unsubstantiated, according to school officials.

• Teacher resigns after investigation

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 14, 2016

  

  Following an internal school district investigation, longtime Yellow Springs teacher Shawn Jackson resigned his position recently.

• Power of the Pen, high school edition

  By Audrey HackettApril 12, 2016

  

  Thirteen YSHS students took part in a special high school edition of Power of the Pen this past Saturday. The local writing competition was organized by seniors Ursula Kremer and Henry Potts-Rubin for their senior project.

• Yellow Springs middle and high school student drug use assessed

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanMarch 31, 2016

  

  On Monday, Yellow Springs students filled out the latest version of the Dayton Area Drug Survey, a bi-annual survey designed to collect data on the substance use habits of area students.

• Interpreting Yellow Springs Schools’ report card

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Ohio released its 2014–2015 school report cards last month, which are measures of student and school performance based on an array of state tests.

• Mills Lawn celebrates Peace Week

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 21, 2016

  

  Mills Lawn students celebrated Peace Week last week, as part of the school’s annual Project Peace campaign.

• Yellow Springs school board eyes rising PBL costs

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanMarch 17, 2016

  

  The Yellow Springs School District’s budget work session concerned itself with overall ways to increase revenue as the district slides to deficit spending.

• Yellow Springs High School dancers cut ‘Footloose’

  By Audrey HackettMarch 10, 2016

  

  One week and one day out from opening night, the cast and crew of “Footloose” was hard at work, warming up their voices with crisp sounds: “va, va, va,” “no, no, no, no, no” and several rounds of “red leather, yellow leather.”

• Mills Lawn students plan for a bench

  By YS News StaffMarch 3, 2016

  

  Fourth-graders in Brian Knostman’s class at Mills Lawn Elementary are leading a project to make Glen Forest Cemetery more comfortable for mourners visiting loved ones and friends.

• Feds deny testing waiver for Yellow Springs schools

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 25, 2016

  

  After months of delay, Ohio’s testing waiver application got turned down by the federal department of education recently, but the consortium of schools requesting the waiver — including Yellow Springs schools — is continuing the fight for fewer mandated state and federal tests and more forms of alternative assessment.