Village Schools Section :: Page 78

• Schools hire new teachers, staff

  By Lauren HeatonJune 23, 2011

  After a slate of retirements that took place this past year, the Yellow Springs schools began the rebuilding process this month by hiring six new teachers and staff.

• Students, community grade the schools

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  A recently completed survey of the schools allowed students and the community to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their hometown district.

• McCurdy delivers farewell address to school board

  By Lauren HeatonJune 17, 2011

  

  YSHS teacher Joyce McCurdy delivers parting words to Yellow Springs school board.

• Class of 2020 vision begins to form

  By Lauren HeatonJune 9, 2011

  There are many themes that have emerged in the process of crafting the Class of 2020 strategic plan for the village’s public schools.

• Kids’ music pioneer performs at MLS

  By Lauren HeatonJune 2, 2011

  Behind all of today’s fun and inspiring music for youth, is one African-American woman who set out with a conga drum in the cafés of Chicago in the 1950s and humbly started a wave of change that, six decades later, she and others are still riding.

• Schools trying to stem losses

  By Lauren Heaton

  According to the Yellow Springs school board, due to the cumulative effect of the budget reductions the district instituted this spring, the five-year budget forecast through 2015 looks slightly better than it did last fall.

• Speak up about the future of Yellow Springs schools

  By Lauren HeatonMay 30, 2011

  

  It’s your turn to give input about the future of the Yellow Springs Exempted Village schools.

• Joyce McCurdy retires — Imparting the complexity of past

  By Lauren HeatonMay 26, 2011

  When Joyce McCurdy left her teaching job in Springfield and took a pay cut to come to Yellow Springs schools, classes were still being held at Bryan High School, right next to the train that ran through town. That was 1968

• Kinder Concert

  By Matt MindeMay 19, 2011

  The bright t-shirts of the Mills Lawn School Kindergartners were only matched by the shining faces and sparkling songs Wednesday night. Read more and see a slide show.

• Seniors make meaning from tragedy

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  The loss of a young life is always tragic, but two local young people hope to find meaning in that tragedy. The meaning sought by Elise Giardullo and Gabe Amrhein is their attempt to save other lives by educating young adults on the dangers of texting while driving.