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Outside voices
As the days get shorter and feast season approaches, the Mills Lawn School fourth- through sixth-grade choir sang seasonally appropriate songs in a seasonally appropriate drizzle outside the Yellow Springs Hardware store Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 24.
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School play meditates on antiracism
“Five Scripts Toward an Antiracist Tomorrow,” will be mounted by the young thespians of McKinney Middle and Yellow Springs High schools Thursday–Sunday, Nov. 3–6, at the Foundry Theater. Admission is free.
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YS Schools receive state ratings
The district’s highest average proficiencies across all tested subjects were social studies, English language arts and science. The lowest-scoring subject in achievement was math, which averaged 54% across grades three through eight and high school algebra and geometry.
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Facilities Committee discusses maintenance plans
The Facilities Committee formed earlier this year to consider the costs of a phased, permanent-improvement plan to upgrade the district’s buildings compared with building all-new facilities.
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School board talks sex education
The YS Board of Education discussed health and sex education in the schools during a work session on Thursday, Sept. 19. Discussion focused on the schools’ current curricula in those areas, as well as future steps the schools may take.
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School board discusses facilities renovation drafts
The draft plans included a number of deep renovations and some new construction intended to address issues including security, functionality, space and accessibility in the schools.
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YS Schools Facilities Committee | Ruetschle presents draft floor plans
Architect Mike Ruetschle presented drafts of potential floor plans for updated facilities at Mills Lawn Elementary, McKinney Middle and YS High schools at a meeting of the district’s Facilities Committee on Thursday, Sept. 1.
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School district digs deeper into safety, security
During a presentation on new safety and security policies and equipment adopted by the district, Superintendent Terri Holden asked the board to consider the possibility of installing fencing at Mills Lawn, which would enclose the school’s younger student playground.
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School board approves new school visitor policies
At its regular meeting on Thursday, Aug. 18, the YS Board of Education approved new procedures for visitors and volunteers who enter school buildings.
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Yellow Springs Schools 50th reunion scholarship expands
It happens almost every year like clockwork: Former students from Yellow Springs schools return for a day or a weekend of fellowship with their former classmates to reminisce about their days in the schools.
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