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• Families weigh pros, cons of school testing

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 3, 2014

  

  Since national and state education leaders began revising standardized testing requirements that will more than double the hours and days students will spend testing from last year to this year, parents have been asking questions.

• Students can bowl this winter

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 25, 2014

  

  Bowling is back. At its meeting Sept. 11, the Yellow Springs School Board approved a proposal to make bowling the newest official sport at Yellow Springs High School.

• Yellow Springs School Board affirms nonrenewal of contract

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 31, 2014

  

  Three members of the Yellow Springs School Board met last Monday, July 14, at a special board meeting and voted to affirm their previous decision to nonrenew the contract of McKinney Middle School physical education and health teacher Angela Bussey.

• Sports budget at 10-year low

  By Lauren HeatonJune 26, 2014

  

  On any given day during the school year, dozens of students from McKinney and Yellow Springs High School can be seen releasing their energy on the soccer field, sprinting for a lay up on the basketball court, diving for a run on the baseball field, or participating in the many other sports the school has traditionally offered.

• Teacher opposes nonrenewal

  By Lauren HeatonMay 22, 2014

  

  The Yellow Springs School Board approved a recommendation at their meeting Thursday, May 8, to nonrenew the contract of McKinney physical education and health teacher Angela Bussey. During the board meeting, Bussey and her attorney Mark Landers held a public hearing to defend her right to maintain her job.

• Yellow Springs schools plan for fundraising

  By Lauren HeatonJanuary 23, 2014

  

  At its meeting on Jan. 9 the Yellow Springs school board heard an update from Superintendent Mario Basora on furthering the goal of financial development for the district.

• Angela Wright leaves school board with hope

  By Lauren HeatonJanuary 9, 2014

  

  Having served 20 years as a Yellow Springs school board member over a span of three decades, Angela Wright has seen her share of ebb and flow in the district.

• Merhemic, Scott, Conn on school board

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 14, 2013

  

  Incumbent school board member Aïda Merhemic took the day at the polls winning the top number of votes to return her to the board along with two new members, Evan Scott and Steven Conn. Merhemic won 1,027 votes, or 23.7 percent of the total, while Scott had 954 votes and Conn had 940, about 22 percent each.

• School board forum— Candidates address safety, governance

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 7, 2013

  

  The appropriate role of school board members in regard to school administrators was a focus at both school board candidates’ forums this week and last, as villagers heard candidates speak about their reasons for seeking office, and answer questions.

• YSCAPE funds school change

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 24, 2013

  

  When in 2011 the local school district established its 10-year strategic roadmap for modernizing public education in Yellow Springs, leaders didn’t yet know how they would fund the change.