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• School Board talks facilities upgrade cost estimates

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 29, 2023

  

  After presenting eight potential options for school facilities upgrades to the community at a February listening session, the Board of Education discussed preliminary budget figures for each of those options at its regular meeting on Thursday, March 9.

• School board considers additional facilities options

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 20, 2023

  

  At the school board’s regular meeting, held Thursday, Feb. 9, architect Mike Ruetschle presented a preliminary fact sheet briefly detailing eight potential facilities plans for both the school board and community members to consider as the next facilities listening session approaches on Tuesday, Feb. 21.

• Facilities listening sessions begin

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 7, 2023

  

  The purpose of the event was to present to community members potential plans for upgrading the district’s schools that have already been discussed over the last several months by the Facilities Committee — as well as plans that have not yet been discussed — and listen to community feedback on those plans.

• School board broaches levy restrictions

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 24, 2023

  

  With a levy to address shoring up village school facilities expected from the school district this fall, the Yellow Springs Board of Education considered how it will present that levy to the community at its first meeting of the year on Jan. 12.

• Facilities Committee | What might renovation cost?

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 21, 2022

  

  That question had more than one answer for committee and community members present at the meeting, as architect Mike Ruetschle and Michael Murdock, of maintenance plan advisor firm Motz Engineering, laid out two potential directions for the committee and, ultimately, the school board to consider.

• School board discusses facilities, levies

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 26, 2022

  

  School facilities were at the center of much of the discussion at the most recent meeting of the Board of Education on Thursday, Nov. 10.

• YS Schools district offices to move

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 11, 2022

  

  At the regular meeting of the Board of Education on Thursday, Oct. 13, the board voted to move ahead with a plan to relocate the district offices from their current location across the street from Mills Lawn on Walnut Street to a leased office suite at 888 Dayton St. owned by MVECA.

• YS Schools receive state ratings

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 28, 2022

  

  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.

• School board talks sex education

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 12, 2022

  

  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.

• School board discusses facilities renovation drafts

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 23, 2022

  

  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.