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• 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.

• YS Schools Facilities Committee | Ruetschle presents draft floor plans

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 21, 2022

  

  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.

• School district digs deeper into safety, security

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 6, 2022

  

  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.

• School board approves new school visitor policies

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 2, 2022

  

  At its regular meeting on Thursday, Aug. 18, the YS Board of Education approved new procedures for visitors and volunteers who enter school buildings.