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• YS Schools Facilities Committee begins

  By Lauren ShowsMay 4, 2022

  

  At its first meeting on Thursday, April 7, the YS Schools Facilities Committee, recently formed by the school board, focused on clarifying its purpose and dividing tasks between its members to work toward that purpose.

• HB 126 could impact school tax revenue

  By Lauren Shows

  

  A bill passed earlier this month by both the Ohio House and Senate is on track to impact the ways school districts are able to collect tax revenues — including in Yellow Springs.

• YS school board considers levies timing

  By Carol SimmonsApril 26, 2022

  

  Yellow Springs school district Treasurer Jay McGrath told school board members during their last regular meeting that now is the time to start thinking about what they want to do about the current permanent improvement levy that expires at the end of 2023.

• School board hears Greenspace plan

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 9, 2022

  

  A local group seeking to preserve about five undeveloped acres on the western side of the Mills Lawn Elementary School property presented a land conservation proposal earlier this month to the Yellow Springs school board.

• School board approves facilities committee

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 7, 2022

  

  The board’s new plan involves forming a committee that will explore the costs and ramifications of a phased, permanent-improvement plan to repair and upgrade the district’s buildings, compared with the costs and considerations associated with new or partial construction.

• Board of Education renews facilities discussion

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 24, 2022

  

  How best to address deteriorating conditions and outdated capacities identified in Yellow Springs’ public school buildings is a question that remains unresolved for district leaders.

• School board dives into ‘Sunshine’ rules

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 18, 2022

  

  The rules that Ohio’s school boards must follow in conducting a district’s business can be tricky to navigate, David Lampe, a partner with the Bricker & Eckler law firm, told Yellow Springs school board members during a recent board work session.

• New school board makeup expected to bring changes

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 24, 2022

  

  After more than a decade, when changes in school board makeup occurred mostly one new member at a time, amid the constancy of veteran office holders serving multiple terms and carrying over familiar approaches, newcomers are in the super-majority as 2022 begins.

• New school board members take seats

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 23, 2022

  

  The Yellow Springs school board’s annual organizational meeting, conducted in the Mills Lawn gym on Thursday, Jan. 13, began with the swearing in of its three newest members: Dorothée Bouquet, Judith Hempfling and Amy Magnus.

• Board members, treasurer end tenures

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 5, 2022

  

  Grateful goodbyes and an official welcome were expressed Monday night, Dec. 20, during the Yellow Springs school board’s monthly business meeting, held in person in the Mills Lawn Elementary School gym and livestreamed on the district’s YouTube channel.