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  How best to address deteriorating conditions and outdated capacities identified in Yellow Springs’ public school buildings is a question that remains unresolved for district leaders.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

• Budget deficit forecasted for Village Schools

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 26, 2021

  

  After finishing the last two fiscal years with revenues higher than expenditures, Yellow Springs school leaders anticipate a return to deficit spending this fiscal year (FY), which ends June 30, 2022, according to the district’s latest five-year financial forecast.

• Ellison resigns from YS school board

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 12, 2021

  

  Yellow Springs school board member Sylvia Ellison has resigned, according to a press release from the district on Friday afternoon, Nov. 12.

• Two election petitions rejected in YS school board race

  By Cheryl DurgansSeptember 1, 2021

  

  Two Yellow Springs School Board incumbents, Vice President Aïda Mehermic and first-term member Steve McQueen will not be eligible to run for office in the 2021 election cycle because their petitions were not certified by the Greene County Board of Elections, or BOE.

• YS school board— Deficit delayed by one year

  By Carol SimmonsJune 5, 2021

  

  Revenue over the past 10 months is about $500,000 ahead of budgeted projections, while expenses are about $500,000 under budget.