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Committee gives final input on plan for K-8 school, in preparation for presentation to School Board Plan will be presented to School Board at next meeting, Monday, May 10, at the Mark Sanford Education Center. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 7:43 pm, May 3, 2021 × The Mark Sanford Education Center, headquarters of Grand Forks Public Schools. (Grand Forks Herald photo) Members of the K-8 Campus Predesign Committee provided input on an overhead schematic of...

The $70.5 million school would replace West, Wilder and Winship elementary schools and Valley Middle School. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 8:08 pm, Apr. 7, 2021 × The Mark Sanford Education Center, headquarters of Grand Forks Public Schools. (Grand Forks Herald photo) Members of a newly-assembled school district committee on Wednesday got their first glimpse of what a proposed K-8 school campus on the city’s north side could look like and how it would function. T...

Grand Forks school leaders outline fiscal, facility challenges in referendum information meeting for business community Building a new K-8 school "quickly rose" as the best solution to the school districts financial quagmire, Facilities Task Force member Josh Brown said. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 7:36 pm, Apr. 6, 2021 × The Mark Sanford Education Center, headquarters of Grand Forks Public Schools. (Grand Forks Herald photo) The option of building a ...

By Doug Barrett Apr 7, 2021 8:45 AM Grand Forks school officials discussed the pending referendum and building fund request of taxpayers during a forum hosted by The Chamber last night.  Voters will decide the fate of the 86-million dollar referendum and ten mill building fund “ask” in June. A big chunk of the money will be used to consolidate three elementary schools into a new building with Valley Middle School.  Josh Brown is a member of the Facilities Task Force that develope...

If the Yellow Springs school district opts to build a new $35 million combined K-12 school, how much would it cost individual taxpayers to fund it? Alternatively, what would it cost taxpayers to fund $12 million in renovations to both the Mills Lawn and McKinney Middle/Yellow Springs High School campuses? At a community outreach forum on Wednesday, March 17, local district leaders and the district’s architect consultant, SHP of Cincinnati, shared various tax options for funding school facilit...

On April 25, 1979, the roof of the media center at Apollo Middle School collapsed after a major rainstorm.

Questions about costs, the future of the Mills Lawn school property and recommendations by the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission dominated public comments last week during the first of three planned community forums to discuss the future of Yellow Springs’ public school buildings. More than 70 people were present at the initial forum Thursday, Oct. 18, conducted online through the Zoom video-conference platform. Leading the meeting were representatives of the SHP architectural firm, whi...

Move ends hybrid model of alternate days of in-school learning Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 10:24 pm, Feb. 8, 2021 × The Mark Sanford Education Center, headquarters of Grand Forks Public Schools. (Grand Forks Herald photo) High school students will resume full-time, in-person learning March 8, the Grand Forks School Board decided at a meeting Monday, Feb. 8. All but two board members, Shannon Mikula and Jacqueline Hoffarth, voted in favor of ending the hybrid model...

Yellow Springs school district leaders are pushing forward to develop a plan to address identified structural needs in the local public school buildings. During the school board’s most recent regular meeting, conducted online Thursday, Jan. 14, board members unanimously approved a contract with SHP Leading Design, designating the Cincinnati-based firm as the “pre-bond architect” that will work with the district in developing a new master plan for Yellow Springs school facilities. The cont...

Board members consider Facilities Task Force recommendations regarding need for bonding and mill levy increase Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 10:20 pm, Jan. 21, 2021 × The Mark Sanford Education Center, headquarters of Grand Forks Public Schools. (Grand Forks Herald photo) School consolidation should be considered part of the solution to the school district’s financial woes, all Grand Forks School Board members agreed during a special work session Thursday evening,...