Robert Samuel Carroll died on Sept. 14, 2023, at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Sammy was born on Dec. 31, 1959, in Oak Bluffs to Elizabeth (“Bette”) Flanders Carroll and Marshall (“Curly”) E. Carroll. Sam attended the Chilmark School, and graduated from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School in 1978; later he attended and graduated from […]
Four Chilmark School grades two at a time are being temporarily relocated to the Chilmark Community Center to allow for finishing interior work in Chilmark School classrooms. The interior work, part of the school’s HVAC project, follows ductwork from this summer. Chilmark School’s kindergartners and first graders are currently learning in the Community […]
This week’s report that a number of schools on the Island have high exemption rates for vaccines is troubling. According to the latest data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Dukes County has the highest exemption rate in the state among kindergarteners by a large margin. The exemption rate on the Island is over […]
In averages of state statistics from the last three years, several Vineyard elementary schools have some of Massachusetts’ highest rates of kindergartners exempt from at least one immunization. According to data compiled by the Boston Globe, the Chilmark School has the state’s second-highest rate. About 23 percent of kindergartners at the up-Island school received exemptions […]
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the 2023 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System results (MCAS) and it revealed some improvements may be needed at Martha’s Vineyard schools. This is the first full release of accountability data since 2019, according to a press release from the department. This includes information such as graduation rates, […]