The West Tisbury School’s new kitchen still isn’t up and running as it awaits final approval from electrical and building inspections. Electrical and power snafus delayed the project, school principal Donna Lowell-Bettencourt said at Monday’s Up-Island Regional School Committee meeting. On the first day of school, kitchen staff were making use of the cafeteria space […]
The Up-Island Regional School Committee has decided not to accept any new students through school choice before discussing the issue further. School committee members cited concerns over a lack of space for students, and saying that too much taxpayer money goes to supporting students from out of the district with school choice. Martha’s Vineyard Public […]
Developing story No one was seriously injured after a school bus with students inside rear-ended a white Mini Cooper on State Road in Tisbury. West Tisbury School students were coming back from a field trip to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum when the accident happened on Tuesday morning. Tisbury and Oak Bluffs Fire and EMS were […]
Edgartown voters could be asked to vote on whether or not to end the town’s relationship with the Martha’s Vineyard Commission. No article has been submitted for the upcoming town meeting warrant yet, but members of both the finance committee and select board have raised concerns about rising costs associated with the Commission. At the […]
The up-Island school committee voted 4-1 to certify the fiscal year 2024 budget after a public hearing on Thursday evening, just in time for the holiday season. Committee member Skipper Manter was the sole dissenting vote. Committee member Jim Newman, who was initially absent from the meeting, was called in to virtually participate and vote […]