The up-Island school committee approved the fiscal year 2024 budget in a 4-1 vote during its Monday evening meeting. Committee member Skipper Manter cast the dissenting vote saying he doesn’t disagree with the budget, but he disliked the process to reach it. The committee will hold a budget public hearing on Thursday, Dec. 22, at […]
The Up-Island school committee will take one more try at reducing the fiscal year 2024 budget increase before the budget public hearing on Thursday, Dec. 22. Before beginning the Monday evening meeting, committee chair Alex Salop asked for a moment of silence in honor of Riley Ignacio-Cameron, the 20-year-old Maine Maritime Academy cadet from Aquinnah […]
The Up-Island Regional School District is looking at a $15.13 million budget for fiscal year 2024, an 8.81% increase from the previous fiscal year’s budget of $13.9 million, unless some expenses can be trimmed. No vote was taken on this draft budget by the Up-Island Regional School Committee during the Wednesday evening meeting. “The assessed […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) committee will be asking the Island towns for $2 million for a Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) feasibility study article on the town meeting warrants, which will take place in the spring. Before Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools business administrator Mark Friedman shared the numbers, he clarified that this […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) Committee presented the proposed budget for fiscal year 2024 at a public hearing Tuesday evening. MVRHS Principal Sara Dingledy said the committee had made a “commitment in spirit” to Island towns, in addition to agreeing to a memorandum of understanding that any budget increase would be kept within […]