Updated In another sign of de-escalation in the ongoing turf field debate, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) committee is pulling back on its plans to build a synthetic turf field. In a 5-3 vote on Monday, the committee voted to withdraw its applications for a demolition permit for the field with the Oak […]
School officials are looking to purchase five new electric buses, and they’re looking for support from the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). On Thursday, The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) Committee unanimously approved applying for a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean School Bus Grant. The plan is to apply for the funding through […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) committee now has an additional $2,000 to spend on ongoing synthetic turf field litigation. The committee received a $2,000 donation from Terrence and Annemarie Donahue for “field project legal fees,” alongside another $2,000 donation from a group of anonymous donors that was being submitted by committee member Louis […]
School budgets are seeing a rise on Martha’s Vineyard. The latest iterations of the shared-services budget and the Up-Island Regional School District budget presented during recent school committee meetings show a proposed increase of 15.64 percent and a 9 percent respectively. The proposed shared services budget had an increase by $1.27 million, adding up to […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee agreed to fund an emergency training program with school administrators, saying that staff are in need of renewed training. But there was some discussion and disagreement about where the $11,915 to fund the emergency training program would come from. The program, presented to the group by John Stevens […]