School officials say that the results from an equity audit of Island schools an exercise used to find gaps in education through surveys will be completed by the summer. There is a question over when and how the final report will be distributed to the public, with some advocating for its public release […]
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 […]
Former Edgartown School Committee member Kimberly Kirk has been reappointed to the committee, following the midterm resignation of one of its members. In November, Edgartown School Committee member Laura Seguin said she’d be stepping down from her role for personal reasons. “Given my current job, and spending 90 days a year away from my family, […]
We are all going to have to trust Superintendent Richie Smith’s interpretation of the school lawyers’ interpretation of the law. Again. Despite a high level of public interest in the legality of the MVRHS School Committee’s acceptance of anonymous cash donations to fund the artificial turf lawsuit, the committee voted on Monday night, Nov. 6, […]
Updated As of Sept. 5, school is officially underway on the Island. Administrators have many issues on their plates, including major building projects at the Tisbury School and the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School; the schools are also working with a rise in English language learners, and increasing behavioral health challenges following the trauma of […]