Tisbury residents approved a proposed $39.27 million budget, along with the town’s $5.46 million share of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) budget, just before midnight Tuesday night at town meeting. But while approving the high school budget, voters also approved an amendment for a non-binding recommendation to the MVRHS school committee against using […]
Islanders rang out a message to state legislators on Thursday: legislation to create the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank must advance to secure the community’s future. Activists from both Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket joined together for the “Martha Goes to Beacon Hill” event, organized by the Coalition to Create the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank, to push […]
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 […]
An eighth grader from the West Tisbury School out-spelled his competitors at the Islandwide spelling bee Friday morning, earning him a spot on the Scripps national stage with the word “quirky.” Winner Seth Hyde will now be heading to Washington, D.C., for “Bee Week” in May, where he will face off against more than 200 […]
School and building officials are working to make West Tisbury School carbon neutral, while also adding more space, but the project appears years from going forward because of financial hurdles. The up-Island regional school committee met Monday evening with the West Tisbury capital improvement committee to discuss long-term planning for the school’s facilities The environmentally […]