The All-Island School Committee has not been able to reach an agreement with Martha’s Vineyard superintendent Richie Smith since discussions around renewing his contract began in November. Committee chair Amy Houghton provided a brief update during a Thursday evening, All Island meeting before the committee entered into an executive session to discuss details regarding the […]
Vineyard school officials are looking into the possibility of creating universal preschool on the Island. At the All-Island School Committee (AISC) meeting Thursday, Vice-Chair Alex Salop presented plans to create a task force, to work toward expanding options for students before kindergarten. Salop hopes to educate more students early on, to save resources otherwise spent […]
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 […]
Vineyard school officials are planning to put together a task force to look at potential uses for modular classrooms that are currently in use at the Tisbury School. The discussion was held during an All-Island School Committee meeting on Thursday, Nov. 16. No vote was made during the meeting but committee member Alex Salop volunteered […]
Martha’s Vineyard superintendent Richie Smith received high remarks from members of the All-Island School Committee for what was his first review in the position. Smith is embarking on his second year as superintendent; he was appointed to the position last year under a two-year contract with a one-year evaluation period. Personnel subcommittee chair Kris O’Brien […]