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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 […]

Only on Martha’s Vineyard would you find a quarter horse dressed up as Barbie’s dream horse to greet students and parents as they return for the first day of a new school year.  Tuesday September 5th marks the first day of school for Island students.  At the West Tisbury School, there were smiles all around […]

Enrollment numbers across all Island schools increased over the last two years by more than 100 students, and projections lean toward further growth. Enrollment in all Island schools increased from 2,151 students in the 2020-2021 school year to 2,268 students in the 2022-2023 school year. That’s expected to increase by another 100 or so students […]

The shared-services budget was unanimously approved by the All-Island School Committee during a Monday evening meeting.  During the previous All-Island School Committee meeting, school officials decided to gather more information before making a decision.  “There have been a couple of changes since that last iteration,” Martha’s Vineyard Superintendent Richie Smith said. These include a $3,079 […]

Members of the All-Island School Committee went over the Islandwide shared services budget for FY24 at Wednesday’s meeting, but will gather more information before finalizing and approving it at a follow-up meeting.  According to school business administrator, Mark Friedman, one earlier version of the shared services budget that was distributed to school committee members represents […]

After progressing through three different iterations of the FY23 Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools shared services budget, school officials approved a $7.7 million budget — a 3.96 percent increase from FY22. At an All-Island School Committee meeting Thursday, superintendent Matt D’Andrea described areas of the budget where savings were found, and other areas where line items […]

The Marthas Vineyard Times COVID cases dipped last week Tisbury is still the only municipality in Massachusetts at the highest risk. One week after cases spiked on Martha’s Vineyard to 55 positive results of COVID-19, they were back down to 26 total cases for the Island last week, according to an expanded report released Monday by the Island boards of health. Of those 26 cases, 19 were from Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, four were at the TestMV site, 2 by the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay...

The Marthas Vineyard Times COVID cases on the rise again Dukes, Nantucket counties have the highest positivity rates in the state. There were 55 new COVID-19 cases reported last week, showing another rise in cases on Martha’s Vineyard after several weeks of a downward trend. The rise in cases is the Island’s first significant rise since mid-April. Last week’s cases are a 22 case increase from the previous week’s 33 cases.  Between May 16 and May 22, the 55 cases consisted o...

A medically equipped Yankee bus will be on-Island beginning this weekend to offer free Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccinations to Islanders who have been unable to get one through the hospital, according to a press release. The bus will be at various locations beginning Saturday, May 15, through Wednesday, May 19, sent by the […]

The Marthas Vineyard Times COVID-19 positive results have shown a steady decline. -Nicole Jackson New cases of COVID-19 declined for the third week in a row with the Martha’s Vineyard boards of health reporting 32 new cases last week. In an expanded report Monday, the boards of health reported that of the 32 positive test results between May 2 and May 8, 17 were from the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, 10 were from TestMV, two were from school testing, one was from the Wampanoag Tri...