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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 […]

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The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School agreed to use private donations to fund its lawsuit against the Town of Oak Bluffs and its planning board over a synthetic turf field. The committee met Thursday to discuss paying an outstanding bill of $1,952.60 to school attorney Brian Winner.  The school is appealing an Oak Bluffs planning […]

The Up-Island Regional School Committee voted 4-1 Monday night to amend the lottery system for school choice enrollment at the Chilmark School, effectively making it easier for children of school faculty and staff to get selected for the small public school. Children of teachers and staff at the school, alongside siblings of currently enrolled students, […]

The same high school budget that was shot down by voters will make a comeback once again.  During a tense Thursday evening meeting, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) Committee voted 7-2 to recertify the same high school budget that was shown to voters. However, an explanation will be attached that no Fiscal Year […]

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 […]