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With back-to-back votes Thursday night, resolution to a contract impasse between the Martha’s Vineyard Educators Association (MVEA) and All-Island School Committee was formalized. In its first vote, the all-Island school committee approved a new three-year teacher’s contract for Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools. No committee members voted against the new contract and only one member, Amy […]
On the recommendation of town clerk Hilary Conklin and town administrator Jay Grande, Tisbury’s select board approved a special election for Jan. 24. The election will be to fill the select board seat vacated by Larry Gomez. Gomez resigned from the board effective Oct 1. He told The Times in late September his resignation came […]
Tisbury select board chair Larry Gomez has resigned effective Oct. 1. Gomez was in the third year of his three-year term on the board. For his present term, he beat out former select board member Melinda Loberg in 2020. He’s been absent from several meetings in the last few months. He told The Times Thursday […]
To the Editor: Dear Members, Tisbury select board, Tisbury School committee, and citizens of Tisbury, there is no question that Tisbury needs to address a school expansion. This letter is not written to protest the expansion, but to protest the Tisbury select board’s decision to deny its citizens the right to a ballot vote. This […]
Updated 7:15pm The Tisbury select board made it clear on Wednesday it had no appetite to hold a special town election for $26 million in additional funds to pay for the Tisbury School renovation and addition project. Following debate the board unanimously rescinded the special town election. The select board has also set a special […]