The up-Island regional school committee voted unanimously Monday to continue in the Vineyard’s school choice program, but not accept any out-of-district students until it has clarified its policy at a future meeting.
The Up-Island Regional School District holds its public hearing on the 2024 operating budget Thursday, with a roughly 5.6 per cent increase over the current fiscal year.
Enrollment has been on the rise at the Chilmark School, which is on its way to running out of space for the private, nonprofit Chilmark Preschool that shares its campus.
After weeks of wrestling over its unusually large excess and deficiency fund, the up-Island regional school district committee approved a nearly $14 million budget for the coming fiscal year late Thursday
The up-Island and Tisbury School committees voted this week to authorize their share of the funding for a school-wide testing program, just as the first Covid-19 cases have been identified in the school system.
The up-Island school committee voted Tuesday to approve a plan to bring all students at the Chilmark and West Tisbury schools back to the classroom five days a week.
The up-Island school committee this week weighed proposals to allow in-person learning for younger students in its reopening plan, although no final decision was made.