A sweeping plan to renovate and add on to the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School gained voter approval Tuesday after unofficial tallies in the six Island towns showed overwhelming support for the $333.5 million project.
Voters flocked to the polls Tuesday for the special district election to decide on if the Island should move forward with the $333.5 million plan to revamp the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
On June 2, voters will determine the future of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, when they go to the polls to weigh in on the proposed renovation and addition for the 67-year-old school.
School officials and advocates for the proposed overhaul of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School are warning that a rejection of the project at the Islandwide vote next month could still leave taxpayers with more than $200 million of renovations in the future.
Teachers and students at the regional high school say the 67-year-old building, with its obsolete mechanical systems, failing roof and substandard classrooms, makes everyday education a challenge for students and teachers alike.
Island voters have a new online calculator to indicate how much the proposed Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School building project would raise property taxes over the coming years. The numbers have been revised upward for Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West TIsbury.
Failing ventilators. Leaking ceilings. Crumbling floor tiles. Unheated classrooms. Persistent mold. After more than 65 years, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School has some very expensive problems that can be solved only with money.
The actual price of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School building project is sure to surpass $400 million when its 30-year debt service is taken into account.
Nearly four years after the Island’s municipal leaders agreed to work together on a new Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) has approved a grant of more than $71 million to renovate and expand the aging facility.
Voters across Martha’s Vineyard will take part in a single election on June 2 to determine the future of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, following a unanimous vote by the high school committee Monday night.
