Island students and their families won’t have to pay at the gate to attend high school sports events for at least the next month, as the Martha’s Regional High School committee works out a new ticketing policy.
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School administrators have made further adjustments to the school’s operating budget for fiscal year 2024, arriving at a slim 2.11 per cent increase.
A recent MVRHS graduate and Maine Maritime Academy student from Aquinnah died in a car crash early Saturday morning in Castine, Maine that killed four college students and left three others injured.
Bucking a statewide trend, the Vineyard public school system continues to grow, with 2,253 students enrolled across the Island on Oct. 1 compared to 2,191 a year earlier.
Island high school students have effectively bounced back from pandemic-era educational challenges with improved MCAS scores, as the English Language Learner program grows.
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School's proposed renovation project took a key step forward Tuesday night, as Oak Bluffs became the first Island town to approve changes to the regional high school funding agreement.
The regional high school committee voted unanimously Thursday evening to appoint a 25-member, all-Island building committee to shepherd the high school’s progress toward full acceptance into a key state funding program.
