The Tisbury finance and advisory committee has voted 7-1 to recommend borrowing nearly $26 million in additional funds for the Tisbury school renovation and addition project. Voters will decide whether to approve the borrowing at a Sept. 20 special town meeting.
Whatever feelings the Island's children may have about returning to school next Tuesday, Sept. 6, their principals, teachers, coaches and other campus leaders are eager to welcome them back for a school year with a return of cherished traditions.
A nearly 10-year effort to significantly overhaul the Island’s oldest town school is headed back to voters in Tisbury, where in June they will be asked to approve a $55 million bond measure.
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 Tisbury School reported its second positive case on Monday and the Edgartown School reported its first. The cases come two days after a student who attends the Tisbury school tested positive on Friday.