Two of the three up-Island towns that voted to reject their share of the regional high school budget last month have scheduled special town meetings to take a second vote on a budget that remains unchanged.

The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School committee voted unanimously in favor of letting the Island's winter homeless shelter return to school-owned property at Martha's Vineyard Community Services.

The high school committee has rescinded a vote that would have permitted an overnight homeless shelter at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services.

Amy Houghton, chairman of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee for the past year, has resigned her post as a committee member representing Tisbury.

A sharply divided Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School district committee voted 5-4 Monday night to appeal the Oak Bluffs planning board’s denial of an athletic fields overhaul at the school that includes artifical turf.

With a $7 million overhaul of the high school athletic fields now stalled, the high school committee meets Monday to decide the next steps.

Rising heating bills and a pricey track and field project led to the need for nearly a dozen line item budget transfers at the monthly meeting of the regional high school district committee.

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School district committee this week certified a $23.5 million operating budget for the 2022 fiscal year, a 3.51 per cent increase over last year.

Hybrid learning is now set to begin Jan. 11 at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, after a vote by the district school committee early this week.

At an emotional meeting Monday, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School district committee voted to limit fall athletics to on-Island intramural competition.