Island students went back to school on Tuesday, some heading to a newly refurbished school in Tisbury, and others meeting new principals at the Edgartown, Chilmark and Oak Bluffs schools.

On Tuesday morning around the Island, bells were ringing again as Vineyard students headed back to the classroom for the first day of school.

Vineyard students went back to school today and the rhythms of a new year could be seen all over the Island.

Island students went back to school today and the rhythms of a new year could be seen all over the Vineyard as kids waited at the end of roads and driveways for school buses to arrive, and parents sat in drop-off lines at elementary schools.