The future of Tisbury’s historic public elementary school will be in the hands of town voters this weekend when they convene a special town meeting to take up a $55 million overhaul of the crumbling old brick school.
Tisbury School
June 22, 2021
Maia Coleman
Tisbury voters finally said yes to a new school at their annual town election Tuesday, approving a $55 million renovation plan by a landslide and capping years of debate and anguish.
July 8, 2021
Kate Dario
If you want to find John Custer this summer, head to the ocean.
2025
January 24, 2025
Rising enrollment at the newly-renovated Tisbury School is helping to drive a 17 per cent increase in the school’s operating budget for fiscal year 2026, which begins July 1 of this year.
The school committee certified the nearly $10.8 million budget last week, clearing the way for the Tisbury select board and the financial and advisory committee to review the spending plan. The budget will have to be approved at town meeting.
2024
October 28, 2024
School officials gave the public a chance to see inside the new Tisbury School this weekend during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the $81 million renovation.
August 22, 2024
The Tisbury School’s two-year, $81 million renovation and addition — the largest building project in town history — is drawing to a close, with classes set to resume Sept. 3.
April 4, 2024
It’s been a long road for Moana Jr., the Tisbury School play opening this weekend at the Performing Arts Center.
2023
April 13, 2023
It’s not every day uniformed members of the U.S. Coast Guard play volleyball with first-graders or shred string cheese with kindergartners at snack break. At the Tisbury School, however, things like this are happening every Thursday.
January 19, 2023
Demolition inside the Tisbury School has cleared away nearly a century’s worth of accumulated renovations, revealing the original interior of a town landmark built during the depths of the Great Depression.
