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.
The Tisbury school has announced its first quarter honor roll for the 2017-2018 dean’s list.
Student enrollment is slightly down this year in Martha’s Vineyard public schools, according to the annual Oct. 1 school census.
Tisbury school students started lining up at a quarter of eight Tuesday morning, a palpable buzz in the air for the first day of the new school year.
Around the Island, an expected 2,155 students are dusting off backpacks, sharpening pencils and choosing first-day outfits. The first day of school is Tuesday.
The Tisbury school building committee will stick with the plan to build a new three-story school on the current school site, despite some backlash.
The decision to build a new Tisbury elementary school on the site of the old school has been made, but rumbles of discontent persist about both the decision and the process that led to it.
