Martha’s Vineyard public schools will continue to require universal masking indoors and on school transportation for all K-12 students and staff, regardless of vaccination status, but with an amendment allowing masks to be removed when outside.

The all-Island school committee discussed ways to add diversity training, anti-racist curriculums and racial literacy programs in the Martha’s Vineyard public school system.

The all-Island school committee heard preliminary plans Thursday to bring all middle and high school students back into classrooms.

After months of planning, the all-Island school committee agreed Thursday to scrap plans for a school-wide testing program and start over.

The all-Island school committee on Thursday approved a set of directives for a school-wide testing program, inching the program’s progress forward.

Tensions ran high at the all-Island school committee meeting Thursday, as committee members weighed a proposal to open licensed, community-based learning centers this fall.