A campaign to fly the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) flag outside of Island schools gained support from the up-Island regional school committee Monday.

Martha’s Vineyard Boys and Girls Club executive director Dhakir Warren is headed back to his former workplace, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, where he previously led the guidance and counseling staff before taking the club job in 2021.

Two retired Island school administrators have returned to the Martha's Vineyard public school system as assistant superintendents, reporting to superintendent Richie Smith beginning this week.

Martha’s Vineyard schools reopened Monday after winter break without a face-covering requirement for the first time in two years.

With Covid cases dropping sharply on the Island, health officials are poised to reconsider the school mask mandate that has been in place for most of the past two years.

With the end of the state-imposed school mask mandate less than two weeks away, Island school committee members split Thursday on whether or not to immediately drop the mandates.