Schools
Martha’s Vineyard public schools superintendent Richard M. Smith has announced that he will retire at the end of June, 2026.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School reconstruction plan cleared a significant hurdle last week, when the Massachusetts School Building Authority board of directors approved the conceptual design for a combined renovation and addition.
School bells rang around the Island on Tuesday morning as students, parents, teachers and school staff said goodbye to summer and hello to a new school year.
The school’s first new principal in nine years, Sean Mulvey already is a well-known member of the MVRHS community. He’s worked in the guidance department there since 2019, alongside his wife, fellow counselor Erika Mulvey.
The Fern and Feather preschool at Mass Audubon Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary is closing after six years of operation due to staffing shortages.
After inquiring about the potential of other towns chipping in to pay for the education of children living on sovereign tribal land, the Aquinnah select board learned this week that the responsibility falls solely to the town.