Schools
At their final concert of the year Saturday afternoon, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Minnesingers captivated their audience.
The regional high school committee voted 7-2 Thursday to make no changes to the operating budget for the coming fiscal year.
The 50-47 vote at annual town meeting underscored an ongoing division Islandwide over a plan to use artificial turf on one of the school’s playing fields.
Aquinnah residents narrowly voted down the town’s share of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School operating budget at annual town meeting Tuesday, casting the third and deciding vote against the school financial plan.
The fate of the regional high school budget and an open seat on the Tisbury select board will be decided today as voters in Aquinnah head to their annual town meeting and Tisbury holds its annual town election.
Danielle Charbonneau, a teacher at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School and the 2023 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year, joined other state teachers of the year from across the country who participated in the National Teacher of the Year Program Washington Week.