As town leaders whittle away at their school building project, trimming costs and discussing how best to house students during construction, a new proposal emerged.

The latest estimated construction cost for the Tisbury School project is now $53.2 million — nearly $5 million lower than the previous estimate.

Anne Fligor, veteran educator and assistant principal of the Edgartown School, retired on Friday after a 33-year career at the school.

The up-Island school committee heard updates this week on school re-opening and bringing the entire student body back to the building.

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

New pandemic-related expenses and the use of contingency funds to cover them were the subject of lively debate at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School district committee meeting Monday.