Schools
The all-Island school committee on Thursday approved a set of directives for a school-wide testing program, inching the program’s progress forward.
The up-Island school committee heard updates early this week on plans for alternative learning spaces at the Chilmark and West Tisbury schools.
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.
Thursday marked the first day of school for students across the Island, but this year, backpacks and school buses were traded in for Chromebooks and webcams.
The Tisbury School Building Committee will review new, more detailed designs for the school at the committee's next meeting Monday.
At an emotional meeting Monday, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School district committee voted to limit fall athletics to on-Island intramural competition.