Tisbury voters will weigh in at a special town meeting Tuesday on nearly $26 million in additional borrowing to complete the Tisbury School renovation project.
The Tisbury finance and advisory committee has voted 7-1 to recommend borrowing nearly $26 million in additional funds for the Tisbury school renovation and addition project. Voters will decide whether to approve the borrowing at a Sept. 20 special town meeting.
Whatever feelings the Island's children may have about returning to school next Tuesday, Sept. 6, their principals, teachers, coaches and other campus leaders are eager to welcome them back for a school year with a return of cherished traditions.
Six students from the Vineyard are among the winners of the Steamship Authority's Sail into Imagination art contest.
With the Tisbury School gym scheduled for demolition in August, school and town officials are looking for alternative places to hold a special town meeting this fall.
The Tisbury School project is an estimated $10 million over budget, forcing the school building committee to throttle back plans.