At 6 a.m. on a Monday morning in January, while the doors of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School are still locked and the sun still snoozing, one area of the school is already buzzing with energy: the cafeteria.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee voted unanimously this week to send the plans for a sweeping $333 million overhaul for the 66-year-old regional high school to the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
New estimates released Friday put the cost of renovating and expanding Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School at $333.5 million, with potential state reimbursements dropping Islanders’ share of the total to between $253 million and $256 million.
The long-fought campaign to renovate and expand Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School is advancing to a decisive state-set milestone this month, with Dec. 18 the deadline to submit schematic designs and cost estimates to the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School is in the market for a new principal, after school officials announced this week that interim principal Sean Mulvey will return to the school’s counseling department next year.
The Project Vine Pantry at the regional high school began as a pilot program last year to help fight food insecurity among the student population. On Thursday, Stop & Shop donated $12,500 and 100 turkeys to the program.