Schools
Making short work out of one of the longest town meeting seasons in recent memory, West Tisbury voters approved a revised $6.8 million school budget at a brief special town meeting Tuesday night.
As the high school spring sports season comes to a close, five teams qualified for postseason play, including the undefeated girls’ tennis team.
As the Martha's Vineyard girls' lacrosse team enters the state tournament this week, Coach Betsy Dripps, who retires this year, reflects on 20 years at the helm of the program she founded.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys’ baseball team qualified for the state tournament on Friday by earning a 2-1 victory against Triton in Newbury. “We had an interesting time getting there,” said head coach Gary Simmons. “We showed up for the boat in Vineyard Haven only to find out it hadn’t yet left Woods Hole.”
Voters up-Island have been taking a hard look at what it costs to educate their schoolchildren. According to the most recent data available, the up-Island school district ranked sixth in per-pupil spending among other districts in the state.
What follows is the list of awards given to Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School students at the annual Honors Night ceremony, held Wednesday, May 27 at the high school’s Performing Arts Center.
