Evan Kristal is a recipient of this year’s state track coaches association Frank Kelley Adversity Award, recognizing student athletes who have overcome diverse hardships, including physical and mental disabilities, to successfully compete at the high school level.

Faced with a large deficit in school funding in West Tisbury, up-Island school committee members agreed to cut $166,000 from the district budget at a somber meeting Monday. The committee meets again Thursday.

Each of the five traditional public school districts on the Vineyard does its own thing, right down to the toilet paper, schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss said in the first of five forums on the state of the schools.