School Boards Scramble to Cover Transportation in Time for Opening Day
By RACHEL KOVAC
Uncertainty surrounding school transportation ran down to the wire this week, with a flurry of emergency meetings that resulted in a patched together plan to carry Vineyard children to school.
Bussing on the first day of school yesterday went without a hitch, but the untested system - which calls for the school district to manage bussing itself for six weeks - leaves many unanswered questions for bus drivers, school leaders and taxpayers.
Fishermen Press Ideas for Harborfront
By RACHEL KOVAC
Commercial and charter fishermen jammed a public forum this week to air their concerns about a plan by the new owners of the Navigator Restaurant to relocate the dinghy docks on the Edgartown harborfront.
First Day Thursday for Most Students; Enrollment Is Flat
By RACHEL KOVAC
Restless children will be sent to bed early Wednesday after a summer of beach days and evening ice cream cones. On Thursday they will don new clothes and grab backpacks filled with pencils and notebooks. It is that time of year again: back to school.
Bus Company Severs Contract; Boards Call Emergency Session
By RACHEL KOVAC
School buses will roll on the Vineyard tomorrow, although it is still unclear who will manage them. Under mounting pressure from a heated labor dispute with its bus drivers, on Friday MV Coachlines abruptly pulled the plug on its transportation contract with the Island school district.
Simmering Labor Dispute Leaves Bussing Unsettled for Start of School Year
By RACHEL KOVAC
Vineyard schools superintendent James Weiss fielded his first controversy this week when a simmering labor dispute between bus drivers and the company under contract with the school district bubbled into the public arena.
Even before the lanterns were lit for the 136th Grand Illumination the grounds of the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association were aglow with li