The board, which had pondered issuing a moratorium on artificial playing surfaces for nearly two years, said its decision was done to protect water quality from harmful and long-lasting chemicals known as PFAS.
Starting in September, students at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School will no longer be permitted to use their personal laptops and tablets, which school officials say are too easily misused for cheating, virtual truancy and evading the district’s internet controls.
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School officials have discovered more than $160,000 in budget shortfalls for the coming fiscal year, but taxpayers won’t be on the hook for the increases.
Home games on the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School field will stream live online in future seasons, thanks to a $10,000 gift from Martha’s Vineyard Community Television.
The planning board’s withdrawal now lifts one of the major obstacles for the high school, which has been talking about overhauling its athletic facilities since 2016.
Performers from Martha's Vineyard Regional High School will transport audience members to the magical island of Illyria during their upcoming production of William Shakespeare's romantic comedy Twelfth Night.
Seabreezes, the magazine published by students at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, has been recognized by the National Council of Teachers of English as a magazine of distinction.
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School principal Sara Dingledy has called for the regional high school committee to consider the mounting toll of its turf field litigation on the school community.
The high school has submitted an application to remove portions of its athletic facility in Oak Bluffs, taking a step forward in its plans to upgrade its fields while still engaged in a legal battle with the Oak Bluffs planning board.
