The Tisbury School Building Committee will review new, more detailed designs for the school at the committee's next meeting Monday.
Tisbury school building renovation
Louisa Hufstader
Tisbury voters threw their overwhelming support behind a $55 million school renovation and addition project at a special town meeting Sunday afternoon, clearing the first of two hurdles needed.
Tisbury special town meeting
Tisbury school building renovation
Maia Coleman
Tisbury voters head to the polls Tuesday for the second time in three years to determine the fate of a $55 million renovation and overhaul of their town school. Early voting was Thursday.
Tisbury annual town election
Tisbury school building renovation
Maia Coleman
Tisbury voters headed to the polls in steady numbers Tuesday to make a final decision on the $55 million school renovation that has been a magnet for debate in the Island’s main port town. Polls are open at the town Emergency Services Facility until 8 p.m. Masks are required.
Tisbury annual town election
Tisbury school building renovation

2021

A nearly 10-year effort to significantly overhaul the Island’s oldest town school is headed back to voters in Tisbury, where in June they will be asked to approve a $55 million bond measure.

Tisbury voters are likely to be asked in June to approve $55 million in long-term bond debt to renovate, expand and modernize the town’s 90-year-old school building.

2020

As town leaders whittle away at their school building project, trimming costs and discussing how best to house students during construction, a new proposal emerged.

The latest estimated construction cost for the Tisbury School project is now $53.2 million — nearly $5 million lower than the previous estimate.

The Tisbury School Building Committee will review new, more detailed designs for the school at the committee's next meeting Monday.

The Tisbury School building committee will not meet on August 31, with the next meeting expected to be scheduled for mid-September.

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