Monday, December 12, 2022 – 1:22pm
by: Louisa Hufstader

https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2022/12/12/tisbury-school-digs-renovation-groundbreaking-ceremony

A symbolic ground-breaking at the Tisbury School Saturday morning marked a new chapter for the town school, which graduated its first class of eighth-graders more than 90 years ago.

With shiny commemorative shovels in hand, town officials and school committee members celebrated the long-awaited start of a comprehensive, $81 million renovation and addition approved by voters this year.

“This project is exciting and promising,” said principal John Custer, who graduated from the Tisbury School in 1984. “It’s something our community has worked towards for many, many years.”

The project is by far the largest of any kind that Tisbury has ever undertaken, town treasurer/collector Jon Snyder told the Gazette.

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