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Select Board Forms Subcommittee to Address School Lease Gap

Chilmark Select Board formed a five-member school lease subcommittee after a decade-long gap.

Select Board · Meeting of June 16, 2026

Chilmark Select Board formed a five-member school lease subcommittee after a decade-long gap. The board voted unanimously to appoint Chilmark Select Board member Linda Coutinho, Principal Kate Squire, and two members of the Up Island Regional School District Committee, expected to be Jessica Mason and Robert Lionette, to draft the agreement. The subcommittee will also develop a memorandum of understanding governing Community Center bathroom access over the summer season.

Additionally, the board voted unanimously to support the Martha's Vineyard Commission's regulatory authority over affordable-housing development under state Chapter 40B rules.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of June 16, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.

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