Families in Lithuania gave up their bedrooms and their food budgets to make our children comfortable. What our students gave them was the support and commitment of the community of Martha's Vineyard's parents, grandparents, and citizens reflecting 225 years of freedom. A huge thank you needs to be given again to Daniel Murphy, Janis Wightman, Jim Novack, Taffy McCarthy, Susie Wallo, John Budris, John Wightman, Ken Mickler, Heather Klein, and all the students, parents, businesses, and supporters that contributed to the concert and the trip to Lithuania. Each parent, relative, teacher, counselor, and administrator, from preschool to the high school, can take great pride in our Island's regional high school students. We can be thankful we live in a community that cares about education and our students.
Chappaquiddick island is a very special landscape that deserves special thought and care.
The Trustees joins other conservation groups that are concerned about the protection of the Island's natural resources, including its beaches, wetlands, and forests. We applaud the commitment of time, thought, and energy made by those who prepared the DCPC proposal, and we believe that a careful examination of the factors affecting the environment of Chappaquiddick will provide valuable information for the public and for local and regional officials. To the extent that the DCPC will help the Chappaquiddick community strike the right balance between development and conservation, we support the DCPC concept and the efforts on its behalf. In keeping with this policy, The Trustees remains neutral on the adoption of the DCPC by the Martha's Vineyard Commission. An important issue was a vote concerning acceptance of the proposed budget increase for the education of West Tisbury schoolchildren.