Schools

WAYLAND -- February 11, 2026, Wayland School Committee unanimously approves a $56 million FY27 budget focused on sustaining current services. The committee voted 5-0 to approve Superintendent David Fleishman's recommended fiscal 2027 budget of $56,036,431 after a joint session with the Finance Committee produced no reservations.

WAYLAND -- February 4, 2026, Wayland School Committee signals openness to co-sponsoring a study of the 25 Holiday Road parcel. Select Board Chair Carol Martin and Article DD liaison Bill Whitney appeared Tuesday to brief members on a warrant article funding engineering work, environmental review and an appraisal of the

WAYLAND -- February 2, 2026, Wayland School Committee reviews $57.7 million FY27 budget with 4.98 percent increase. The proposal eliminates just one teaching position, at Claypit Hill, through attrition tied to declining elementary enrollment, while expanding Spanish immersion into eighth grade and maintaining co-teaching across the elementary schools.

WAYLAND -- January 27, 2026, Wayland weighs $103M in school base repairs while piloting two new reading curricula. The School Committee on Tuesday heard that conceptual base-repair costs total $19 million at Happy Hollow, $25 million at Claypit Hill, $20 million at Loker and $39 million at the middle school,

WAYLAND -- January 7, 2026, Wayland School Committee reviews Bridges math year three, SBIRT data and learner-portrait planning. Donna Krikorian, the new elementary math and science coordinator, and coaches Ella Walker, Michael Clayton and Matthew Birch told the committee Jan. 7 that all three elementary schools have moved to Bridges