Wayland committee sends updated student medication policy out for public comment

WAYLAND -- July 24, 2024, Wayland School Committee approves medication policy update and confronts stubborn BASE waiting list. The committee on July 24 unanimously sent policy JLCD out for 30 days of public comment, formally authorizing students to self-carry and self-administer inhalers, EpiPens and migraine medication with nurse approval. Assistant Superintendent Susan Bottan reported the BASE after-school waiting list stood at 134 students in July, with a combined 86-seat capacity boost, six new BASE slots from 14 Regis College part-time hires, 66 enrichment-vendor seats through WCSP, and 14 added Rec Pass spots, projected to cut the list to 48. A fully blended vendor model was dropped after bids would have left BASE roughly $238,000 in deficit against $515,000 in vendor costs. "It's not enough," one member said of the BASE gains. The committee also voted 4-1 to pilot a June 3, 2025, kindergarten visiting day.