Wayland School Committee defers vote on eighth grade Boston trip

WAYLAND -- January 10, 2024, Wayland School Committee declines to approve revamped eighth grade Boston trip, demands curricular detail. The committee held the vote on a four-day, $486-per-student trip to Boston May 28-31 that was built to replace the canceled Washington, D.C. trip, with members saying they need more specifics and a commitment to restoring a longer overnight trip in future years. Middle school principal Tyler Wojick presented an itinerary including an Edward M. Kennedy Institute Senate simulation, "Come From Away," a Red Sox game and Blue Man Group. Committee member Christina Pretorius said the substitute "is not going to have that life-changing impact" of D.C. Business administrator Susan Bottan presented a $23,492,810 secondary and athletics budget, an 8.18 percent increase, and flagged that $130,000 in auditorium repairs was dropped from the town's five-year capital plan. The committee will revisit the trip Jan. 17.