On Friday, December 11th, regional law enforcement executed a k-9 assisted drug search at the request of the administration. Students were placed in a lockdown while over a dozen dogs swept parking lots and a handful of homerooms. No drugs were found, a fact that didn’t surprise many students. The drug search and the date of its execution were secret, so naturally many students knew about the search well in advance.
On Friday, December 11th, Wayland High School students had a “shelter in place” during homeroom and for an additional twenty minutes afterward. The “shelter in place” was used to run two protocols, one for safety in the event that there is an outside threat, and one K-9 assisted drug search.
Last Friday’s k-9 assisted drug search has proved that there’s little agreement as to how to handle the use of drugs in the high school community, both off-campus and on. WSPN writer Ben Schattenburg takes a look at anti-search side of the argument…
The proposed education budgets cuts announced last week are irresponsible, argues WSPN reporter Matt Gutschenritter. What we need the most now, however, is action from WHS students, parents, teachers, and the greater community…
Casting for this year’s Winter Week Plays has begun, and Senior Ben Wohlfarth has a number of reasons why not just the usual participants, but every WHS student should be at auditions…
The phrase “It’ll look good on your college application,” haunts your waking moments. Horror stories emerge of straight-A valedictorians being rejected by their safety schools. Suddenly everyone around you is your competition. The college application process has begun…
As the flu season rages on around us, WSPN’s Kruti Vora has some interesting numbers on absent rates at Wayland High, and poses a worthwhile question: are we doing enough to protect our school, and ourselves?
Last Tuesday, Maine voters went to the polls decide if their neighbors should be treated as second class citizens, by voting yes or no on Question 1. A defeat of the initiative would have been a watershed moment – but instead, Maine said yes, and took away the right to marriage from gay residents.
With the economy still uncertain and budget shortfalls nearly ubiquitous, it is the battles for the statehouses, not Congress, that are shaping up to be the most exciting in 2010. In 2009, 48 states have had to address or…
“I’m a dude, so physical harassment seems normal,” remarked a 10th grade male when asked what examples of sexism he had experienced or witnessed at Wayland High School.
Two weeks ago, students in grades 9,10, and 11 were asked to…