![After Massachusetts voted to remove the MCAS graduation requirement, policy makers are reshaping graduation standards. "The top-line understanding is that we’ve moved away from a system that we’ve known for about 24 years, which is one where every school district in Massachusetts had wide latitude to decide what their graduation requirements were in terms of coursework or other experiences, but every single student, in order to earn a diploma, needed to pass the MCAS in one English, one math and one science assessment," Massachusetts Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler said. "We’ve moved away from that now, by virtue of the outcome of [the MCAS] ballot question in November, to a place where communities can still decide what their graduation requirements are, but there’s no requirement for students to pass the MCAS.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3067_720.png)
![Troy Hoyt finishes the Boston Marathon, running for the Hoyt Foundation. T. Hoyt is the son of Hoyt Foundation CEO Russ Hoyt.
“[Running a marathon] might seem like a big thing, when it’s presented to you at first, but if you break it up and just keep telling yourself, “Yes, you can,” you can start chipping away at it. And before you know it, you’ll be running the whole 26 miles, and you won’t even think twice about it.” T. Hoyt said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/C36E8761-1CBB-452E-9DF2-543EF7B1095E_1_105_c.jpeg)
![At 5:45 a.m. on April 19, a reenactment of the Battles of Lexington and Concord took place at Old North Bridge in Concord. The reenactment was followed by a parade, where several dignitaries, including Gov. Maura Healey, gave speeches. "This is our generation's time, standing here in this place at this moment, we must commit ourselves to defending [freedom]," Healey said. "That's what I will do, and I encourage everyone who knows our history and values our freedom to do the same."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/93EBB942-34BA-42D3-85A5-220D17FE7E44_1_105_c.jpeg)
![From left to right, junior Ben Pyhtila, sophomores Aadith Charry and Owen Chislett play their cello instruments. Junior Jubin Kim also plays the cello and has been playing the instrument since third grade. "I think that [the cello] is a good balance between a high instrument versus a low instrument, and I just really like the rich sound that it makes," Kim said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_6540-1200x800.jpg)
Breaking News: May 10 town election results
Credit: Nadya Chase
Wayland community members elect representatives for town office positions.
May 10, 2022
From 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10, members of the Wayland community voted on representatives for different office positions. These positions included the Board of Selectmen, School Committee, Board of Assessors, Trustees of the Public Library, Board of Health, Planning Board, Board of Public Workers, Recreation Commissioner, Commissioner of Trust Funds and Housing Authority.
Additionally, the Wayland community voted on two questions. Question one referred to building a new community center and Council on Aging facility in the Wayland Town Center. Question two referred to the construction of a new grass field in the Loker Conservation and Recreation Area.
The results are as follows:
Board of Selectmen:
Tom Fay
School committee:
Erin Gibbons
Board of Assessors:
Steven Paul Klitgord
Trustees of the Public Library:
Elaine Donnelly and Elisa Scola
Board of Health:
Genevieve G. Anand
Planning Board:
No candidates
Board of Public Workers:
Michael Price Lowery and Michael B. Wegerbauer
Recreation Commission:
Asa Foster and Brud Wright
Commissioner of Trust Funds:
Adam Garrett Gutbezahl
Housing Authority:
Mary Antes
Question one: passed
Question two: passed
