![The Wayland Police Department have issued a warning on the rise of scammers during the holiday season. “Hang up [the phone]. if you get a text and you do not know who it's from, just delete it. Don't click on any links, nothing,” Wayland police chief Edward Burman said. “Every single one of them is a scam.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_0954_720-e1734676255647.jpg)
![WHS’s Connect Program ran its annual holiday gift drive to fulfill the wishlist of children enrolled in the Dorchester based non-profit daycare organization, the Yawkey Center. This drive brought the town together and impacted both the students in Connect, as well as the greater Wayland community. “You could see how helpful the town was and how our community came together and wanted to help out a community that wasn't our own [and] kids who were less fortunate than we were,” senior and Connect Program member Jordynn Lee said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/screenshot_2024-12-20_at_12.21.24___pm_720-e1734734228474.png)
![The Boy Scouts will be selling trees on Fridays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays noon to 6 p.m. until they sell out.
“This event is one of the things that [the Boy Scouts] get to have a direct impact on the community,” freshman Alex Macleod said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-11-at-8.38.38 AM.png)
On Tuesday, Oct. 24, the Wayland School Committee held a meeting over Zoom to discuss the acting superintendent position for the 2024-2025 school year. All School Committee members were in attendance, except for member Ellen Grieco.
At approximately 5:10 p.m., the School Committee members entered an executive session and returned to the open session at approximately 5:44 p.m.. Once all members returned, Chair Erin Gibbons announced the School Committee’s decision to enter another year with Acting Superintendent David Fleishman as interim superintendent.
“[This decision is] going to permit us to have continued stability in the district,” Gibbons said. “[The School Committee] is looking forward to pulling together a robust and thorough search for a permanent superintendent.”
This article is a developing story that is subject to updates.
WHS parent • Oct 24, 2023 at 9:41 PM
Keep up the local news reporting. Great job!