CJ Brown, Senior Staff Reporter
CJ Brown, Class of 2020, is a third-year staff reporter for WSPN. He captains the football and wrestling teams and is the vice president of Student Council. Outside of school, CJ enjoys watching Boston sports, playing fantasy football and hanging out with his friends.
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![Last Wednesday, the Wayland School Committee gathered to discuss a number of topics regarding the health curriculum and Innovation Career Pathway course. Another large topic of conversation was the ways to potentially mitigate distracting cell phone usage. "These [phones] are going to distract your learning and social relationships," Superintendent David Fleishman said. "That's concrete right there."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-04-at-9.49.31 PM-1200x886.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)
![Senior leaders in WHS's MVP (Mentors in Violence Prevention) club line up to introduce themselves before presenting. The MVP club gave a presentation to the Class of 2020 on Monday. “I joined MVP because I liked the message of the club, [and] I thought it would be very helpful to help educate some of the juniors and [other] kids [who were] coming up through Wayland schools,” senior Jake Sachs said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/MVP.jpg)
![A "Sage" speaks with "Seeker" Jake Sachs. Connect's "Sages and Seekers" program aims to bring together students and local seniors through stories and interaction. “[The students] are starting to think of themselves as part of something bigger,” Connect tri-leader Ed DeHoratius said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_0096-L.jpg)
![The WHS Food Service staff will now limit meat and cheese to two ounces per sandwich. "We began to notice that the product we were purchasing had dramatically increased and the slicing [of meat] was happening more frequently, so we started to take a look at it,” Food Service Director Cheryl Judd said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_2508-L.jpg)
![“I wish [semi] was in November,” sophomore Ethan Betancourt said. Above is the Class of 2019 during their semi, which happened on Nov. 19, 2016.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DSC_4795-1200x803.jpg)