Jeffery Zhang, Editor-in-Chief
Jeffery Zhang, Class of 2026, is the co-editor-in-chief for WSPN and a fourth year reporter. Previously, he was the opinion section editor and a copy editor. Outside of school, Jeffery enjoys playing sports and spending time with family and friends.
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![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)
![Join WSPN’s Jeffery Zhang as he interviews students and educators about the validity of the MCAS test and other standardized tests. “I think [scores on the MCAS] properly represent a student's knowledge, but I think it could have a few more very challenging questions to really push some students who are very diligent biology students,” WHS science teacher Mary York said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-10-at-1.08.11-PM-1200x800.jpeg)
![Wayland High School history teacher Erin Lehmann and business teacher Fred Lehmann have a unique love story filled with ups and downs. “When we first met, we didn't like each other,” E. Lehmann said. “I was already dating someone and my friend knew it, but she thought I could do better. When I met F. Lehmann that first night, I just remember [that] I wasn't looking for anything and we just didn't really hit it off.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_1222-1200x800.jpeg)
