Boston Globe 10/5/08: Schools review nurse staffing. Realignment, cuts change scenario, causing larger nursing loads at Claypit and finding no nurse coverage at Loker during BASE.
Boston Globe 9/21/08: Parents speak out against school shuffle. Nearly 100 parents filled the last School Committee meeting, speaking out about problems resulting from the school reconfiguration.
Wayland Town Crier 6/26/08: Loker’s Last Last Day. The last day of school at Loker this year was several lasts – the last day for retiring principal Sue Abrams, the last Clap Out for the fifth graders, and the last day of the school serving as a K-5 school.
Wayland Town Crier 6/11/08: Community social at Happy Hollow, the last in a series of events the school promoted over the past several weeks to especially welcome families whose children have been attending Loker Elementary School but are transferring over to Happy Hollow this coming fall.
Wayland Town Crier 4/30/08: Plans emerging for elementary redistricting.
Wayland Schools 4/29/08: The school administration presented its redistricting plan for the elementary schools last night. They have also provided street listings for addresses in the Claypit Hill district and the Happy Hollow district.
Wayland Town Crier 4/2/08: Disagreements continue over elementary school reconfiguration. School Administrators continue working to work out details over the school reconfiguration plans, while some residents continue to press for answers.
Wayland Town Crier 3/27/08: Moving ahead on Loker closure. School officials are working on a plan to shuffle significant numbers of faculty, students and bus routes at the town’s three elementary schools by the end of the school year as part of a strategy to partially shut down the Loker School next fall and save money.
Wayland Town Crier 3/13/08: Lingering resentment on School Committee decision. Contending that there was a "secret deal" and that the process for selecting which school to keep as the Grade 1-5 school was flawed, some Loker parents are dissatisfied with the decision that partially closed their school.
Wayland Town Crier 2/26/08: Final decision: Happy Hollow to stay open. Monday night the School Committee confirmed its decision regarding elementary configuration for September 2008. In addition to Claypit Hill School, grades 1-5 will attend Happy Hollow School. Kindergartners will attend Loker School.
Boston Globe 2/7/08: Parents await word on schools. Parents at both Loker and Happy Hollow hope their school will remain open.
Wayland Town Crier 1/29/08: School Committee adopts 2 1/2 school model for next school year, voting unanimously to partially close either Loker or Happy Hollow. The move will save around $250,000, helping to cut the amount of an upcoming override request.
Metrowest Daily News 1/27/08: Decision on school cuts looming, as the School Committee debates whether to change the elementary school configuration.
Wayland School Committee 1/17/08: School Committee opts to reconsider elementary school reconfiguration. In light of guidelines from the Finance Committee that will not enable level services funding even with an override, the School Committee is reconsidering reconfiguring the schools
Wayland School Committee 1/4/08: School Committee seeks public input on near-future school configuration, providing details of a variety of options and seeking feedback on a series of questions.
Wayland School Committee 11/28/07: School Committee maintains three elementary schools in their proposed budget for 2008-09. and conveys a working group to evaluate which elementary school makes more sense to close when appropriate.
Wayland Town Crier 11/21/07: Rethinking elementary school configuration. Facing budget shortfalls and future enrollment declines, school officials are considering changes to the elementary schools that could put all kindergarteners at Loker and either have two neighborhood schools for grades 1-5 or split Happy Hollow and Claypit by grades.
Wayland Town Crier 11/1/07: Reconfiguration of elementary schools a possibility. School officials are looking at the options for budget reductions, including changing from neighborhood schools to grade-based schools.
