Wayland High School - Reflector Yearbook (Wayland, MA)

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Project Confidence Under the supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Todd, the Physical Education Department has instituted a new program called Project Confidence. The major goals of Project Confidence are to encourage group efforts and to make the individual comfortable with his own talents and abilities, through physically demanding events. These obstacles include a catwalk 30 feet in the air, a pamper pole where the student has to jump for a trapeze in the air, and group oriented activities. 1 .. Mr Todd after the Dangle-Doo.

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Proposition ZVQ Suffering from some of the highest state and local taxes in the nation, the taxpayers of Massachusetts jumped at the chance to limit and reduce their increasing tax burden with referendum 2 commonly known as 'Proposition 2V2'. Sponsored by many disgrun- tled voters, the referendum sought to keep state and local property taxes to 2M per- cent of estimated resale value. On November 4, 1980, the Massachusetts electorate overwhelmingly approved the measure by a two thirds majority, and local communi- ties were forced to put the new law into effect. Some towns, whose property taxes were already less than ZWMQ, remained unaf- fected by the new law. The towns whose voters had voted against the referendum, such as Brookline, tried to repeal the law within their borders. The rest of the state's municipalities, the majority, were forced to deal with the Proposition. The voters had assumed that the decrease in local revenues could be handled with little decrease in services by the elimination of any inefficiency and waste within the local government. It was soon discovered, though, that the effects of Proposition ZV2 were far-reaching. The towns were forced, in order to comply with the wishes of the electorate, to decrease the budget for fire and police services, and the school depart- ment. The town of Wayland, whose tax rate was higher than ZVZMJ, was forced to deal with large budget cuts. The budget of the school system was similarly cut, by 31,000,000 for the fiscal year of 1981-82, with a larger cut expected to come the following year. In an effort to retain its fine academic tradition, the Wayland school system has cut many services with little immediate impact on education. Books, supplies, school maintenance, and bus services were among the first items to be eliminated. Some staff, faculty, and administrative positions were also cut. The High School has begun to phase out German, and parts of the Fine arts department. lf the Proposition remains as is, in years to come the school will have to cut its edu- cational system drastically. More positions will have to be eliminated, and the core curriculum may have to be restructured. Wayland High School is in the middle of its efforts to cope with Proposition ZM. This referendum has forced, and will force, the school system to make many changes in the High School. It is the hope of everyone involved that the school can maintain its excellent academic program, and the administration, the faculty, and the staff are working together to achieve that end.