Author: Sharon Gray

On the morning of September 1, 2023, Hardy School students, teachers, and staff took a few minutes out of the school day to watch the team from Shawmut Design and Construction lift the final beam for the new Hardy into… Continue Reading Hardy Community Marks ‘Topping Off’ of New School

August 21, 2023

Dear Members of the Wellesley Public Schools Community:

I hope you are enjoying the remaining days of summer and that these past few months have been restful and restorative for you and your families.  We look forward to welcoming our students, staff, and families back for the start of the 2023-24 school year, which will begin on Wednesday, August 30th. We have a busy calendar in store for our district in the coming year! Continue Reading Welcome Back WPS!

Universal free school meals for all students is now permanent in Massachusetts! Here is more information on Wellesley Public Schools lunches for the 2023-24 school year, and how best to take advantage of the universal free meals program. For all… Continue Reading Guide to WPS Lunch Program for 2023-24

Dear Members of the WPS Community: We are writing to inform you that early this morning, the School Committee was very pleased to receive notification from the Wellesley Educators Association (WEA) that its leadership team has agreed to accept the… Continue Reading 5-12-2023 Update from the Wellesley School Committee

Updated May 16, 2023 Please see May 13, 2023 Joint Statement by the Wellesley School Committee and the Wellesley Educators Association Timeline Collective bargaining for all five units of the Wellesley Educators Association (WEA) began in February 2022. While progress… Continue Reading Collective Bargaining Information

Dear Members of the WPS Community: We are writing to inform you that the Wellesley School Committee has filed a strike petition with the Department of Labor Relations this evening to prevent the Wellesley Educators Association from engaging in an… Continue Reading 05-11-2023 Statement from the Wellesley School Committee

Dear Members of the WPS Community, We are writing to update you on the status of collective bargaining with the Wellesley Educators Association, and to share with you a detailed look at the package we presented on behalf of the… Continue Reading 05-09-2023 Update on Negotiations

The Committee has offered significant additional parental leave benefits from the most recent contractual agreement with the WEA (2019-2022), which provided three weeks to the non-birthing parent but 8-12 weeks to birthing and adoptive parents to be paid out of… Continue Reading Parental Leave

Elementary Specialists The WEA initially requested that as of July 1, all specialist teachers at the elementary level (art, music, library, physical education) be guaranteed 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions at each elementary school. The School Committee could not support… Continue Reading Elementary Specialists

The current contract states that at the secondary level, all teachers should be available after their last scheduled class to meet with students who request help. The School Committee has requested that classroom teachers offer and post in advance a… Continue Reading Secondary Office Hours