Wayland Delays Pick To Fill School Committee Vacancy

WAYLAND, MA — A vote to fill a vacancy on the Wayland School Committee has been postponed after one person who applied couldn't attend a joint school committee and select board meeting on Monday.

Five Wayland residents applied to fill the seat left open when Jessica Polizzotti resigned in May: Steven Glovsky; former school committee member Jeanne Downs; Sheetal Acharya; Kenneth Helvig; and Craig Gruber, who ran unsuccessfully for a school committee seat this spring.

Gruber was unable to make Monday's meeting, so officials decided to hold one more meeting to interview him before taking a final vote. That meeting will take place on June 20, Select Board Chair William Whitney said.

Under state law, the school committee and select board must meet in joint session to pick from the pool of applicants. The person picked for the seat will serve the remainder of Polizzotti's term through spring 2024. The interim member can run for a full three-year term in the spring 2024 election.