To the editor:
On behalf of the Wayland School Committee, we would
like to offer our congratulations to Wayland teacher John
Passarini on being named Disney's outstanding teacher of
the year.
This honor reflects not just John's valuable
contributions to the system and its children over time,
but as he would modestly be the first to admit, the
support and educational quality characteristic of the
entire Wayland Public School faculty and staff.
John's work in adaptive physical education enriched the
lives of his many students in ways that words cannot
adequately express. His selection from more than 185,000
nominees is an incredible and deserved accomplishment. We
wish John all the best, not only in this his final year of
teaching in Wayland, but throughout his future endeavors.
Jeff Dieffenbach, Lori Frieling,
Robert Gordon, Fred Knight, Heather Pineault
THE WAYLAND SCHOOL COMMITTEE