The Wellesley Select Board this week got an update on a planned Citizens’ Leadership Academy designed to inform and engage residents, inspire more people to volunteer on town matters, and perhaps help town departments to improve their own operations (see Wellesley Media recording of Jan. 27 meeting just after the 2-hour, 56-minute mark). Applications will become available in February for those who live or work in town. The first class will be capped at 25 participants (more details on the plan can be found in documents attached to the Jan. 27 Select Board agenda). Participants will learn from the town’s executive director, clerk, sustainability director, police chief, and many more Wellesley government A-listers. A brief graduation ceremony would be slated to take place at a spring Select Board meeting.