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CLASSIFIED. DIVISION OF THE WORK OF THE ENGINEERING OFFICE REDUCED TO MONEY.
Highway Division, construction, lines and grades, $164 42
Sidewalk
95 79
Water .
174 35
Sewer
191 78
Surface Drainage,
416 49
Record plans .
368 75
Estimates and computations
141 96
General office - deed records, etc.
294 95
Tracings .
43 75
Assessments and assessment plans
95 93
Street sprinkling,
12 75
For abutters, street line or grades
7 69
Wyoming Cemetery
43 09
Sylvan street, special survey
74 19
Street numbering,
8 55
Whittier School-house lot
20 38
New Public Library,
24 38
Total
$2,179 20
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Appropriation, salaries
$2,800 00
Contingent
300 00
-
$3,100 00
Expended:
Salaries, as per pay rolls
$2,179 20
Supplies, as per invoices
256 36
$2,435 56
Balance in treasury:
Account of salaries . $620 80
" contingent . 43 64
$664 44
In conclusion, I wish to thank you for your many courtesies, the Board of Aldermen for their consideration, and all of the assistants and employees of the department for their co-operation. Respectfully submitted, W. DABNEY HUNTER,
Engineer and Supt. of Public Works.
Melrose, Mass., February I, 1904.
INDEX TO PUBLIC WORKS REPORT.
Page
Ashes, Collection of .
112
Engineering
118
Highway Division
76
Appropriations
76
Brooks, Cleaning
79
Catch-basins
79
Crossings
82
Crusher Account
85
General Maintenance and Repair, Cost in Detail
78
Gutters Paved, Cost in Detail
82
Macadamizing, Cost in Detail
81
Roller Account
84 84
Organization
34
Public Buildings and Grounds
113
City Hall, List of Engagements
114
66 6 Expenditures
114 114
City Scales
117
Aldermanic Chamber, Ventilating of
117
Parks
116
Warren School, Plumbing
116
Public Works Office
35
Sewer Division .
62
Bids, Canvass of
63
Buildings Connected, List of .
72
Collections, Statement of
71 62
Cost of System
65
Private Sewers
71
Private Sewers, Summary of .
74
Receipts and Expenditures, Construction
66
66 66
Private Sewers
71
66
66 66
Maintenance
75
Sewers Built to Date
Stock, Purchase of .
70
Stable Account
Statement of Collections
Construction
128
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Page
Sidewalks .
94
Bids, Canvass of
95
Continuous Walks
101
Assessments for
102
Expenditures .
106
Individual Walks
101
List of
102
Expenditures .
101
Present Walks, Repair of
96
Expenditures in Detail
97
Receipts and Expenditures .
101
Street Lighting .
11.1
Street Watering
107
Surface Drainage
S6
Dell Avenue Drain, Plan of
Insert opp. 90
Insert opp. 90
90
Insert opp. 90
Improved Drains, Schedule of
92
.. Summary of
94
Linwood Avenue Drain, Plan of
Insert opp. 90
.. Cost of
Insert opp. 90
87
.. 6. Plan of
Insert opp. 90
.. Cost of
Insert opp. 90
Wells Drain, Plan of
Insert opp. 90
66 66 Cost of
Insert opp. 90
Water Division
36
Bids, Canvass of
41
Construction
49
Financial Statement
37
Fixtures, Summary of
40
Main Pipes, List of
55
Maintenance
51
Meters
43
Metropolitan District
45
Rates
43
Receipts and Expenditures
36
Relaying Pipes
46
Sinking Fund, Statement for
39
Stock Account
53
Stock, Purchase of .
41
.
.
Otis Street Drain, Taking for
Insert opp. 90
Expenditures . Fairmount Street Drain, Plan of 66 .. Cost of
Cost of
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF MELROSE
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1904.
MELROSE: THE A. W. DUNTON PRINTING CO. 1904.
-
IN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
MELROSE, April 4, 1904.
Voted, - That the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools be accepted and printed as the report of the School Committee.
F. H. NICKERSON, Recording Secretary.
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1904.
WINTER TERM.
Begins January 4 and closes April I. Vacation, one week.
SPRING TERM.
Begins April II and closes June 24. Vacation, eleven weeks.
FALL TERM.
Begins September. 13 and closes December 23. Vacation, one week.
HOLIDAYS DURING TERM TIME.
Every Saturday, Washington's Birthday, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day, June 17th, and Thanksgiving Day, with the half-day preceding and the day following it.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1903.
MEMBERS.
Fred L. Wood, 89 East Foster street. Term expires Jan. 1904
Edward B. Marsh, 15 Cass street.
- 1904
Bessie B. Dearborn, 315 Main street 66
66 1904
William D. Stewart, 21 Woodland avenue
66
66 1905
Edward W. Frentz, 76 Cottage street.
66 1905
Sarah A. Day, 45 Ashland street
1905
Susan F. Flanders, 76 Rowe street.
66
66 1906
George H. Hill, 16 Summer street . 66
66
66 1906
John E. Marshall, 76 Lynde street 66
6 6
1906
ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEE.
William D. Stewart, Chairman. Edward B. Marsh, Secretary.
MEETINGS OF COMMITTEE.
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held in the Committee Room, High School Building, on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month except July and August, at eight o'clock, p. m.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
FRED H. NICKERSON, A. M., 492 Lebanon street.
Office : High School Building.
Office Hours : 8 to 9 a. m. on school days, and 4 to 5 p. m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Telephone : 153-2 Melrose.
SUPERINTENDENT'S CLERK.
Helen L. Burr, 119 Wyoming avenue (until July, 1903). Rosetta M. Pendleton, 179 Trenton street (since August, 1903).
SUB-COMMITTEES.
Mr. Hill,
Accounts, Finance and Estimates. Mrs. Flanders,
Mr. Frentz.
Mrs. Dearborn,
Courses of Study and Text-Books. Mr. Marsh, Mr. Hill.
Mr. Wood,
Special Studies.
Mrs. Dearborn,
Mrs. Day, Mr. Frentz.
Rules and Regulations. Mr. Wood, Mrs. Day.
Mr. Marsh,
School Houses and Janitors. Mr. Hill, Mr. Marsh.
Mr. Marshall,
Teachers and Salaries.
Mrs. Day,
Mr. Marshall,
Mr. Wood.
Mrs. Flanders.
Mr. Marsh,
Mr. Frentz.
Visiting Committees.
HIGHLANDS.
Mr. Stewart,
Mrs. Day,
Mr. Frentz.
Mr. Marsh,
Mr. Wood,
Mrs. Flanders.
CENTRE.
Mrs. Flanders,
Mr. Hill,
Mrs. Day.
WYOMING.
Mr. Marshall
High School.
EAST SIDE.
Mrs. Dearborn, Mr. Wood
Supplies and Printing. Mr. Hill, Mrs. Flanders.
REPORT OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the School Committee of Melrose :
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : - The following report is the fourteenth in the series of annual reports by the Superin- tendent of Schools in Melrose, and the sixth that it has been my privilege to submit to this Board.
In order that the development of the school system of the City, so far as it can be shown by statistics, may be easily followed, I have adopted in the preparation of statis- tical tables for the present report the general plan used in my previous reports.
STATISTICAL TABLES. TABLE 1. REGARDING SCHOOL HOUSES AND SCHOOL LOTS.
SCHOOL HOUSES.
SCHOOL LOTS.
Combined Value of
School Houses
and Lots.
NAME OF SCHOOL.
LOCATION.
Date of
Erection.
Material of
which Built.
Method of
Modern
Ventilation.
No. School
No. Rooms in Use
No. Rooms not in
Use Dec., 1903.
Estimated
Square Feet.
Estimated
Value.
High
Brick & Stone Indirect Steam Yes 16*
15§
1
$100,000
116,385
$58,200
$158,200
Franklin ...
. Franklin St. ..
21,752
6,575
36,575
Washington .
Lebanon & Lynde Sts.
1897
=
66
8*
91
0
30,000
30,794
4,000
34,000
Horace Mann. .
Grove & Myrtle Sts .. '83'91t Wood ...
Hot Air
8
8
0
20,000
26,361
4,475
24,475
D. W. Gooch .....
Foster & Florence Sts. '86'93+ Brick ...
Indirect Steam
8
8
0
25,000
27,815
4,450
29,450
Lincoln
Wyoming Ave.
1897
..
8*
8
0
30,000
27,604
6,900
36,900
Mary A. Livermore Main St. ...
1891
Brick & Stone
Hot Air
4
4
0
12,000
26,555
6,650
18,650
Warren .
Warren St.
1893
Wood . ..
66
4
4
66
4
4
0
11,000
26,544
1,600
12,600
Sewall ..
Upham St.
1875?
14,748
7,375
15,375
Whittier .
.
Franklin & Pratt Sts.
1884
4
4
0
7,500
15,000
3,000
10,500
Converse .
Fells
1886
NO
2
1
1
5,000
21,017
1,050
6,050
Ripley ..
Swains Pond Ave ...
1886
66
66
1
1
0
2,200
14,567
575
2,775
West Side ..
.
Franklin St ..
1860?
-
1
0
1
1,000
11,880
3,325
4,325
Totals . ..
80
78₺
3
$295,700
$110,475
$406,175
* These buildings have an assembly hall in addition.
t Enlarged.
# Assembly hall used as a room.
§ One of these rooms is used temporarily by the School Committee.
.
.
.
.
·
·
4
4
0
8,000
18,575
2,300
16,300
Winthrop
Eleventh & First Sts.
1891
Main St ..
1898 1897
Brick ...
8*
8
0
30,000
Value.
Size in
Heating.
Rooms.
Dec., 1903.
0
14,000
66
.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
COMMENT ON TABLE I.
Comparison with a similar table in the report of the pre- vious year shows that there were five more school rooms in use December, 1903, than in December, 1902. It appears also that, if the school population of the City should con- tinue to increase at the rate it has grown during the past few years, the time is not far distant when the capacity of our present buildings will be inadequate for our needs. It is well, however, in this connection to bear in mind that a movement has been started for the establishment of a Catholic parochial school in the City. If that purpose should be accomplished, the immediateness of the need for increased school accommodations in our public schools would undoubtedly be somewhat postponed.
TABLE II. NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, DECEMBER, 1903.
High
Grammar Gr. X-XI-XII- Gr. V-VI-VII- XIII.
Primary Gr. I-II-III IV.
SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Music.
Drawing.
General Assistant.
Males. Females
6
2
0
1
1
. .
10
. .
9
33
42
. .
1
85
Totals . .
15
35
42
1
1
1
95
COMMENT ON TABLE II.
Comparison of this table with a similar one in the pre- vious year's report reveals an increase of five in the number of teachers employed, December, 1903, over the number in service, December, 1902.
Four of the additional teachers have been required by the increased attendance of pupils and the other has been em- ployed as a general substitute to supply vacancies occa- sioned by temporary sickness of regular teachers and, when not thus employed, to assist in overcrowded rooms or wherever any special need might exist.
Totals
VIII-IX.
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TABLE III. NUMBER OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES, DEC. 1903.
HIGH SCHOOL.
SCHOOLS.
Independent
Kindergarten,
Grade I.
Grade II.
Grade III.
Grade IV.
Grade V.
Grade VI.
.Grade VII.
Grade VIII.
Grade IX.
Grade X.
Grade XI.
Grade XII.
Grade XIII.
Post-graduate.
Totals.
High . .
156
112
92
60
6
426
Franklın
Washington,
72
45
39
19
31
51
47
39
80
423
Lincoln
39
38
40
43
24
40
29
44
297
Mann
33
32
38
40
52
51
44
40
330
Gooch
55
36
38
36
35
44
39
39
322
Livern
29
66
46
38
179
Warren
27
33
37
31
128
Winthrop
33
25
31
24
18
131
Sewall .
40
40
49
40
169
Whittier
44
54
43
43
184
Convers»
12
12
9
33
Ripley
9
10
13
32
Totals, Dec., 1903.
364 325 337 276 270 321 264 220 172
156 112
92
60
6 2,975
Totals, Dec., 1902.
324
353 276
243
337
277
247
191 180
150
101
78
50
5 2,812
Totals, Dec., 1901.
356
263 268
317
299 259
231 200
166
114
92
54
44
9
2,672
Totals, Dec., 1900. 132 316
268
304 309 270
255
215 202
139
116
61
50
40
9
2,686
Totals, Dec., 1899. 140 316
320 289 277 265 242 213 158
122
88
59
47
46
7
|2,589
81
69
59
64
48
...
. .
..
...
COMMENT ON TABLE III.
A comparative study of the enrollment in the different grades in December of 1899 and 1903 shows that the com- bined registration in the High School and the three upper grammar grades during the past four years has increased 46%. During the same period the combined registration in the first six grades has increased 11%. In other words the gain per cent. during the past four years in the number of pupils in attendance upon the seven highest grades of the system is approximately four times that in the six lowest grades.
The population of the City during this period has in- creased practically 8%.
..
321
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SCHOOL REPORT.
It would seem, therefore, that something in the manage- ment of our school system has operated to carry our young people farther in their school course than they were accus- tomed to go formerly.
It is not difficult to understand that this rapid filling up of our upper grades tends to raise the per capita cost of education in the City.
To the individual who sees in this increased attendance in our upper grades only the fact that school expenses have been considerably increased thereby, it may appear bad policy for the school administration to encourage young people to carry their school work to the fullest possible length, but to one who has at heart the highest interests of the children and of the community the above showing brings a sense of satisfaction.
It is practically impossible to determine with any degree of accuracy the increased value from an economical point of view that comes to a community in any individual case through additional educational training, but careful study of data for the country at large has demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that the productive power of an indivi- dual, so far as dollars and cents are concerned, is, as a rule, distinctly enhanced by increased educational advantages; and, from the larger point of view, it goes without proof that in proportion as one's breadth of view and sympathy with higher interests are increased by education is he a more desirable element in civic life.
It is unfortunate when a community has in its midst people who, in their consideration of policies relating to the public good, cannot see beyond the immediate aspect of the matter as it appears in terms of dollars and cents. It is still more unfortunate when such individuals occupy positions where action growing out of their belief may interfere with the advancement of the highest community interests. Unquestionably it is the duty of every one con- cerned in the advocacy of policies requiring the outlay of public money to bear in mind that economy is a virtue ; but it is wise, also, to bear in mind that breadth of view is needed to determine what is true economy in many cases, and that there is an economy which in the end impoverishes.
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CITY OF MELROSE
TABLE IV.
AVERAGE NUMBER OF PUPILS PER TEACHER IN THE AVER- AGE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SCHOOLS, DECEMBER, 1903.
GRADES.
High School.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
Summary for All Grades.
19
33
34
35
34
40
38
37
22
28
32
COMMENT ON TABLE IV.
Theoretically we have 32 pupils per teacher in our schools. It is not to be understood, however, that every teacher handles that number. Unfortunately the location of pupils with reference to the school buildings is such that no such uniformity of registration in the various grades is possible. Through conditions beyond reasonable control the registra- tion in the different rooms varies from a minimum of 23 to a maximum of 55.
I have heard it suggestsd occasionally by citizens, who had in mind the theoretical number, but who evidently failed to comprehend the situation as it is, that the Com- mittee ought to economize in the number of teachers employed by combining schools and increasing the number of pupils per teacher.
The folly of this proposition is easily apparent to one who understands existing conditions in the schools. Even if it be granted that such consolidation were possible, the adoption of any such policy would imperil the educational welfare of the children in our schools. It is quite possible for a teacher to "keep" school with a roomful of fifty or even sixty pupils ; but the best educational interests of chil- dren can not be promoted in that way.
Leading educators throughout the country are generally agreed that it is in the interest of true economy in the expenditure of money for school purposes to reduce rather than to increase the number of pupils per teacher as a rule.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
The following statement upon this point by President Eliot of Harvard University well expresses the prevailing opinion among those whose judgment upon policies of school administration should have most weight. He says : "Given better teachers, the next additional expenditure should be due to a large reduction in the number of pupils placed before a single teacher. This number varies from forty to sixty. The higher number is monstrous, and the lower is by far too large. Twenty to twenty-five pupils are quite enough, if there is to be adequate attention to the individual and proper classification of pupils, according to quality and capacity. This is the improvement most urgently needed in the American schools of today."
TABLE V. AVERAGE AGE OF PUPILS IN THE RESPECTIVE GRADES, SEPTEMBER 1903, 1902, 1901, 1900, 1899.
NOTE -- Large figures indicate years, small figures indicate months.
PRIMARY.
GRAMMAR.
HIGH SCHOOL
YEAR.
GRADES.
GRADES
GRADES
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
1903
5.3
6.4
7.4
9.3
10.2
11.3
12.5
13.3
14.3
15.4
16.5
17.6
18.3
1902.
5.7
7.
8.2
9.3
10.6
11.7
12.8
13.8
14.7
15.7
16.8
17.5
18.4
1901.
5.9
7.
8.3
9.4
10.8
11.8
12.9
13.9
14.8
15.9
16.5
17.5
18. -
1900
6.
7.3
8.2
9.5
10.11
11.10
12.9
13.11
14.10
15.7
16.6
17.
18.2
1899 .
6.
7.3
i
8.9
10.
11.
12.1
12.11
14.
14.11
15.8
16.3
17.2
18.6
COMMENT ON TABLE V.
The above table shows that, during the past four years, there has been a reduction in the average age of pupils in every grade excepting the eleventh and twelfth.
This reduction is the direct result of more careful super- vision of promotions and of closer attention by teachers to the needs of the pupils individually, and will undoubtedly tend to prolong the average length of the school life of our young people.
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CITY OF MELROSE
TABLE VI.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, 1902-1903. 1. BY SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
No. of Different
Pupils Enrolled.
No. of Boys.
No. of Girls.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per Cent. of
Attendance.
One-half Day's
Absence.
Tardiness.
Corporal
Punishment.
High .
408
181
227
369.58
351.00 94.97
7,019
274
Franklin
361
165
196
331.25
313.00 94.49
6,194
459
7
Washington
344
159
185
324.29
303.42 93.56
7,665
469
2
Lincoln
334
167
167
333.89
321.78 96.37
4,381
394
Horace Mann.
353
166
187
315.08
279.05.94.28
5,603
677
14
D. W. Gooch.
350
199
151
300.11
283.28 94.39
5,745
188
3
Mary A. Livermore
183
88
95
166.85
158.07,94.74
3,046
180
3
Warren
154
83
71
137.61
126.54 91.95
2,995
220
..
Winthrop
115
51
64
103.50
93.74 90.57
3,150
254
...
Sewall
178
84
94
167.65
155.16 92.55
4,184
251
.. .
Whittier
155
91
64
139.99
127.04,90.75
4,806
154
...
Converse
28
13
15
25.44
23.91 93.98
589
16
...
Ripley
25
16
9
23.92
20.51 85.75
1,056
37
...
Total
2,988 1,463 1,525 2,739.16 2,574.50 93.99 56,433
3,573
29
2. BY GRADES.
No. of Different Pupils Enrolled.
No. of Boys.
No. of Girls.
Average
Average
Attendance.
Per Cent. of
Attendance.
One-half Day's
Absence.
Tardiness
Corporal
Punishment.
High
408|
181
227
369.58
351.00|94.97
7,019
274
.
Grade
IX ..
189
78
111
175.72
167.92 95.56
2,795
225
1
VIII
205
109
96
191.05
182.61 95.58
2,928
157
5
VII.
277
139
138
241.69
230.07 95.19
4,110
303
1
66
VI.
294
133
161
270.02
256.44 94.97
4,922
337
6
66
IV
275
144
131
257.84
242.77 94.16
4,826
407
4
II
349
175
174
319.39
297.47 93.14
7,527
667
66
I .
333
180
153
291.72
261.12 89.51
9,423
338
Combined Grades I-II-III
53
29
24
49.36
44.42 89.99
1,665
53
. ..
Total
2,988 1,463 1,525 2,739.16 2,574.50 93.99 56,433 3,573
29
-
8
V
330
153
177
310.82
294.88 94.87
5,982
447
4
III
275
142
133
261.97
245.80 93.83
5,236
365
...
.
Membership.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
TABLE VII.
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS ON ATTENDANCE.
1. AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP.
SCHOOLS.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1900-01.
1901-02. 1902-03.
High
241.18
220.49
229.19
250.26
264.89
301.49
369.58
Franklin
313.40
315.52
343.63
337.42
338.57
355.42
331.25
Washington
285.56
356.46
332.89
305.52
320.64
328.35
324.29
Lincoln
...
190.79
225.19
292.11
304.98
298.53
333.89
Horace Mann.
328.11
300.79
280.26
298.20
316.58
327.38
315.08
D. W. Gooch
365.83
327.17
297.49
271.05
264.82
289.66
300.11
Mary A. Livermore
176.52
179.35
174.59
170.06
181.86
184.02
166.85
Warren
138.39
110.64
126.43
142.01
153.00
177.62
137.61
Winthrop
150.56
135.34
128.64
113.84
103.84
110.44
103.50
Sewall
170.45
152.32
160.36
164.48
161.58
136.89
167.65
Whittier
133.90
115.02
107.60
114.89
120.31
92.13
133.99
Converse
64.65
50.00
42.96
40.97
37.60
27.36
25.44
Ripley
37.00
36.42
36.16
29.34
30.28
25.60
23.92
West Side Kind . .
15.84
20.82
11.43
Total
2,505.55 2,506.15
2,506.21
2,540.57
2,598.95
2,654.89
2,739.16
2. AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.
SCHOOLS.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1900-01.
1901-02.
1902-03.
High
229.60
212.17
220.73
239.56
251.78
289.01
351.00
Franklin
292.05
296.79
322.89
314.36
314.31
332.84
313.00
Washington
252.20
330.91
310.12
286.75
296.88
305.68
303.42
Lincoln
178.41
206.91
270.72
286.49
287.12
321.78
Horace Mann
287.10
284.93
270.55
284.23
302.82
311.81
297.05
D. W. Gooch.
332.10
307.33
282.44
258.76
253.04
275.17
283.28
Mary A. Livermore
164.70
170.59
168.56
163.92
174.71
174.45
158.07
Warren
128.75
104.96
120.33
136:12
145.12
166.05
126.54
Winthrop
130.60
125.52
120.87
106.63
97.50
102.23
93.74
Sewall
144.50
124.79
144.58
148.93
148.04
123.29
155.16
Whittier
112 50
104.90
98.46
105.57
105.98
82.87
127.04
Converse
56.00
47.87
41.76
40.02
36.11
25.37
23.91
Ripley
30.60
31.16
31.54
26.56
27.29
22.27
20.51
West Side Kind. ..
..
13.59
17.76
9.76
Total.
2,260.70 2,343.90 2,357.50
2,391.89
2,440.07
2,498.16
2,574.50
. .
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CITY OF MELROSE
3. PER CENT. OF. ATTENDANCE.
SCHOOLS.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1900-01. 1901-02.
1902-03.
High
95.20
96:22
96.31
95.72
95.05
95.65
94.97
Franklin
93.19
94.06
93.96
93.23
92.83
93.65
94.49
Washington
91.32
92.83
93.16
93.86
92.59
93.07
93.56
Lincoln
...
93.45
91.88
92.68
93.94
96.18
96.37
Horace Mann
87.50
94.73
96.54
95.32
95.65
95.00
94,28
D. W. Gooch
90.78
93.94
94.94
95.47
95.55
95.24
94.39
Mary A. Livermore
93.19
93.17
96.54
96.39
96.07
94 26
94.74
Warren
93.03
94.87
95.18
95.85
94.85
93.49
91.95
Winthrop
86.74
92.74
93.95
93.67
94.85
92.57
90.57
-ewall
84.78
88 46
90.16
90.55
91.62
90.00
92.55
Whittier
83.27
91.20
91.51
91 89
88.16
89.95
90.75
Converse
86.62
95.74
97.21
97.68
96.01
92.43
93.98
Ripley
82.70
85.51
87.22
93.72
90.13
86.99
85.75
West Side Kind . .
...
94.48
85.31
84.51
....
. .
. .
Total.
90.23
93.53
94.07
94.15
93.88
94.10
93.99
COMMENT ON TABLE VII.
Reference to the above table reveals an increase of 3 1 /5 % in the average membership of the schools during the past year. This is the largest increase that has been made during any previous year of my service in the City.
While there appears a decrease of about one-tenth per cent. in the regularity of attendance during the past year, it will be noted that the rate is 3 7/10 higher than in 1897, the year before I became connected with the schools.
It is interesting to note also that the regularity with which pupils attend school in Melrose is 2% above the average for the State.
Attention has been called in previous reports to the value to the schools of this improvement in attendance.
TABLE VIII. SCHOOL CENSUS AND ENROLLMENT.
No. of persons between 5 and 15 years of age residing in the city September 1, 1903. .. 2,717 No. of persons between 7 and 14 years of age residing in the city September 1, 1903. .1,977 No. of different pupils enrolled during the school year from Sep- tember 1902 to June 1903. · 2,988
SCHOOL REPORT. 145
No. of pupils over 15 years of age enrolled during the school year, 1902-1903 500
No. of pupils between 5 and 15 years of age enrolled during the school year, 1902-1903. 2,460
No. of pupils between 7 and 14 years of age enrolled during the school year, 1902-1903. · 1,686 No. of pupils under 5 years of age enrolled during the school year, 1902-1903. 28
TABLE IX. ANNUAL FINANCIAL EXHIBIT FOR 1903. 1. GENERAL STATEMENT. Receipts.
Regular appropriation for 12 mo. from Feb. 1, 1903 to Feb. 1, 1904. $84,049 00
Expenditures.
Salaries (teachers, janitors, superintendent, clerk) $63,563 33
Books and supplies
6,299 38
Fuel
6,699 15
Repairs
3,875 77
Miscellaneous
1,740 41
Furniture
821 68
Transportation
527 00
Advertising and printing. 350 00
98 60
High School and teachers' libraries
Total expenditure for 12 mo. from Feb. 1, 1903 to Feb. 1, 1904
$83,975 32
Unexpended balance $73 68
2. AVERAGE EXPENDITURE PER PUPIL. Based on the average membership of the schools for the financial year
(2771.03).
For teaching. $20 20
Supervision (superintendent and clerk) .
93
Books and supplies .
2 27
Janitors
1 80
Fuel
2 41
Miscellaneous 63
19
Transportation
12
Advertising and printing .
03
High school and teachers' libraries.
Total cost, excluding repairs, furniture and new buildings $28 58
For furniture 29
Repairs 1 40
Total cost for all purposes. $30 27
TABLE X.
COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL EXHIBIT COVERING THE PERIOD SINCE MELROSE BECAME A CITY.
1. GENERAL STATEMENT,
1900
1901
1902
1903.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation for year ...
$77,000.00
$77,000.00
$78,589.00
$84,049.00
Receipts for Tuition, etc
1,176.08
1,932.11 2,450.00
2,658.33
.
Total Amount Available .
$78,176.08
$81,382.11
$81,247.33
$84,049.00
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries
$60,141.47
$61,384.35
$62,268.01
$63,563.33
Books and Supplies.
5,123.00
5,799.26
5,199.95
6,299.38
Fuel
7.060.08
7,449.89
6,541.67
6,699.15
Repairs
2,681.89
3,700.00
3,831.17
3,875.77
Miscellaneous
1,771.87
1,478.62
1,878.65
1,740.41
Furniture .
1,036.07
599.71
600.00
821.68
Transportation
480 00
509.00
527.00
Advertising and printing .
361 70
270.95
251.75
350.00
High school and teachers' libraries
99.76
99.85
98.60
Total Expenditure. Unexpended balance.
$78,176.08
$81,262.54
$81,180.05 67.28
$83,975.32
119.57
73.68
Excess of expenditure
I46
CITY OF MELROSE
.
Supplementary Appropriation .
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