Norwood annual report 1932-1935, Part 54

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1932
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1450


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18,000.00


500.00


Estimated Corporation Tax (Certified)


43,279.55


41,871.32


1,408.23


Income Tax (Certified)


50,506.93


61,719.87


11,212.94


Emergency Finance Board


16,965.67


7,268.86


9,696.81


Employees' Contributions to August 1, 1933


34,848.21


34,848.21


*Alice H. Plimpton Trust Fund


500.00


3,700.00


3,200.00


Tax on Polls


9,428.00


9,649.00


221.00


Special State Tax (Old Age Assistance)


4,714.00


4,714.00


$565,816.74


$627,882.46


$113,232.97


$51,167.25


Net Charges Plus Overlay Requirements


772,371.05


789,644.60


13,076.73


13,923.94 +


785,447.78


803,568.54


785,447.78


803,568.54


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Valuation 1933-$25,093,917.00 at $31.30 Valuation 1934-$24,955,544.00 at $32.20 +Includes fractional differences of $.02. *On account of money appropriated for library purposes.


1933 $1,228,076.78 34,920.00 20,858.49


1934 $1,308,760.53 38,800.00


Increase $80,683.75 3,880.00


Decrease


TABLE OF AGGREGATES OF VALUATION OF PROPERTY


Assessed under Date of April 1, for the Following Years: 1933, 1932, 1931, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1927, 1926, 1925, 1920, 1915, 1910, 1905, 1900, 1895, 1890, 1885, 1880, 1875, 1872 .


Year


No. of


Male Polls


Valuation


of Personal


Estate


Valuation


of Land


Total


Total


Tax


Rate per


$1,000.00


Horses


Cows


Sheep


Swine


Dwellings


Area of Land


Fowl


1933


4,700


3,145,167


21,948,750


25,093,917


794,847.78


31.30


33


175


13


34


2,581


6,002


2,725


1932


4,656


3,392,537


23,267,729


26,660,266


862,440.51


32.00


39


194


7


46


2,575


6,002


3,646


1931


4,673


3,484,556


23,419,341


26,903,897


789,559.02


29.00


46


188


5


25


2,561


6,096


2,788


1930


4,678


3,770,169


23,262,712


27,032,881


793,309.56


29.00


42


198


7


9


2,510


6,096


2,540


1929


4,612


3,682,860


22,887,390


26,570,250


793,054.68


29.50


48


202


14


3


2,472


6,096


2,835


1928


4,569


5,048,530


22,385,125


27,433,655


804,714.01


29.00


70


209


81


22


2,377


6,096


2,848


1927


4,598


4,827,520


21,637,010


26,464,530


776,667.37


29.00


82


228


4


8


12


2,346


6,096


3,721


1926


4,489


4,620,055


20,767,020


25,387,075


724,893.46


28.20


96


197


6


6


2,286


6,096


2,253


1925


4,497


4,477,510


19,612,360


24,089,870


647,383.68


26.50


114


193


7


7


81


2,203


6,096


2,369


1920


4,143


4,158,640


14,488,848


18,647,488


354,234.78


18.00


147


335


9


15


86


1,904


6,096


1,438


1915


3,296


5,405,900


11,460,934


16,989,234


224,054.57


12.80


283


375


1


10


85


1,759


6,096


4,325


1910


2,545


5,523,645


8,418,385


14,033,280


134,196.17


9.20


370


358


14


17


70


1,286


6,130


375


1905


2,070


1,167,405


4,254,265


5,421,670


98,477.05


17.40


360


375


10


40


1,160


6,135


300


1900


1,670


892,595


3,584,214


4,476,809


83,922.56


18.00


397


328


1 70


20


1,069


6,151


890


1895


1,410


684,795


2,673,970


3,358,765


59,583.00


16.90


358


408


5


202


810


6,162


920


1890


1,096


513,473


2,052,085


2,564,558


45,398.36


16.60


300


410


17


698


6,200


1885


880


447,014


1,618,928


2,065,942


28,618.09


13.00


271


420


7


129


511


6,216


1880


650


456,635


1,338,428


1,795,428


22,486.32


11.80


240


382


1


-


415


6,231


1875


551


448,633


1,343,867


1,792,500


22,195.81


11.80


198


362


354


6,255


1872


472


518,540


1,100,016


1,618,556


19,397.79


11.40


185


405


-


-


320


6,275


1934


4,784


$3,103,604 $21,851,940


$24,955,544


$813,136.54


$32.20


35


154


62


2,591


6,002 3,188


-


-


248


-


-


-


-


and Buildings


Valuation


Neat Cattle


249


EDMUND F. SULLIVAN, TOWN TREASURER January 1 to December 31, 1934


Cash on Hand January 1, 1934


$176,519.54


Received from Commonwealth of Mass .:


Income Tax


59,056.70


Corporation Taxes


38,066.48


Gasoline Tax Refund


130.44


Federal Emergency Relief Fund


7,268.86


Reimbursement Nahatan St. Extension


1,932.19


Received from Norfolk County:


Dog Licenses


849.59


Taxes and Assessments:


Property


757,402.23


Poll


9,152.00


Old Age Assistance


368.00


Motor Vehicle Excise


19,701.29


Moth


481.10


Sewer


2,920.22


Sidewalk


1,087.08


Street Betterment


2,450.63


Park Betterment


186.00


Committed Interest


1,621.23


Costs


1,081.55


Loans Issued:


Anticipation of Revenue


700,000.00


Sewer


.61,000.00


Highway


58,700.00


Electric Light Revenues:


Service Charges


238,620.59


Fees


15.20


Federal Tax


57.58


Water Revenues:


Service Charges


69,548.48


Fees


23.00


Hydrant Rental


5,800.00


Over-deposit on account of service charges


.30


Interest :


Taxes and Assessments


6,409.68


Plimpton Library Trust Fund


682.10


Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund


1,230.47


Anna M. Day Fund


37.50


250


Cudworth Fund


16.25


Electric Service Deposits


443.44


Chickering Fund


8.00


High School English Prize Fund


21.25


Tax Titles


2,056.32


Accrued Interest on Bonds Sold


330.25


Licenses and Permits


17,066.36


Recording Fees


47.25


Fines


785.00


Statements of Liens


25.00


Cemetery, Care of Lots


18.00


Committed Accounts:


Cemetery


7,405.95


Police


695.00


Welfare


13,043.40


Sewer


476.86


Playgrounds


438.75


Fire


26.22


Light


2,125.91


Water


706.75


Forestry


27.75


Public Works


231.68


General Government


39.50


Old Age Assistance


3,197.71


Health


4,422.50


Schools


3,324.87


Town Counsel


7.50


Engineering


5.25


Insurance


35.47


Guarantee Deposits:


Ash Removal


361.50


Cemetery


701.50


Electric


3,683.00


Permits


47.00


Particular Sewer


1,047.05


Water


553.91


Fire


2.50


Departmental Receipts:


Town Clerk:


Marriage Intentions


280.00


Recording Fees


688.07


Dog Licenses


1,162.20


Sporting Licenses


1,271.50


251


Sealer of Weights and Measures


153.21


Health:


Dental Clinic


351.63


Eye Clinic


50.40


Plumbing Fees


192.00


Permits


82.50


Schools:


Lunch Counter


8,189.90


Tuition


2,033.81


Other


537.65


Libraries


613.03


Electric Light


1,094.97


Playgrounds


· 289.60


Public Works


1,145.26


Welfare


24.00


Town Counsel


10.00


24,562.30


Tax Title Redemptions Fees


225.00


Tax Title Redemption, Sec. 63, Chapt. 60


402.89


Fees


3.00


Tax Title Sales


5.00


Contributions


578.16


Return of Land Damage Checks per order of County Com- missioncrs


4,700.00


Sale of East School Property


1,500.00


Refunds:


Public Welfare


115.09


Schools


115.25


Tax Title Foreclosure


26.00


Agency


343.25


Library


12.19


Old Age Assistance


10.00


Soldiers' Relief


268.10


Treasurer's Incidentals


.75


Highway


9.98


Cemetery


4.80


Sewer


4.36


Miscellaneous


55.54


Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests


500.00


Anna M. Day Trust Fund


5,000.00


252


Plimpton Trust Fund: Sale of Securities Premiums


2,500.00 53.57


Reimbursement of Petty Cash Advance:


Playgrounds


20.00


School


150.00


Welfare


15.00


Library


10.00


In Lieu of Taxes


13,000.00


$2,358,184.64


Payments on Accountant's Warrants


2,148,899.42


Cash on Hand December 31, 1934


$. 209,285.22


EDMUND F. SULLIVAN, Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes


I have examined the accounts of Edmund F. Sullivan, Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, and certify that they agree with the records of the Town Clerk and Accountant, and that the cash on hand and as shown and as indicated in the report of the Town Clerk and Accountant.


JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant


EDMUND F. SULLIVAN, COLLECTOR OF TAXES January 1, to December 31, 1934


Outstanding January 1


Abate- ments Refunded


Over-


Outstanding


Levy of 1934:


Property Taxes


$803,568.54


$4,236.62(A)


$600,598.33


$ 11,326.00


$ 20.93


$195,859.90 302.00


Motor Vehicle Excise


20,446.19


668.02(B)


$5.39


18,730.55


1,099.21


1,289.84


Moth Assessments


524.00


360.00


164.00


Sewer Assessments


2,667.04


1,323.56


1,343.48


Sidewalk Assessments


1,198.93


569.37


629.56


Street Betterment Assessments


3,437.64


1,403.69


2,033.95


Park Betterment Assessments


322.00


226.10


95.90


Committed Intereat:


763.82


387.04


376.78


Sidewalk


201.28


90.19


111.09


Street Betterment


1,279.65


445.29


834.36


Park Betterment


80.99


54.24


26.75


Levy of 1933:


Property Taxes


$198,698.56


5,030.88(C)


154,812.27


6,740.53


34,289.64


7,887.00


Poll Taxes


172.00


54.00


$2.00


124.00


104.00


Old Age Assistance


339.00


27.00


6.00


368.00


4.00


Motor Vehicle Exeise


1,240.39


18.55


8.81


966.74


199.90


101.11


Moth Assessments


143.90


121.10


21.80


1.00


Sewer Assessments


1,674.03


1,148.97


10.03


503.83


11.20


Sidewalk Assessments


637.74


480.95


156.79


Street Betterment Assessments


1,032.29


493.74


538.55


Park Betterinent Assessments


95.90


33.40


62.50


Committed Interest:


466.04


340.73


6.15


117.71


1.45


Sidewalk


132.48


103.03


29.45


Street Betterment


367.83


184.36


183.47


Park Betterment


32.50


10.00


22.50


Levy of 1932:


Property Taxes


6,247.33


364.16


$33.60


1,991.63


392.66


4,260.80


Motor Vehicle Excise


113.60


4.00


109.60


Moth Assessments


1.95


7.56


7.56


12.08


Sidewalk Assessments


9.75


9.75


Street Betterment Assessments


10.00


13.00


Committed Interest:


Sewer


2.31


3.11


3.11


2.31


Sidewalk


2.34


Street Betterment


7.92


3.24


4.68


Apportioned Assessments Paid in Advance


Sewer


440.13


Sidewalk


36.76


Street Betterment


469.70


EDMUND F. SULLIVAN, Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes


(A) Includes $3,606.40 to be refunded.


(B) Includes 15.87 to be refunded.


(C) Includes 3,505.60 to be refunded.


Committed


payments Tax Titles Paid After Refunded Diselaimed Abatement Cash


Abatements


Trans- ferred to Tax Titles December 31


Poll Taxes


9,640.00


9,028.00


310.00


1.95


Sewer Assessments


12.08


23.00


2.34


Sewer


253


Sewer


ANNUAL REPORT -of the-


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


-of the-


TOWN OF NORWOOD


Massachusetts For the Year Ending December 31, 1934


257


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


School Committee 1934


Josephine A. Chandler, 100 Walpole Street, term expires 1935. Christine L. Probert, 11 Marion Avenue, term expires 1935. John J. Conley, 13 Central Street, term expires 1936. Gladwin M. Nead, 40 Hoyle Street, term expires 1936. Eugene L. Connolly, 13 Howard Street, term expires 1937. Harold E. Shaw, 220 Walpole Street, term expires 1937.


Organization


John J. Conley . Chairman Elizabeth Zurba Secretary


Standing Committees Educational Program: Mrs. Chandler and Mr. Nead.


Finance Committee: Mr. Shaw and Mr. Connolly.


Janitors, Schoolhouses and Grounds: Mr. Conley and Mr. Connolly.


Appointment of Teachers: Mr. Connolly and Mrs. Probert.


Committee Meetings


The regular monthly meeting of the School Committee is held at the School Committee Rooms, Junior High School, at eight o'clock p. m., on the second Thursday of each month.


Superintendent of Schools


Leonard W. Grant, 414 Prospect Street, Telephone Norwood 1266.


The office of the Superintendent of Schools is at the Junior High School, and is open from 8.00 a. m. until 5.00 p. m. every day except Saturday, when it is open from 8.00 a. m. until 12.00 m. Telephone Norwood 0133.


Clerks


Elizabeth Zurba, 49 Saunders Road, Telephone Norwood 1155-W.


Mabel H. Newark, 36 Berwick Road, Telephone Norwood 1207-J.


SCHOOL CALENDAR 1934-1935


First term begins September 10, 1934, ends December 21, 1934 15 weeks Second term begins January 2, 1935, ends February 15, 1935 7 weeks Third term begins February 25, 1935, ends April 12, 1935 7 weeks Fourth term begins April 22, 1935, ends June 25, 1935 10 weeks First term begins September 4, 1935, ends December 20, 1935 16 weeks


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Holidays


October 12, 1934, Columbus Day


October 26, 1934, County Convention Day for Teachers.


November 29 and 30, 1934, Thanksgiving Recess.


December 21, 1934 to January 2, 1935, Christmas Recess. February 15, 1935, to February 25, 1935, Winter Recess.


April 12, 1935 to April 26, 1935, Spring Recess. May 30, 1935, Memorial Day.


June 17, 1935, Bunker Hill Day.


No School Signal 2-2


Repeated at 7.15 a. m. No forenoon session for any school.


Repeated at 7.45 a. m No forenoon session for first six grades.


Repeated at 12.15 p. m. No afternoon session for any grades below the Senior High School.


Repeated at 12.30 p. m. No afternoon session for first six grades.


Repeated at 6.15 p. m. No session for evening school.


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1934


Financial Considerations


The Annual Report of the School Committee for 1933 dealt with sum- marics of school costs and displayed tables showing comparisons for the period of 1927-1934. At the time of the writing of this report, the School Committec budget for 1935 has been approved in two forms. One arrange- ment is based upon appropriations made for school purposes under one general article of the warrant without any segregation into sub-headings; the other form of budget which has been approved is one which calls for appropriations under sub-headings of the school budget and as will be shown in the following table, is considerably larger.


Table I. Budget A Based Upon One General Appropriation; Budget B Based Upon Segregated Appropriations.


General Control


Requirements for 1935 Budget A Budget B $ 10,175 $ 10,175


Instruction Salaries


249,648


249,032


Textbooks


5,900


7,000


Instruction Supplies


6,263


10,000


Janitors' Salaries


22,155


22,155


Fuel


9,600


9,600


Operation


Power, Light, Water, Janitors' Sup-


plies, Supervisor's Truck


6,160


6,160


Maintenance


3,500


4,950


Auxiliary Agencies


11,275


11,275


Capital Outlay


2,150


2,150


$326,826


$332,497


Difference between Budget A and Budget B-$5,671.


The School Committee under all previous arrangements for the annual appropriation has received one sum for school purposes with the exception of Lunch Counter and Tuition items. This arrangement permits the School Committee to draw upon one sub-heading if a balance exists to cover extra necds or overdrafts under other sub-headings. An example of the use of such a flexible arrangement is shown in the 1934 budget when an overdraft of more than $2,000 occurred under the Fuel sub-heading, which is part of Operation. It will be noted in Table II that the budget for 1934 under Instruction Salaries allowed was approximately $4,000 larger than the amount expended, making this available for other school purposes upon action of the School Committee.


The School Committee, realizing that there usually will be available from some source, money for other purposes which show greater necd,


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have been able to hold the amounts allowed for Textbooks, Instruction Supplies, Capital Outlay and Grounds, down to a minimum estimated requirement. Provided a segregated plan of budgeting is passed, the School Committee feels it necessary to allow a sufficient amount in the budget to cover requirements based upon past experience and definite maximum requirements.


Table II offers the following considerations in the matter of school expenditures.


1. General Control: General Control has been almost a constant since 1928, when a small increase occurred. Under this sub-heading expendi- tures are usually about equal to the amount allowed in the budget.


2. Instruction Salaries: This is the largest provision made for school purposes. It should be observed that in the statistics for the ten- year period as shown, in only one year, that of 1926, was the expenditure greater than the budget provision. In all other years the expenditures were substantially less. This is due to cumulative savings chiefly caused by absence of teachers, whose places are filled by much lower salaried substitutes. Another chief reason for this is the replacement of teachers who resign in June with lower salaried teachers to start in September. There has been no way in any one year of making a smaller budget allow- ance because a full amount of salary must be allowed for each teacher under contract.


3. Janitors' Salaries is an another sub-heading which shows an increase from 1925 to 1928 due to the addition of janitors when the Senior High School and addition to the Junior High School were built. Otherwise increases are due to automatic increases in salary which janitors received. The decreases since 1931 have been due to dropping of two janitorial positions.


4. Fuel: This sub-heading is part of the Operation cost of schools and is variable according to the weather which is experienced. The estimated requirements for the past two years have been too low, substantial over- drafts occurring each year.


The remaining costs of Operation are based upon estimates and have usually shown a slightly larger allowance in the budget than expended. However, the School Committee has felt it necessary due to rentals and other uses of school buildings, the demands of which are variable, to allow a sufficient coverage in the budget.


5. Maintenance: Maintenance, it will be noted, has been overdrawn every year for the past ten. With approximately $3,000,000 worth of school property to be kept in condition, this allowance has never been large enough to meet requirements. In another part of this report it will be explained why the small amount shown in Budget A is being requested this year under the E. R. A. considerations.


6. Auxiliary Agencies: Auxiliary Agencies show a sharp drop from 1928 to 1930. This is due to the cessation of the cost of renting the Nor-


TABLE II. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ALLOWANCES AND EXPENDITURES, 1925-1934


General Control


Instruction Salaries


Janitors' Salaries


Fuel


Other Expense of Operation


Year


Budget


Expended


Budget


Expended $184,233.88


$14,760


Expended $14,436.11


Budget $12,500


Expended $11,028.30


Budget $ 4,450


$ 3,802.08


1926


8,967


8,962.67


205,736


206,376.80


17,536


16,739.02


13,800


12,473.18


5,800


5,795.13


1927


9,500


9,861.94


228,458


223,606.21


21,055


20,816.41


10,750


10,767.58


7,500


7,301.43


1928


9,648


10,313.35


234,958


231,777.94


21,550


22,075.50


10,850


10,131.64


6,700


7,180.89


1929


10,266


10,339.60


244,979


241,052.01


22,800


21,649.11


10,850


9,356.80


7,300


5,995.01


1930


10,064


11,231.24


252,531


247,441.80


24,230


24,011.67


10,300


9,698.16


7,620 .


6,379.75


1931


10,398


10,665.82


254,999


253,713.17


24,455


24,303.83


9,700


8,483.72


7,495


7,495.18


1932


10,479


10,747.58


256,658


253,531.61


23,525


23,462.11


8,965


8,629.16


7,090


6,473.93


1933


10,327


10,490.05


247,560


242,924.53


22,375


22,185.81


8,265


9,363.73


6,010


5,700.84


1934


10,175


10,114.51


248,626


244,322.78


22,155


21,506.66


8,565


11,063.83


6,160


5,253.93


Maintenance


Auxiliary Agencies


Capital Outlay


Textbooks


Instruction Supplies


Year


Budget


Expended


Budget


Expended


Budget


Expended


Budget


Expended


Budget


Expended


1925


$10,825


$11,343.57


$ 17,565


$ 15,660.22


$ 2,000


$ 1,755.23


$ 6,300


$ 6,106.15


$ 7,250


$ 8,226.00


1926


10,670


11,353.70


16,600


16,009.58


6,890


4,880.27


6,865


6,405.29


8,675


9,114.71


1927


12,360


13,599.41


19,575


18,061.77


2,600


4,131.27


6,900


6,707.64


9,055


10,359.32


1928


11,860


13,879.50


20,260


21,484.94


5,250


2,550.04


7,650


7,317.96


10,305


11,635.81


1929


11,550


13,149.40


19,120


19,918.50


4,100


7,700.09


7,650


9,356.99


10,305


11,511.78


1930


8,150


11,564.91


14,550


12,201.58


6,224


8,185.69


7,000


6,950.16


9,194


12,270.89


1931


8,402


12,894.81


13,150


12,771.81


6,024


5,735.16


6,060


6,420.49


8,505


10,899.46


1932


7,710


8,431.57


12,425


12,888.95


3,035


3,834.20


5,650


5,507.06


7,850


9,951.14


1933


6,400


7,098.69


10,689


10,958.09


1,635


4,568.86


5,000


5,224.67


6,636.20


9,712.87


1934


5,100


5,319.44


11,025


10,488.40


1,300


2,172.50


5,450


6,408.03


6,034


11,524.53


1925


$ 8,666


$ 8,803.44


$186,850


Budget


Expended


261


262


wood Civic property for gymnasium and assembly purposes. Otherwise the amount asked for in the budget has usually been very close to the amount actually expended and it has been overdrawn only three times in ten years.


7. Capital Outlay: Capital Outlay has been reduced to a very small amount compared with the appropriations enjoyed during 1926 to 1931. Replacement of new equipment is almost impossible with this small amount, less than forty cents per pupil having been allowed.


8. Textbooks and Instruction Supplies: It should be noted that the · average amount expended each year for the past ten years is $17,161.09. In only 1926 and 1932 has there been enough money appropriated to meet this amount. For these two headings, the School Committee has depended upon receiving assistance from some of the balances which may remain under other sub-headings.


Appropriating for school purposes under Budget A would raise school costs over 1934 only $2,236 and in this amount requested are absorbed all automatic increases for the year, which total $1,638. Appropriating under Budget B would raise, as has been shown, the cost of schools over 1934 by $7,907, which would have to be raised by taxation.


Revision of Rules


Under the direction of the Sub-Committee on Education, the Rules and Regulations of the Norwood School Committee as of January 29, 1925, have been revised and will be published before the close of school in June. In all, forty-one changes were made and several rules and parts of rules were dropped altogether as having become obsolete.


Transportation


The demands upon transportation facilities as now engaged by the School Committee have created a difficult problem. With the increased enrollment in High School, the number of pupils living two miles or more distance from the building has increased proportionately. In addition to this, it is unfortunate that a large number of physically handicapped children have required transportation in the school bus and on all occa- sions these children have been accommodated, although there is no re- quirement at present which would compel the School Committee to furnish means of travel. There is at present a bill pending before General Court which may require towns and cities to transport physically handicapped children to school, regardless of the distance they may live from the school they are entitled to attend.


School Grounds


There has been no appropriation for several years to take care of school grounds. It has been fortunate that money has been available through E. R. A. funds so that several school yards have been placed in excellent condition. This applies to the Callahan, Shattuck and Winslow Schools and a small amount of work which has been done at the Senior


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Table III. Anticipated Receipts 1935


Anticipated Received Anticipated


1934


1934


1935


Tuition-State Wards


$ 1,350


$ 251.23


$ 500


City of Boston Wards


1,200


1,245.60


1,200


Day School


2,500


1,827.84


2,000


Vocational Schools


1,000


725.66


800


State Reimbursement:


Americanization


1,945


1,308.15


1,350


Teachers' Salaries.


26,800


26,891.50


26,800


Manual Arts.


160


166.38


160


Rentals


300


302.00


400


Telephone .


15


16.03


15


Sale and breakage of supplies, text- books, etc.


60


41.24


50


$35,330


$32,775.63


$33,275


Table IV. Enrollment for Ten Year Period-1923-24 to 1933-34 Enrollment


Year


Elementary


Junior High


Senior High


Total


1923-1924


1975


682


310


2852


1924-1925


1985


745


341


3071


1925-1926


2063


802


394


3259


1926-1927


2063


803


394


3260


1927-1928


1974


816


488


3278


1928-1929


1828


886


493


3208


1929-1930


1707


930


513


3150


1930-1931


1570


980


573


3123


1931-1932


1502


937


709


3148


1932-1933


1473


907


747


3127


1933-1934


1384


836


765


2985


% of increase


10 year period


22.58


146.77


4.66


% of decrease


10 year period


29.92


Table V. Teachers Employed


School


1930-31


1931-32


1932-33


1933-34


1934-3


Senior High . .


26


31


31


31


30


Junior High . .


30


31


28


28


28


Elementary . .


59


57


53


53


53


Specials . . . . .


23


23


20


20


20


Total.


138


142


. 132


132


131


264


High School. At the present time the General Manager is planning pro- jects which should take care of the very unsightly and unsatisfactory school yard furnished for the Balch School children. This project would in- clude construction of walks, nothing being provided for this large ele- mentary school in the way of walks at the present time. Another school yard project which is receiving much attention is the provision for parking space for automobiles in the rear of the Junior High School and a resur- facing of that portion of the Junior High School yard at the westerly end of the building bounded by the Parkway ..


School Department Receipts


School Department records show receipts of almost the exact amount which was anticipated in the estimates of 1934. Receipts of $400 for rentals are anticipated for 1935 since the preliminary engagements for the early months of the year have greatly increased in number.


Conclusion


Throughout all our schools, teachers are giving more and more emphasis to the idea of training for citizenship. Citizenship education should start with the first school experience and should continue with different emphases throughout the entire school period. It cannot be incidental in the sense of a class occurrence or a local occurrence or some idea which the teacher may for the moment have. It must be based, however, upon what the good citizen does, what he thinks, what he believes and to what ideals he will give loyalty. Most of this experience, which results in better citizenship, must be planned in advance. It must be organized so that it will actually guarantee participation under the guidance and direction of the teacher to each child, since most recognize that work in all subjects should contribute directly toward development of the child as a social being.


(Signed) JOSEPHINE A. CHANDLER, JOHN J. CONLEY, EUGENE L. CONNOLLY, GLADWIN M. NEAD, CHRISTINE L. PROBERT, HAROLD E. SHAW.


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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


I submit my eighth annual report as Superintendent of Schools.


Budget Considerations


The cost analysis as shown in Table I is covered in the School Com- mittee's report.


Table I-Cost Analysis School Budget Subdivisions for 1934


Allowed Per Cent of


in Budget


Budget


Salaries-Instruction .


$249,032


74.89


Janitors


22,155


6.67


General Control and Health


14,370


4.32


Total for Salaries .


285,557


85.88


Other Expense of General Control.


1,975


.59


Textbooks .


7,000


2.11


Instruction Supplies .


10,000


3.01


Fuel, Water, Light and Power


14,835


4.46


Other Expense of Operation


925


.28


Repairs and Replacements


4,950


1.49


Transportation .


4,300




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