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TRUANT OFFICER.
I. It shall be the duty of the truant officer to investigate fully each case of truancy, to take such action as the circum- stances warrant and the law directs, and to report the results of his investigation to the teacher and to the superintendent.
2. He shall exert all possible influence with the parents and guardians to secure the regular attendance of their chil- dren.
3. He shall present an annual report of his doings to the school committee on the Ist day of March of each year, giving the number of cases investigated and the action taken thereon, together with such additional information as he may deem advisable, or the school committee may require.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The following directions conform to and are designed to aid in complying with the law relating to medical inspec- tion, Chapter 502, Acts of 1906.
I. The teacher shall give the tests for sight and hear-
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ing and send notices to parents or guardians according to the directions in Portfolio A-XIII-1, 2.
2. Each teacher shall immediately refer to the school physician each child "who shows signs of being in ill health or of suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, unless he is at once excluded from the school." (Sec. 3, Chap. 502.)
3. Whenever a teacher excludes a pupil from school be- cause he shows signs of being in ill health or of suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, he shall send notice to the parent or guardian and to the superintendent of schools. In the case of any infectious or contagious disease the super- intendent of schools shall at once notify the board of health. (Sec. 4, Chap. 502.)
4. Each teacher shall refer to the "school physician for examination and diagnosis every child returning to school without a certificate from the board of health," or from the attending physician, "after absence on account of illness" from any infectious or contagious disease "or from unknown cause." (Sec. 3, Chap. 502.)
5. The "school physician shall make a prompt examina- tion and diagnosis of all children referred to him" and shall send a "notice of the disease or defects, if any, from which the child is found to be suffering to his parent or guardian." (Secs. 2 and 4, Chap. 502.)
6. The school physician shall make "such further exam- ination of teachers, janitors, and school buildings as in his opinion the health of the pupils may "require." (Sec. 2, Chap. 502.)
7. Whenever a child is examined by the school physi- cian and found to show "symptoms of small pox, scarlet fever, measles, chicken pox, tuberculosis, diptheria or influ- enza, tonsilitis, whooping cough, mumps, scabies, trachoma," or pediculosis, "he shall be sent home immediately, or as soon as a safe and proper conveyance can be found, and the board
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of health shall be notified" by the school physician. (Sec. 4, Chap. 502.)
8. The school physician shall keep a record and report to the school committee the result of each examination and diagnosis as required by section 2 of chapter 502, Acts of 1906.
9. The superintendent of schools shall keep on file a record of all reports made to the school committee by the school physician.
Note :- When a child who has been ill with scarlet fever returns to school within a period of eight weeks from the beginning of his illness, he may be referred to the school physician even though he should bring a certificate of re- covery. This should be done in every case when it appears that the desquamation has not entirely ceased.
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Extracts from School Laws.
EXTRACTS FROM SCHOOL LAWS.
ATTENDANCE. (Revised Laws, Chapter 44.)
By chapter three hundred and twenty, Acts of 1905, sec- tion one of Chapter forty-four, is amended, in part, as fol- lows :---
From section 1. "Every child between seven and four- teen years of age, and every child under sixteen years of age who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language, shall attend some public school in the city or town in which he resides during the entire time the public schools are in session " Every person hav- ing under his control a child as described in this section shall cause him to attend school as herein required, and if he fails for five day sessions or ten half-day sessions within any period of six months . . to cause the child to attend school he shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars .
The attendance of a child shall not be required: (a) "If attending a private day school approved by the school com- mittee," or is being "otherwise instructed in the branches of learning required by law"; (b) "If he has already acquired such branches of learning"; (c) "If his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance in- expedient."
TRUANCY. (Revised Laws, Chapter 44.)
From section 3. "A child between seven and fourteen
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years of age who wilfully and habitually absents himself from school shall be deemed to be an habitual tru- ant, and may, if a boy, be committed to a county truant school and, if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls
From section 4. "A child between seven and sixteen years of age who may be found wandering about the streets or public places, . having no lawful occupation, habitually not attending school, and growing up in idleness and ignorance, shall be deemed to be an habitual absentee,
and is liable to commitment as in section three.
From section 5. "A child under fourteen years of age who persistently violates the reasonable regulations of the school which he attends, or otherwise persistently misbehaves therein, so as to render himself a fit subject for exclusion therefrom, shall be deemed to be an habitual school offender ." and be liable to commitment as in section three.
EMPLOYMENT.
(Revised Laws, Chapter 106.)
By chapter two hundred and sixty-seven, Acts of 1905, section twenty-eight of chapter one hundred and six is amended so as to read, in part, as follows :
Section 28. No child under the age of fourteen years and no child who is over fourteen and under sixteen years of age who does not have a certificate as required . certifying to the child's ability to read at sight and to write legibly simple sentences in the English language shall be employed in any factory, workshop or mercantile establish- ment.
2. No certificate (age and schooling) shall be approved by any person for a minor under the age of six- teen years who intends to be employed in a factory, workshop or mercantile establishment, unless such person is satisfied
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that such minor is able to read at sight and to write legibly simple sentences in the English language.
From section 29. "No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed in a factory, workshop or mercantile es- tablishment unless his employer procures and keeps on file "
an age and schooling certificate.
From section 30. "An age and schooling certificate shall be approved only by the Superintendent, or by a person author ized by him in writing
From section 32. "The age and schooling certificate of a minor under sixteen years of age shall not be approved and signed until he presents to the person who is authorized to approve and sign it an employment ticket duly filled out and signed . . .
Children between fourteen and sixteen years of age who apply for an age and schooling certificate must bring an em- ployment ticket properly filled out by their intending employ- er and be accompanied by employer or custodian. Employ- ment ticket blanks may be procured from the superintendent.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. (Revised Laws, Chapter 75.)
From section 51. "The board of health shall give immediate information to the school committee of all contagious diseases . . reported to them."
(Revised Laws, Chapter 44.)
By chapter three hundred and seventy-one, Acts of 1906, section six of chapter forty-four is amended to read as fol- lows :
Section 6. "A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate signed by a regular practicing physician that he is not a fit subject for vaccination. A child who is a member of a household in which a person is ill with small-
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pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, or any other infec- tious or contagious disease, or of a household exposed to such contagion from another household as aforesaid, shall not attend any public school during such illness until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the city or town, or from the attending physician of such person, stating that the danger of conveying such disease by such child is passed."
MEDICAL INSPECTION. (Acts of 1906, Chapter 502.)
From section I. "The school committee of every city and town in the Commonwealth shall appoint one or more school physicians, shall assign one to each public school within its city or town, and shall provide them with all proper facilities for the performance of their duties
From section 2. "Every school physician shall make a prompt examination and diagnosis of all children referred to him as hereinafter provided, and such further examination of teachers, janitors and school buildings as in his opinion the protection of the pupils may require."
From section 3. "The school committee shall cause to be referred to a school committee for examination and diagnosis every child returning to school without a certificate from the board of health after absence on account of illness or un- known cause; and every child in the schools under its juris- diction who show signs of being in ill health or of suffering from infectious or contagious disease, unless he is at once ex- cluded by the teacher "
From section 4. "The school committee shall cause no- tice of the disease or defects, if any, from which any child is found to be suffering to be sent to his parent or guardian. Whenever a child shows symptoms of smallpox, scarlet fever, measles, chicken pox, tuberculosis, diphtheria or influenza,
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tonsilitis, whooping cough, mumps, scabies, or trachoma, he shall be sent home immediately, or as soon as safe and proper conveyance can be found, and the board of health shall at once be notified."
From section 5. "The school committee of every city and town shall cause every child in the public schools to be separately and carefully tested and examined at least once every school year to ascertain whether he is suffering from defective sight or hearing or from any other disability or defect tending to prevent his receiving the full benefit of his school work, or requiring a modification of the school work in order to prevent injury to the child or to secure the best educational results. The tests of sight and hearing shall be made by teachers. The committee shall cause notice of any defect or disability requiring treatment to be sent to the parent or guardian of the child, and shall require a physical record of each child to be kept in such form as the state board of education shall prescribe."
From section 7. "The expense which a city or town may incur . shall not exceed the amount appropri- ated for that purpose . The appropriation shall pre- cede any expenditure or any indebtedness which may be in- curred under this act, and the sum appropriated shall be deemed a sufficient appropriation
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WAYLAND MANUAL TRAINING FUND.
Financial Report.
Receipts
1907 July 8 The Play (June 22d and 24th, 1907 $120.25
Sept. 23 Mr. Francis Shaw, contributed 50.00
Nov. 15 Concert, Cochituate 59.59
Nov. 15 Mrs. W. A. Bullard, contributed 5.00
Dec. 10. Mr. Wallace S. Draper, contributed 20.00
Dec. 14 J. B. Hunter & Co., contributed
5.00
1908 Feb. 3 Concert, Wayland
45.00
Feb. 28 Dance, Wayland
20.00
$324.84
EXPENDITURES.
1907 Sept. 16 Clark & Smith Co.
$6.77
Nov. 14 Philip E. Perry 50.00
Dec. 10 Philip E. Perry 70.00
Dec. 14 J. B. Hunter & Co. 125.00
Feb. 4 Philip E. Perry 40.00
$291.77
Balance, February 29, 1908
$33.07
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Financial Statement.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Fiscal Year, March 1, 1907, to March 1, 1908.
The following-named amounts were approved for payment to the persons, firms and corporations against whose names they are sever- ally set, from the school accounts as indicated, viz. : -
WAGES, FUEL AND CARE ACCOUNT.
Harold M. Jones
$486 00
Bessie M. Brackett
444 40
Marion D. Ames
564 88
Helen L. Russell
220 14
Olive P. Ladd .
144 90
Carolyn B. Baston
32 00
Frank Y. Hess
600 00
Gertrude A. Heath
197 48
Mary M. H. Milliken
278 88
Ethel F. Smith .
138 00
Marie L. Leach
423 40
Grace C. Loker
440 36
Monica Hall
2 20
Ruth Sargent
2 00
Florence McMullen
2 00
Mary D. Fullick
427 16
Mary W. Foley
156 20
Jessie L. Hale .
284 16
Meritt Jenkins .
856 15
Mary J. Stickney
200 00
.
Ethel M. Hayden
4 20
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Agnes E. Boland
$180 00
Florence Benedict
93 60
Florence M. Rose
252 48
Annie Sherer
11 00
Edith Hart
121 00
Mabel F. Small
2 10
Margaret E. Kerrigan
252 48
Josephine L. Pope
100 00
Una G. Dawson
23 68
Mary E. Callahan
9 44
Beatrice C. Springer
35 00
Alta M. Eaton
143 00
Mary E. Frye .
.
210 40
Abbie F. Burns .
200 00
Ellen B. Ferguson
23 60
J. Charles Vincent
399 96
John F. Burke .
499 92
S. Rodman Snelling .
642 26
Jonathan M. Parmenter
77 63
Isaac Damon
13 50
Nelson Matthews
3 50
$9,199.14
TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS ACCOUNT.
Natick and Cochituate Street Railway Co. . $546 25
William Wheeler
532 00
Alexander Holmes
271 60
E. J. Gazzard
183 00
Matthew Temple
142 00
Louis Buoncore
.
228 00
$1,902.85
REPAIRS ON SCHOOL BUILDINGS ACCOUNT. Kopff & King . $90 00 ·
Chandler & Farquhar Co. . . 5 32
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Financial Statement.
E. W. Small
$7 10
Fuller & Warren Co.
6 07
Fiske & Co.
20 64
D. J. Foley
5 00
James McDonald
2 00
Isaac Damon
3 00
Fittz & Barker .
10 48
Union Lumber Co.
26 16
Milton Bradley Co.
7 82
French Brothers
24 60
John F. Burke .
2 40
$210 59
SCHOOL SUPPLIES ACCOUNT.
F. S. Webster Co.
$3 25
Hinds & Noble .
84
C. C. Birchard & Co.
5 27
Edgar S. Werner & Co.
5 36
A. C. Lawrence Leather Co.
3 52
J. L. Hammett Co.
6 40
Burdett College
3 36
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
50 42
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
216 86
Carter, Rice & Co.
10 47
Milton Bradley Co. .
152 15
American Book Co. .
19 62
Adams, Cushing & Foster
1 35
A. B. Dick Co.
15 00
Ginn & Co. 104 74
Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co.
14 70
Edward E. Babb & Co.
66 91
D. C. Heath & Co. .
34 75
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
1 70
Oliver Ditson Co.
23 43
Silver, Burdett & Co.
.
7 16
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Arthur W. Hall Scientific Co.
$16 45
Thorp & Martin Co.
6 10
The Macey Co.
6 60
Dement Publishing Co.
10 96
$787 37
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.
C. S. Williams
$4 42
Jordan Marsh Co.
2 25
American Express Co.
12 79
W. C. Neal
5 00
Jewell & Andrews
10 50
J. Frank Facey .
4 50
S. C. Hutchinson
15 27
Isaac Damon
4 10
Standard Oil Company of New York
2 50
Natick Review Publishing Co.
13 85
Alfred B. Underwood
2 20
Mrs. John F. Burke
12 60
Joseph Lemoine
2 70
John H. Tearle
3 70
Meritt Jenkins .
1 80
Gertrude A. Heath
1 24
Edward M. Bennett
1 35
Harry E. Carson
1 20
Fiske & Co.
6 93
Quincy E. Brewster
33 81
Cecil T. Bagnall
8 20
J. Charles Vincent
11 86
Nelson Matthews
2 00
John F. Burke
11 59
$176 36
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Financial Statement.
INCOME OF STATE SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT.
John F. Burke .
$22 50
S. Rodman Snelling ·
266 31
American Express Co.
8 60
Albee Stove Co.
16 95
American Seating Co.
1 00
Edward M. Bennett
5 28
C. L. Chase & Son
12 50
Remington Typewriter Co.
2 20
Thomas J. Russell
2 20
F. L. Noble
6 95
Fiske & Co.
23
E. D. Curtin
5 75
Pettingell-Andrews Co.
6 45
William F. Garfield
1 50
James H. Lee
37 59
American Book Co.
48 26
Ginn & Co.
99 39
Cecil T. Bagnall
5 00
Henry Holt & Co.
1 36
Carter, Rice & Co.
2 50
Robinson & Jones Co.
60
Oliver Ditson Co.
9 24
Rand, McNally & Co.
44 38
Howe & Co.
25
Warren Lawrence
1 00
Globe Stamp Works .
1 85
Longmans, Green & Co.
3 90
D. C. Heath & Co.
41 09
Edward E. Babb & Co.
124 52
Harrison Bros. & Co.
1 00
S. C. Hutchinson
31 65
N. R. Gerald
4 23
Little, Brown & Co.
10 64
The Macey Co.
63
Milton Bradley Co.
12 55
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Perry Mason Co.
$15 75
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
61 72
Silver, Burdett & Co.
18 59
Bessie M. Brackett
50 00
$986.11
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS ACCOUNT.
Dr. William H. Sayward, Jr. . $50 00
$50 00
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Table of Contents.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Report of School Committee 3
Report of Superintendent of Schools
6
Report of the Principal of the High School
23 Report of the Principal of the Cochituate Grammar School 26
Report of the Supervisor of Drawing . 28
Report of the Supervisor of Music
30
Report of the Instructor of Manual Training
32
Report of the School Physician
33
Report of Truant Officers
36
School Calendar, 1907-8
39
Statistics .
41
Teachers .
42
Attendance Statistics
43
Rank of School in Attendance
44
Roll of Honor
45
Grammar School Graduation
50
Wayland Grammar School Graduates
52
Wayland High School Graduation and Graduates Rules and Regulations
53
Extracts from School Laws
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Wayland Manual Training Fund ·
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Financial Statement .
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