Official reports of the town of Wayland 1954-1956, Part 28

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1954
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 702


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By September 1958 the Superintendent believes that a conservative estimate in the annual increase will be approximately 200 pupils, or eight classrooms per year. It is the Superintendent's belief that this increase will continue until at least 1960, for this estimate is based on children who are already born and who are living in the Town of Way- land. To further illustrate the growth in the school population, the incoming first grade in 1955 totaled 219 children, whereas the 12th grade at the same time totaled 45 boys and girls. It is imperative, therefore, that immediate steps be taken to initiate the building of a new senior high school to be ready for occupancy by September of 1959. It is the Superintendent's belief that the high school could well be a four year high school, containing grades 9 through 12. He estimates that the minimum school population in September of 1959 for grades 9 through 12 will be 375 boys and girls. This, it must be emphasized, is a conserva- tive estimate. At that time the present junior-senior high school could be converted to a junior high school, and grades 6, 7, and 8 could then be housed in the present junior-senior high school. The estimated population at that time for grades 6, 7, and 8 will be a minimum of 537 pupils. Moving grade 6 from the elementary school to junior high school will relieve the elementary schools and possibly delay the con- struction of another elementary school from one to two years. A com- plete breakdown of the estimated school enrollment, by grades, is in- cluded elsewhere in this report.


Whereas, the expansion of the school plant is an immediate and serious problem, there are two other problems which are equally if not more serious in nature.


During the past school year there was a 1/3 turnover in the teaching staff. The Superintendent believes that this problem is one of the most serious of all Wayland's school issues and is one which must


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be corrected at the earliest possible date. The lack of a stable faculty is the number one deterrent to improving the educational program.


The excessive turnover in the teaching staff does not permit the proper development of the educational program as the continuity of subject matter from grade to grade is not carried forward from year to year in the best interest of Wayland's boys and girls. The unity required to build a proper educational program cannot be developed with the rapid change in teaching personnel.


Therefore, in the Superintendent's opinion, one of the most im- portant problems facing the schools is the question of adequate teacher salaries. An adequate teacher salary in Wayland may not be the same as an adequate salary in a nearby town.


Wayland is so situated that an automobile is essential for a teacher. Housing is scarce and cannot be obtained at the same level it is available in most nearby towns. As a consequence only one of four principals and nine of more than sixty teachers reside in Wayland. Faculty mem- bers living outside the Town do not, as a rule, have the same feeling of loyalty to the Wayland schools as those who are active members of the community. The feeling of permanence and of belonging and being an integral part of the community does not exist in the degree it should if the schools are to have the unity of purpose so essential in a proper educational program.


There are on the faculty many excellent teachers who want to become a part of Wayland, but the present salary schedule makes this economically impractical. The solution to this problem is a salary schedule which will attract and retain in Wayland those teachers who will owe their loyalties to the Town above loyalties to any other community.


The press and radio have given a great deal of space and time to the teacher shortage with which the entire country is now faced and will be faced to a still greater extent with each passing year. The teacher needs in Wayland for the next five years will be considerable. Preliminary enrollment estimates for 1960 indicate that the school population will be in excess of 2,400 pupils, a minimum increase of more than 900 pupils within the next five years.


In order to maintain the present standards an additional 36 to 40 teachers will be required, an increase of more than 50% in the faculty in a period of five years. In order to meet the demand for additional teachers, there is a tendency in many areas to lower the standards, however, it is the Superintendent's belief that Wayland does not wish to lower the standards in teacher selection but to improve those stand- ards .. In-service teacher training programs and a more careful selection of teacher personnel are necessary if the educational program is to be improved.


It is essential that the very highest type of teacher be brought into the system to complement the excellent staff which Wayland now has. It is the belief of the Superintendent of Schools, after a careful review of the teaching needs of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, New England, and the country as a whole, that in the foreseeable future not enough fully qualified teachers will be available. In the areas of science and mathematics there will be a shortage of teachers which


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cannot be filled. The man-power shortage exists not only in the public schools, but it exists in almost every phase of our professional and industrial life. In order to attract the very highest calibre of person into the teaching profession, it is essential that salaries be paid which will permit the teachers in a given town to live in that town as a first class citizen. During recent years the School Committee and the citizens of Wayland have made a concerted effort to improve the teachers' salary schedule. It is essential that this schedule be increased still further and at a more rapid rate.


There is a distinct possibility that during the coming years the teacher shortage will make it impracticable to maintain the desirable class size of 25 per classroom. Therefore, it is essential that planning be made at an early date to provide some means of alleviating the teaching load when classes grow to far larger sizes. The School Com- mittee has authorized the Superintendent to set up in the Wayland public schools a pilot program for teacher training in connection with North- eastern University, which will provide well-trained, thoroughly qualified teacher interns to help relieve the anticipated teacher shortage and at the same time provide more and better trained classroom teachers.


The third and most important problem facing the Wayland schools and the Town is the improvement in the educational program.


Wayland's boys and girls are emerging from high school into a highly competitive society. They must be equipped to compete with the youth emerging from the best public and non-public schools all over the country. They must have an adequate academic background if they are to be accepted into the top colleges and universities. Those who leave school and go directly into the professions and trades must be prepared to compete with the best trained youth from the finest schools.


The strength of any school is no greater than the strength of its faculty. No school can be any better than the teaching which goes on in that school.


During recent years the entire curriculum for all grades has been undergoing a marked change. This change is now being accelerated to meet the needs of the boys and girls in the Wayland schools. As an example, the guidance program has been accelerated to meet the indi- vidual needs and provide individual counseling, and academic and voca- tional guidance for all boys and girls. There has been an acceleration in the close cooperation of parents and teachers in order that the faculty and the administration know more accurately the hopes and desires of the parents for their boys and girls.


The year 1955 saw the expansion of the testing program in grades 9 through 12, and also in the lower grades. Strengths and weaknesses in the curriculum are being isolated and corrective measures are being undertaken to build a stronger educational program. Toward the end of 1955 a faculty committee began to study the science curriculum in all grades, and by the end of spring a course of studies for science will have been drawn up and put into effect. Early in 1956 a similar study of the mathematics program will be undertaken ,and it is anticipated that a course of studies which will meet the needs of the present student body will be in operation by September 1956. As soon as the math- ematics study has been completed there will be a complete study of


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the social studies curriculum. This study will in all probability not be completed until the end of the 1956-57 school year.


These curriculum studies are placing and will continue to place a heavy burden upon the faculty. The long work day which now exists will be extended for all members of the faculty. However, this is essential, for the educational program cannot be improved without con- centrated effort on the part of every professional member of the staff.


One important aspect of the school program is guidance. With the expansion of the guidance personnel, considerable improvement has been made in the guidance program. Vocational and academic guidance has been improved with equal weight in both areas, as the present high school student body is almost equally split between academic and non- academic students. Home visitations have been increased and a closer relationship between parent and school has been established.


By taking advantage of the delay in the opening of school in the fall, parent-teacher conferences were held, with the parents of all children in the elementary schools, prior to the opening of school. These conferences were found to be extremely valuable and provided the teacher with essential information needed in dealing with each individual child on a basis of providing the best possible opportunities for the child to learn. This program will be continued next year at the request of the staff.


Part of the guidance program has been concerned with an expanded testing program. In grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 the Iowa Test battery was administered to all students. The results of the tests have been reviewed individually with each student. All parents interested in reviewing the results of the test with the Guidance Department have been invited to do so. In this way it is felt that a considerable improvement can be made in offering each youngster the kind of educational program which will be of greatest benefit to him and better prepare him for the college or university of his choice, or entry into a profession or trade of his choice, immediately upon graduation from high school. Every effort will be made during the coming school year to expand and improve individual counseling with both the student and the parent.


As part of the educational program, the school health program is an essential element, for good health is a vital and determining factor in the educational accomplishments of young people. The School Com- mittee in cooperation with the Board of Health and the Parmenter Health Center have made important strides in improving the school health program. Since September the health program has been as follows:


1. A nurse has been available in each school to examine boys and girls returning to school after being absent with an illness.


2. Nurses are on call to meet all emergencies at any time during the school day. The school doctor is also available if needed. There has been close contact between nurses and faculty.


3. Accumulative health records are being prepared and by the end of the school year each child will have a carefully documented health record on file in the schools.


4. Thorough physical examinations have been given to every child in grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11.


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5. A complete dental survey is being made of all children in grades 2, 5, 8, and 11, with a dental screening for all children in all other grades.


6. There have been vision tests for all children in all grades.


7. There have been hearing tests for all children in all grades.


8. Volunteer women drivers provided transportation for the chil- dren between the schools and Parmenter Health Center. The Superintendent of Schools wishes to thank the drivers for giving so generously of their time.


The nurses will follow up on all youngsters and where deficiencies have been discovered and where preventive and corrective measures need to be taken to remedy these deficiencies.


The Superintendent of Schools is most appreciative of the strong support the community is giving to its schools. It is his belief that considerable progress has been made during recent years in improving the educational offering of the schools, and that the immediate years ahead will see an acceleration in the advancement of sound educational practices. With the proper support Wayland's schools will be on a par with the finest public schools in New England.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD J. ANDERSON, Superintendent of Schools.


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CLASS OF 1955


OFFICERS


President, Edward Francis Powers, Jr.


Secretary, Shirley Louise Stevens


Vice-President, Paul Henry Coyne Treasurer, Arthur Wilbert Holmes, Jr.


GRADUATES


Judith Marie Ahlman


Thomas Brian Longtine


William Butler Archer


Mary Ann Lundy


Neil Dennis Ballard


Anthony Paul MacDonald


Beverly Charlene Berkebile


Patricia Ann Marotte


Franklin John Bigwood


Jacqueline Jean Masse


Elfrieda Louise Boesenberg


David James Meuse


Lenore Adrienne Butler


Mary Evelyn Mussmacher


Maureen Crosby Carroll Paul Henry Coyne


Elizabeth Louise Pettigrew


Richard Francis Crowley


Edward Francis Powers, Jr. Priscilla Reid


Charles McLean Dickie Richard Dana Estey


Karen Patricia Riggs


Donald Raymond Gonsalves


Susan Hamilton Robinson


Sandra Jean Herland


Paul Winfield Shapter, Jr.


Edith Irene Hilton


Timothy Wilder Smith


Robert Warren Hilton


William Louis Smith


Julia Rose Hollis


Joan Spencer


Arthur Wilbert Holmes, Jr.


Shirley Louise Stevens


Catherine Frances Houston


Marion Louise Thorne


Andrew Pitman Kerr


Patricia Ann Wade


Patricia Ann Lacey


David Charles Weeks


Albert Andrew LaBlanc


Carol Faye Yarrish


AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS


The Cochituate Mother's Club Scholarship to Karen Riggs.


The Wayland Women's Club Scholarship to Shirley Stevens.


Kiwanis Club Scholarship to Catherine Houston.


The Junior-Senior High School Parent-Teacher Scholarship to Arthur Holmes, Catherine Houston and Shirley Stevens.


The Bausch and Lomb Science Award to Arthur Holmes.


The Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Award to Shirley Stevens.


The American Legion Women's Auxiliary Social Studies Award to Shirley Stevens.


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Marilyn Elizabeth Payson


INDEX


Animal Inspector, Report of 175


Appeals, Board of 182


Board of Assessors, Report of the 98


Statistical Report 98


Board of Fire Engineers, Report of the 169


Location of Fire Alarm Boxes Red Sheets


Board of Health, Report of the


158


Board of Public Welfare, Report of the 185 Statistical Report 186


Board of Selectmen, Report of the 48


Building Inspector, Report of 167


Cemetery Commissioners, Report of the 164


Chief of Police, Report of 178


Civil Defense Director, Report of 176


Commissioners of Trust Funds, Report of 165


Finance Committee, Report of the 29 Budget for 1956 33


Highway Surveyor, Report of 174


163


Inspector of Plumbing, Report of


Jury List - 1955 115


Mosquito Control in Wayland - 1955


162


Moth Superintendent, Report of


166


Nursing Service, Report from


159


Officers of the Town of Wayland


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Park Department, Report of 171


Planning Board, Report of


180


Public Library, Report of the 172


Results of Town Election, March 7, 1955 120


Road Commissioners, Report of 184


Sanitation Inspector's Report 160


School Department Report:


School Organization, 1955 - 1956 192


School Committee 191


Calendar and Information 193


Class of 1955, Wayland High School 205


Enrollment Forecast by Grade - October, 1955 198 Membership by Age and Grade 194


Organization of Teaching Staff, January 1, 1956 196


Superintendent of Schools, Report of 199


State Audit ... 117


Tax Collector, Report of the


96


Town Accountant, Report of the:


Receipts


50


Expenditures 55


Recapitulation 79


Reserve Account


81


Excess and Deficiency


82


Water Available Surplus


82


Water Rates and Meter Accounts Receivable


83


Water Miscellaneous Accounts Receivable 83


Balance Sheet 84


Town Clerk's Report:


Births 102


Deaths


112


Marriages 108


Dog Licenses - 1955


114


Town Treasurer, Report of 88


Trust Fund Accounts


89


Reserve Fund for Investment


92


Maturing Debt and Interest


93


Insurance


95


Tax Titles


95


Tree Warden, Report of 168


Veterans' Services Department 163


Votes Enacted at the Annual Town Meeting, March 9, 1955 122


Votes Enacted at Special Town Meeting, February 9, 1955 152


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 9


Water Commissioners, Report of 174


Wayland Kindergarten Study Committee 187


Wayland Public Library


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Town of Wayland


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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST


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Town of Wayland MASSACHUSETTS


FOR ITS ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVENTH MUNICIPAL YEAR


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST


1956


MURPHY & SNYDER, INC. - MAYNARD, MASS.


OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND


MODERATOR


Term Expires


Howard S. Russell 1957


TOWN CLERK


Leila Sears


1957


SELECTMEN


Frank S. Tarr


1957


Thomas Francis Linnehan 1958


John R. McEnroy 1959


TOWN TREASURER


Dorothy Small Damon


1957


TAX COLLECTOR


Theodore H. Harrington (deceased) 1957


Walter A. Cheslak (appointed to fill vacancy) 1957


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Norman E. Taylor


1957


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


Ronald H. Wood 1957


J. Sidney Stone 1958


Carlisle D. Scotland


1959


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Cornelius J. Maguire 1957


John Bernard Butler 1958


William A. Waldron


1959


ASSESSORS


B. Allen Benjamin 1957


George C. Lewis


1958


William S. Lewis


1959


WATER COMMISSIONERS


Alfred C. Damon


1957


George K. Lewis


1958


Fern A. Taylor


1959


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TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY


Hugh F. Colliton, Jr.


1957


Egon Weiss 1957


George C. Bogren 1958


Theone H. Morgan


1958


Helen C. Morgan


1959


William R. Hulbert


1959


CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


Warren D. Valentine 1957


Ernest W. Schleicher


1958


Ralph H. Yetton


1959


TREE WARDEN


Charles L. Fullick 1957


HIGHWAY SURVEYOR


Albert E. Potvin 1957


BOARD OF HEALTH


John C. Quinn 1957


Charlotte A. Stewart 1958


David R. Corey 1959


PARK COMMISSIONERS


Nathaniel Hamlen 1957


Frank S. Tarr


1958


Thomas F. Murray


1959


ROAD COMMISSIONERS


George I. Emery 1957


Gustaf M. Blomgren


1958


Ronald S. Campbell


1959


PLANNING BOARD


Edward F. Thorburn 1957


Bruce F. Kingsbury 1958


L. William Bertelsen, III 1959


Katharine Hodges 1959


Frederick G. Perry, Jr. 1960


George F. Bowers, Jr. 1961


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COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS


Allan R. Finlay J. Sidney Stone


Thomas B. Gannett


1959


CONSTABLES all until 1957


Maunsell Blake Babin


Ernest H. Damon


George J. Butler


John P. Butler


Philip R. Gladu Richard A. Gladu


Thomas Francis Linnehan


TRUSTEES OF THE ALLEN FUND


John Connelly 1


Frederic A. Gibbs


.....


1957


George W. Shepard J


MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK


Joseph H. Decatur ?


Thomas F. Linnehan


1957


Arthur Marston


SURVEYORS OF LUMBER


Thomas F. Linnehan (


Arthur F. Marston


1957


FENCE VIEWERS


Board of Selectmen


1957


FIELD DRIVERS


Constables


1957


MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE


F. Clifton Haynes


Ivan E. Beal


John C. Bryant John E. Fitzgibbon


James E. Garvey Paul E. Kohler George J. Monreau


Ronald H. Wood


DOG OFFICER


Ernest H. Damon


.... 1957


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1957


1958


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING


Warren F. Lawrence 1957


DISTRICT NURSE


Mary E. McNeil 1957


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Edward T. Damon 1957


MOTH SUPERINTENDENT


John E. Nelson 1957


FOREST FIRE WARDEN AND OIL BURNER INSPECTOR


F. Clifton Haynes 1957


FINANCE COMMITTEE


Theodore R. Magoun 1957


Georgia V. Alstad 1957


Frank A. Larson 1958


Edward A. Veno


1958


Robert M. Morgan


1959


George Vinsonhaler


1959


BURIAL AGENT AGENT VETERANS' BENEFITS


Ivan E. Beal 1957


ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT 1957


F. Clifton Haynes, Chief


Francis J. Hartin, Asst. Chief


Frank H. Carter, Deputy Chief


George F. Johnson, Clerk Parker H. Groton, Deputy Chief


ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS


and PLANNING BOARD OF APPEALS


Roger E. Ela 1957


George G. Bogren 1958


Frank A. Smith


1959


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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS


Kimball C. Powning 1957


Frank A. Larson 1956


ZONING BOARD INSPECTOR WIRING INSPECTOR BUILDING INSPECTOR


Homer L. MacDonald 1957


PERSONNEL BOARD


John Simoni 1957


Henry G. Pearson, Jr. 1958


Archibald Cox 1959


Theodore W. Fabisak


1960


Edward A. Veno


1961


TOWN COUNSEL WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT


Frank W. Kilburn .... .....


1957


PLUMBING INSPECTOR


Timothy John Daly 1957


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


Leila Sears, Republican (Clerk) 1957


Grace I. Courchine, Democrat 1957


William R. Gallagher, Democrat 1958


Waldo H. Russell, Republican


1959


ELECTION OFFICERS


Precinct 1


Willard B. Dik, Warden 1957


Claire T. Keller, Clerk


1957


Daniel H. Sheehan, Inspector 1957


David R. Turner, Inspector 1957


William B. Ryder, Deputy Warden 1957


Mary S. Trageser, Deputy Clerk 1957


Charles M. Gillespie, Deputy Inspector 1957


Dunbar Holmes, Deputy Inspector


1957


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Precinct 2


Alvin B. Neale, Warden


1957


Madeline T. Hampstead, Clerk 1957


Frank A. Burke, Inspector 1957


Mary E. Payson, Inspector


1957


Parker H. Groton, Deputy Warden 1957


John J. McCann, Deputy Clerk


1957


N. Lawrence Ekdahl, Deputy Inspector 1957


Joseph Germano, Deputy Inspector


1957


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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


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To any of the Constables of the Town of Wayland, in said County: Greetings:


In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Town election to meet at their respective polling places, Precinct I in the High School Gymnasium, Precinct 2 in the Cochituate Grammar School, on


MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1957


at 6:45 o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one member of the School Committee, Tree Warden and seven Constables, all for one year.


One Selectman, one member of the Board of Public Welfare, two members of the School Committee, one Assessor, one Water Commis- sioner, two Trustees of the Public Library, one Cemetery Commissioner, one member of the Board of Health, one Park Commissioner, one Road Commissioner and one Commissioner of Trust Funds, all for three years.


One member of the Planning Board for five years.


All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6:45 o'clock in the forenoon and will remain open continuously until 8:00 o'clock in the afternoon, when they shall be closed.


And you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the High School Gymnasium on


WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1957


at 7:45 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles:


Article 1. To hear the reports of the Town Officers, Agents and Committees and act thereon.


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Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Agents and Committees not elected by the official ballot.


Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town by-law establishing the Wage and Salary Classification Plan, as amended, in any of the following respects, and to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purposes thereof, or take any other action relative thereto:


(a) Amend Article II, Section 1, of said Plan by increasing each hourly wage rate established March 7, 1956, in the sum of 10 cents an hour effective January 1, 1957, and by increasing each salary rate then established in the sum of $300 effective January 1, 1957.


(b) Further amend Article II, Section 1, of said Plan by adding the following new classifications and wage and salary rates effective January 1, 1957:


1 yr.


2 yrs. 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 10 yrs.


Position


Min. after


after


after after after


Fireman (52 hrs. a week)


$3,600 $3,720


$3,840 $3,960


$4,080 $4,200


Board of Health


Inspector (Agent)


$1.80 an hour (part time work not in excess of 65 hours monthly)


(c) Further amend Article II, Section 1, by deleting the rates for Police Chief and Building Inspector and substituting the following effective January 1, 1957:


Position


Min. after


2 yrs. 3 yrs. after after


4 yrs. 10 yrs.


Police Chief


$4,700 $4,820


$4,940


$5,060 $5,180 $5,300


Inspector - Bldg., Wire


$3,050 $3,140


$3,230


$3,320 $3,410 $3,500


(32 hrs. a week)


Junior Clerk - part time $1.30 an hour


(d) Amend Article III - A, Section 1, by inserting the following sentence between the first and second sentences thereof: "The regular work week for firemen shall be 52 hours."


(e) Amend Article V - A, Section 2, by adding the following sen- tence: "In the cases of nurses and the Library staff the Personnel Board may establish a vacation program in accordance with the general custom of such professional groups."


This article has been inserted in the Warrant by the Personnel Board to effect adjustments needed to fit changing conditions in employment of town personnel. The recommendations are made by the Board after soliciting the views of the respective departments and appropriate consultation. The following explanation is offered by the Board:




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