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Upon this study the committee begs leave to submit the following report and recommendations.
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
The committee's recommendations are set forth below in the full report together with an explanation and statement of the reasons for each. The recommendations may be summarized as follows:
A.
The traditional form of New England Town Government should be retained.
B.
An Executive-Secretary should be appointed pursuant to General Laws ch. 41, §23A, to act for the Selectmen in any matter which they may assign to him relating to the administration of the affairs of the town and, with the approval of the Selectmen, to perform similar executive and administrative duties on behalf of other boards.
The Executive-Secretary would be the senior executive and administrative official in the town government, subject to the directions of the Selectmen. He should relieve the Selectmen of unnecessary detail by gathering information and holding preliminary discussions with citizens in preparation for Selectmen's meetings, by disposing of routine matters, and by acting for the Selectmen in the initial handling of complaints and requests for assistance.
The Executive-Secretary should also perform similar executive and administrative duties for the Highway Commissioners, Planning Board and other town agencies requiring assistance. He should superintend the preservation of town records and the keeping of books and accounts, all in the new Town Hall, and he should therefore be in charge of all administrative and clerical employees.
The appointment of an Executive-Secretary to whom these tasks were assigned would relieve elected officials of burdensome routine and
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enable them to concentrate on important decisions and long range policies. It would provide greater assurance that the decisions of elected officials were carried out in day to day operations. It would centralize and thereby strengthen and improve "housekeeping" and other administration; for like reasons it would point the way to greater coordination of the work of the several boards and departments. It would provide citizens with one responsible official, on duty daily in the Town Hall, with whom they could take up any problem relating to town services. Finally and most important, the appointment of an Executive- Secretary would provide the Selectmen with better facilities for the over-all coordination of town affairs.
In order to carry out this recommendation the Town should vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint an Executive-Secretary pursuant to General Laws, ch. 41, §23A.
An appropriate salary cannot be fixed for the position without more knowledge concerning both the exact duties to be delegated and the qualifications of the available men. Consequently, an appropriation should be made in the budget for 1957 but the salary should be fixed by the Personnel Board when more details are available, in accordance with the Wage and Salary Classification Plan and subject to the action of the Town at the next annual meeting.
C.
More adequate engineering services should be made available to the Selectmen, the Planning Board and the Highway and Water Commis- sioners either by employing a Town Engineer or by contracting for the regularly assigned time of a professional engineer associated with an established firm.
The choice of alternatives depends upon the relative cost and qualifications of the men available under either method. The decision should be made by the Selectmen and Finance Committee upon the recommendation of the present committee, but an adequate appropria- tion should be included in the budget for 1957.
The provision of adequate professional engineering services would facilitate the work of the Highway Department in bringing town roads up to the needs of a growing community. It would relieve the Planning Board of technical engineering details for which it has neither training nor experience. It would supply the professional field work necessary to make sure that developers actually carry out the plans approved. Conversely, it would enable the Planning Board to give much better service to contractors and private home builders interested in Wayland.
D.
The Town should accept the provisions of General Laws, ch. 48 § §42, 43 and 44, and place the Fire Department under control of a Chief of the Fire Department, appointed by the Selectmen. The Chief of the Fire Department would be a full-time officer. He would supplant the Board of Engineers and perform all the functions previously performed by the Chief or Assistant Chief, the Clerk or Assistant Clerk, or any other engineer or Fire Department official. The budget should appropriate money for a salary commensurate with the salary of the Chief of Police.
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Virtually all up-to-date communities have placed their permanent fire departments under a single full-time chief instead of a board of engineers.
E.
The Tax Collector should be designated Town Collector and charged with sole authority and responsibility for receiving all monies due the Town except payments from other governmental units and pay- ments due the Board of Public Welfare.
The offices of Tax Collector and Treasurer should be combined at an appropriate future date such as might occur if the town should lose the services of either incumbent.
These changes would eliminate unnecessary paper work and provide for the safer handling of town monies.
F.
All town records, payrolls and books of account (except those of the Board of Public Welfare) should be kept in the new Town Hall unless absolutely necessary for use in the field in the conduct of town business. Similarly, all clerical work should be performed in the Town Hall under the direction of the Executive-Secretary.
This recommendation serves three purposes. First, it reduces the risk of loss or destruction. Second, it will be more convenient for citizens to know that they can find all records in a central location. Third, centralization would provide the economies and efficiency of proper office management.
G.
The committee should be continued for the following purposes -
(1) Assisting town boards and departments in carrying out the recommendations of this report;
(2) Investigating the alternative methods of obtaining the services of a professional engineer and making a recommendation to the Selectmen and Finance Committee;
(3) Studying methods of securing better health services at lower cost with special reference to the possibility of joining the Weston- Wellesley health unit or a similar cooperative arrangement with other neighboring communities;
(4) Studying the opportunities for the coordination of fire and police protection including the joint operation and/or use of facilities ;
(5) Reporting to the Town at the next annual meeting on the progress made in carrying out the recommendations now presented.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS F. LINNEHAN ROBERT R. MILLER ROBERT M. MORGAN CAROLINE L. WHITSIDE ARCHIBALD COX, Chairman
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The mechanical rabbit of better schools continued to race in front of your School Committee in 1956, as it has in years past and, let us hope, always will. This year, however, we believe the elusive creature's lead was cut by several paces.
Most dramatic step in the constant effort to edge up on our quarry was the Town's vote February 15 to acquire six school sites, thereby providing land for the schools' inexorable expansion and setting a widely publicized example of intelligent planning and action for other communities in the Commonwealth. Major credit for this step belongs to the painstaking work of the School Site Committee.
Construction of elementary schools on two of those sites was authorized by the Town August 15 and is now going forward under the direction of the School Building Committee. We pray they will be completed by next September; for our enrollment projections indicate that by then we shall need virtually every one of the twenty-eight classrooms the two schools will contain - and, it may be well here to warn, still more classrooms will probably be needed the following autumn. In addition, active work on the educational specifications of the new high school, completion of which by 1960 now seems impera- tive, is well under way by the School Department staff.
Another important step forward was the substantial improvement in our faculty salary schedules made possible by the Town's vote on our budget at the Annual Meeting. As a consequence, not only are we better able to reward competent and faithful service by our staff, but also we now stand in a somewhat stronger position in the fierce competition with other schools - private as well as public - for experienced, skillful teachers. For understanding help in working out essential details of applying the pay increases, we express warm thanks to the Finance Committee.
In other vital areas too we believe we have been making progress. For example, the college preparatory program of the High School has this year been subject to particular review and in a number of respects has been strengthened. Similarly, our instrumental music program has been reorganized and substantially improved. The Superintendent's report, which follows this brief report of ours, tells more about these matters.
Suffice it in conclusion to say that while much remains to be done, your School Committee and the eager, industrious and able staff of your School Department are constantly working to make our schools better, aware of and comforted by the interest and staunch and intelligent support so widespread in the Town. And in that work, may we add finally, we shall welcome the Committee's imminent enlargement; for with the enormous growth of the Town our labors have become increasingly arduous, and a five-member Committee should be able to share them more easily.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN B. BUTLER, Chairman CORNELIUS J. MAGUIRE WILLIAM A. WALDRON
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SCHOOL ORGANIZATION, 1956 - 1957
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JOHN B. BUTLER, Chairman Term expires 1958
CORNELIUS J. MAGUIRE Term expires 1957
WILLIAM A. WALDRON Term expires 1959
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND SECRETARY TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
EDWARD J. ANDERSON Office, High School, Wayland ELmwood 8-4351
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
ERNEST H. DAMON, JR., M.D. OLympic 3-1231
SCHOOL DENTIST
JOSEPH P. FOURNIER, D.D.S. TRinity 2-3211
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES
MARIAN E. HOWES High School
MARIAN E. HOWES Cochituate School
LOUISE M. McMANUS Happy Hollow School
MARY E. McNEIL Center School
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
LEWIS A. OXFORD ELmwood 8-2581
CUSTODIANS
GEORGE F. DICKEY, Head High School
PETER POLITO High School
JAMES J. MCDONALD Center School
FRANK J. KANE Cochituate School
JOHN MORAN Happy Hollow School
DANIEL J. HOUSTON High and Cochituate School
CLERICAL AND SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
PATRICIA M. NAVIN, Secretary Superintendent's Office
ARPENA LAZARIAN, Bookkeeper Superintendent's Office
KATHARINE HODGES, Secretary High School Office
MURIEL LANGLEY, Secretary Elementary Schools
DOROTHY BOWERS, Cafeteria Director Superintendent's Office
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1957
Schools reopen January 2
Winter Vacation February 18-22
Good Friday April 19
Spring Vacation April 22-26
Memorial Day Holiday May 30
Schools close June 20
Schools open
September 9
Veterans Day
November 11
Thanksgiving Vacation
November 28-29
(minimum day November 27)
Christmas Vacation
December 23-January 1
(Schools reopen)
January 2
SCHOOL ENTRANCE
Any child who is five years and eight months of age on September first of the current school year may be admitted to the first grade. Pupils under the age of seven years who have not previously attended school shall not be permitted to enter later than thirty days after the opening of school in September except by special permission of the Superintendent. Certificates of birth and vaccination shall be required at the time of entrance.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL
In the event of exceptionally severe weather conditions or when the transportation system is disrupted, WBZ and WKOX will broad- cast the no-school announcements between 7:00 and 8:00 A. M. In addition, five blasts will be sounded on the fire alarm in Wayland and Cochituate at 7:00 A. M. for "no school, all schools" and 7:30 A. M. for "no school elementary schools only."
We feel these signals are clear and, therefore, urge parents to refrain from flooding the Telephone Office and homes of School Department personnel with telephone calls.
On days when the signal is not used weather conditions may warrant the non-attendance of certain children. Lack of normal health would tend to make it advisable for parents to keep the child at home. Since weather reports are not always reliable, and since the School Department desires to render the maximum education service by having the schools open the greatest number of days, storm signals will not be used on ordinary rainy or snowy days or when there is reasonable doubt.
A good education can be built on good health. Safeguard health by keeping your child home when, in your estimation as a parent, conditions warrant.
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ORGANIZATION OF TEACHING STAFF, JANUARY 1, 1957
Name
Degree Level
Position
Elected
Junior-Senior High School
W. MAXWELL GRIFFIN
6th year
Principal
1952
ROBERT A. ANDREOTTI
Bachelor
Mathematics
1955
RUSSELL J. ARMSTRONG
Bachelor
English
1956
OUIDA L. BAILEY
Master
Science
1955
RUTH W. BAILEY
Master
Library
1955
EDWARD C. BARRY
Bachelor
Science
1955
FRANCIS J. BOTTARI
Master
English, Social Studies
1955
CHARLES P. BOWERS
Bachelor
Physical Education
1956
ALBERT W. BURNS
Master
English
1954
LUCILLE CHAMPAGNE
Master
History
1953
FRANCIS X. CORCORAN
Bachelor
Mathematics
1955
JULIAN J. DEMEO
Bachelor
Mathematics
1956
DOLORES A. DEPIERO
Bachelor
English
1956
JANIE C. FOSTER
Bachelor
Home Economics
1929
WILLIAM F. FRARY
Master
Special Class
1953
ELSIE T. FREEMAN
Bachelor
English, Social Studies
1955
DOROTHY J. GILMORE
Master
Business Education
1954
FRANCIS R. GLADU
Bachelor
Mathematics
1928
ANTONIO R. GUCCIARDI LILLIAN M. JONES
Master
Latin
1956
Master
Art
1950
LIONEL G. LAGUARDIA
Master
Driver Ed., Shop 1955
DOROTHY M. MOSS
Master
Science
1956
JOSEPH T. MOYNAHAN
Master
English, Social Studies
1954
JOSEPHINE P. MULA
Bachelor
Physical Education
1956
RALPH M. PEARSON
Master
Shop
1949
JAMES E. REID
Master
Asst. Prin. and Latin
1955
ARMANDO S. ROSSI
Master
Business Educ.
1953
RALPH S. SALVATI
Master
Science, Dir. of Athletics
1949
MARIANNE M. SANDERSON Master
Mathematics
1955
ROBERT H. SCOTLAND
6th Year
History
1956
MARY T. SELLERS
Master
History
1956
ANN B. SHIELDS
Master
French
1950
LOUIS J. TARIS
Master
Science
1956
REED K. TAYLOR
Bachelor
English
1955
HELEN E. TIMSON
Master
English, Social Studies
1952
CLARA N. ZULLO
Bachelor
Music
1955
Center Elementary School
WILLIAM E. MAXSON
Master
Principal
1956
ANNE S. CONCANNON
Bachelor
Second
1953
ROBERT B. DESROSIERS
Bachelor
Fifth
1956
JANET HAINES
Bachelor
First
1956
BEVERLY A. JEBB
Bachelor
Third
1956
WILMA J. KRESEL
Bachelor
Fourth
1956
ELEANOR LANDRIGAN
Bachelor
First
1955
FLORENCE J. LINDENBERG Bachelor
Fifth
1955
DONNA M. MANNING
Bachelor
Fourth
1956
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DORIS H. SALAK
ANN M. WILLIAMS
Master Bachelor
Second Third
1954 1954
Cochituate Elementary School
WALTER F. DOUCETTE
Bachelor
Principal
1956
NELSON F. ASHLINE
Bachelor
Sixth
1956
JANE N. CAMPBELL
Normal School
Second
1916
JACQUELINE E. DURBIN
Bachelor
Special Class
1949
ELIZABETH S. GLADU
Normal School
Fourth
1953
FRANK GUARINO, JR.
Bachelor
Sixth
1955
ANNE M. KEANE
Bachelor
Third
1955
HARRIET S. MICHELSON
Bachelor
Fifth
1953
ETHELYN MORRILL
Normal School
First
1920
MARGARET MURPIIY
Bachelor
First
1956
MARY E. NEAL
Bachelor
Fourth
1951
MARILYN PERIL
Bachelor
Second
1956
JEANNE PLESSIS
Bachelor
Third
1955
DOROTHY C. WALSH
Normal School
Fifth
1955
Happy Hollow Elementary School
DANIEL A. FRUMERIN
Master
Principal
1954
KATHERINE C. BARRON
Bachelor
First
1955
MARJORIE A. BURTON
Bachelor
Third
1956
JOAN M. CONNELL
Bachelor
Second
1956
PATRICIA A. DALTON
Master
Fifth
1953
ESTHER B. FARRELL
6th Year
Third
1956
EVA M. GATELY
Normal School
Fifth
1944
ALICE M. HALL
Bachelor
First
1953
ANN P. HARTIG
Bachelor
Second
1955
MARJORIE HEMENWAY
Bachelor
Fourth
1956
BEATRICE R. JOSEPHS
Bachelor
Second
1956
MARGARET J. MICHAUD
Bachelor
Fourth
1956
PAULINE V. NATALE
Bachelor
Second
1955
FLORENCE C. SHOHL
Master
Sixth
1947
SELMA L. STEINBERG
Bachelor
Third
1954
M. EDWARD SULLIVAN
Bachelor
Sixth
1956
Specialists
MARJORIE A. BALL
Bachelor
Physical Education
1954
MARY E. MARTIN
Bachelor
Art
1956
LEWIS A. OXFORD
Master
Guidance
1953
LUCY PARKER
Bachelor
Music
1953
PAULINE N. RADFORD
Bachelor
Music
1947
SALLY H. SINAIKO
Master
Speech and Hearing
1956
EDMUND H. WRIGHT
Master
Music
1956
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MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE October 1, 1956
Grade
21 &
BOYS
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
over Totals
1
15
73
6
94
2
14
103
9
1
127
3
15
67
12
94
4
9
63
12
2
86
5
18
54
11
2
85
6
8
45
8
1
1
62
Spec.
1
2
2
4
1
2
4
1
1
18
7
1
8
43
9
1
63
8
1
11
49
13
1
82
9
11
31
9
6
57
10
8
13
7
1
1
30
11
8
15
6
29
12
1
15
10
26
Total Boys
15
87 124
86
96
75
69
68
71
56
41 30
24
11
853
236
21 &
Grade GIRLS
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
over
Totals
1
17 66
4
87
2
19
54
6
79
3
17
61
2
80
4
25
73
5
1
104
5.
19
63
8
90
6
14
37
2
53
Spec.
4
1
1
1
1
8
7
1
17
30
6
1
55
8
13
34
2
3
52
9
11
31
2
2
46
10
9
27
5
41
11
11
23
3
37
12
5
14
19
Total Girls
17
85
75
92
94
87
64
46
52
43
44
35
17
751
GRAND TOTAL 1,604
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ENROLLMENT TRENDS
School Year
1
2
3
1
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
SP
1-6
7-9 7-12 10-12 1-12
1951-1952 127
106
138
106
91
83
85
64
64
58
52
54
651
213
377
164
1028
1952-1953 141
127
111
147
110
94
93
84
65
58
57
42
730
242
399
157
1129
1953-1954 167
151
129
127
132
117
86
91
74
57
49
51
823
251
408
157
1231
1954-1955 170
164
155
130
120
125
123
82
87
67
47
46
7 864
292
452
160
1323
1955-1956
219
176
174
168
117
120
131
23
79
72
57
15
14
974
333
507
174
1498
1956-1957 181
206
176
190
173
116
117
34
103
71
66
45
26
1042
354
536
182
1604
1957-1958 254
181
212
190
183
173
118
116
123
91
63
58
26
1193
357
569
212
1788
1958-1959 225
254
186
285
183
183
176
117
107
108
81
55
26
1316
400
644
244
1986
1959-1960
265
225
261
201
274
183
187
174
108
94
96
81
26
1409
469
730
261
2165
1960-1961
301
265
232
281
193
274
187
185
160
95
83
84
26
1546
532
794
262
2366
1961-1962 239
301
273
250
270
193
279
185
170
141
84
73
26
1526
634
932
298
2484
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, WAYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS Gentlemen:
This is the sixtieth annual report of the Superintendent of Schools. In his fifty-ninth report to you he outlined the school housing needs for the immediate years ahead. Therefore, this report will not be con- cerned with the need for additional classrooms, but will consider the most important part of education - what is being taught in the classrooms.
The people of Wayland have given the strongest support to their schools during the past year. Six school sites were purchased, two fourteen room elementary schools were authorized and construction begun, and a substantial upgrading of the teachers' salary schedule has made it possible for the Superintendent to recruit many excellent teachers to complement the fine faculty already in existence. The people of Wayland can be proud of the quality of the teaching staff and the education their boys and girls are receiving. This could not be possible without the support and confidence of the people in their teachers.
A serious classroom shortage existed at the elementary level when school opened in September. The co-teacher arrangement worked out by the staff made it possible to avoid half day sessions. A careful review of the program being carried on through the co-teacher arrangement is most encouraging. There is an indication that the children involved in co-teacher classes, even though some classes contain forty-odd children, are receiving superior instruction. It is the Superin- tendent's belief that the co-teacher classroom program may offer real advantages in the education of elementary school children. A complete report will be made to you at the conclusion of the present school year.
Parents are vitally concerned about what is being taught to their boys and girls, and no doubt, some people believe that the schools do not stress the fundamentals of learning enough. The Superintendent wants to assure you that the teaching staff is making evey effort to insure that the fundamentals are taught thoroughly in all grades from one through twelve.
The first grade is probably one of the most important years in the life of a child. It is important that a proper approach to learning be made during the child's first year in school.
In order that you may know better the teaching taking place in the first grade a typical weekly schedule follows :-
GRADE ONE
Time for Days per Week Week
71/2 Hrs. 5
Reading Skills
Includes phonics, oral and silent reading,
basic texts and supplementary materials
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Speech
Oral expression, phonics and dramatization Penmanship Also cultivated in other subjects
1 Hr. 5
Arithmetic
21/2 Hrs. 5
Social Studies
A. Home, farm or school units
в. Citizenship, practical application for first grade, election of leaders, class planning and evaluation
11% Hrs. 3
1 Hr. 2
Science and Health
212 Hrs. 5
Physical Education and Recess
21/2 Hrs.
5
Art and Music
3 5
A careful review of a typical first grade program indicates a real emphasis on the three R's, and rightly so, as a mastery of the funda- mentals at an early age is essential for advancement through the grades.
The typical third grade program which follows demonstrates the progress from grade one to grade three with additional emphasis being placed on the mastery of material. Reading continues to consume an important part in the school day.
Time for Week
A. Phonics and analysis of reading
31/2 Hrs.
B. Oral and silent reading
4 Hrs.
C. Spelling
11/4 Hrs.
D. Language
123 Hrs.
E. Arithmetic
21/2 Hrs.
F. Geography and Social Studies
114 Hrs.
G. Science
1 Hr.
H. Art 1 Hr.
I. Music
50 minutes
J. Physical exercise 50 minutes
By the time a boy or girl reaches the fifth grade reading is so integrated with English, spelling, social studies and other subjects that it is hard to distinguish between reading and other studies.
Oral reading in grade five emphasizes self-confidence, poise, articu- lation and enunciation. About two-thirds of the time given to reading is for silent reading with the following objectives:
(1) Information (2) Research (3) Organization, Locating, Selecting and Evaluating material (4) Pleasure
More emphasis is placed on achievement in various subject areas at the fifth grade level than at lower grade levels. The typical time allotment for basic subjects besides reading, follows:
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212 Hrs. 5
Time for Week
A. Spelling
21/2 Hrs.
21/2 Hrs.
21/2 Hrs.
D. Social Studies
212 Hrs.
E. Arithmetic
31/2 Hrs.
Elementary teachers are currently working on curriculum studies to improve still more the instruction at all grade levels. An arithmetic committee composed of twenty teachers is in the process of reviewing the teaching of arithmetic and will report to you in the near future. During the latter part of the last school year a teacher committee drew up curriculum outlines on the teaching of science in the elementary grades. This material is currently being used in all grades. A definite system and course of studies in handwriting has been adopted and is being taught in grades one through eight.
The instrumental music program in the elementary grades has made substantial progress since school opened in September. Small groups are given instructions on a number of instruments, mainly, flutes, clarinets, trumpets or cornets, trombones, drums and violins. The instruments have been provided by the parents. Additional instruments not normally provided by parents need to be purchased by the School Department so that a well rounded band and orchestra may come into existence.
At this writing more than one hundred boys and girls are active in the instrumental music program.
The secondary school curriculum has seen the greatest change and improvement during the last year. With the employment of additional teachers in the junior and senior high school, it has been possible to build a program which, it is felt, is better suited to meet the needs of Wayland's young men and women. The seventh grade junior divi- sion has been carried through to the eighth grade so that both seventh and eighth grade students are now divided into more homo- geneous groups according to ability and purpose. Every effort has been made to insure excellent scholastic preparation for every youngster planning to enter college as well as for those youngsters who plan to terminate their education upon graduating from high school.
The foreign language program has been expanded with added offerings in Latin and French. The eighth grade Latin program has proven to be extremely sound. Those students who studied Latin in the eighth grade last year are doing extremely well as ninth graders. This makes it possible for those youngsters who wish to take two languages to do so without overlapping programs.
In the areas of science, tremendous strides have been made over the past year and one-half with the development of additional facilities for biology and junior high school science. Science laboratory courses are offered in physics and chemistry on a double period basis. The laboratory courses are extremely important for those youngsters preparing for entry into college. The science fair held during the last school year was extremely successful and demonstrates an unusual interest in science on the part of many high school boys and
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B. English
C. Science and Health
girls. Plans are going forward to continue the science fair on a still broader basis in 1957.
The lay-teacher committees in science and mathematics are actively engaged in determining the needs in the two areas in order to make sure that Wayland High School graduates will be able to compete on even terms with the graduates from any secondary school program, both in college and in industry.
The lay members of the committees have made a comprehensive survey of the townspeople and have enlisted the aid of nearly one hundred people who are qualified to give demonstrations, talks, and work with individual students on science projects. Many of those who volunteered their assistance are now working with students and teachers on a variety of projects. This, we believe, is a most important development in science instruction and holds promise for the future.
The mathematic courses have been studied carefully with sub- stantial improvements made at the high school level. The course in advanced mathematical topics instituted a year ago in grade eleven has now advanced into grade twelve, and those students who are capable of studying advanced algebra and calculus are given the opportunity. This is one of many attempts to provide for and meet the needs of the more capable students in all subject areas. To meet the needs of technically inclined students, a course in engineering drawing was opened in September. This is a more advanced course than has been offered previously to students who possess the ability and desire to study more advanced engineering drawing techniques.
In the areas of physical education, driver training and instru- mental music, additions to the staff have made it possible to expand and improve existing programs. All sixteen year old students are now able to take the behind-the-wheel portion of the driver training course. Instruction in instrumental music is being carried out without interruption of the academic program.
The course of studies at Wayland High School is set forth below. It is designed to meet the entrance requirements of the leading colleges.
It is to be noted that English is a required subject at each grade level and that three years of history and two years of mathematics are required of each student for graduation. Latin as stated pre- viously, is offered for those capable students in the 8th grade who wish to accelerate their academic program.
The Superintendent expresses deep appreciation to the School Committee for the many hours given to the study and consideration of vital educational issues which have been brought before the Com- mittee during the past year. The improvements in the educational program outlined above were the results of your actions and support.
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD J. ANDERSON, Superintendent.
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CLASS OF 1956
OFFICERS
President, Paul W. Senory
Secretary, Mary Jane Fabisak
Vice-President, Paul B. Bradley
Treasurer, Agnes P. Houston
GRADUATES
Kathleen Marie Andrews
John L. Laughlin
Carol Ann Archer
Carolyn Dawn LeDrew
Nathalie Anne Baker
Carol E. Lindbohm
Barbara Louise Beal
Joan Margaret Lizotte
James Vance Berry
Allan Leigh Lynch
Paul B. Bradley
John Cargill MacKeen
V. Eileen Bresse
Ralph Burton Marotte, Jr.
Rita Louise Brosseau
Nancy Louise McEnroy
Elizabeth Willard Cusumano
Eleanor Lucille Perrin
Carol Nancy DeWolfe
Grace Catherine Regan
Diane Dudgeon
Barbara Anne Roche
Marilyn Jane Dusseault
Paul William Senory
Carol Dyer
Janet Lee Shepard
Mary Jane Fabisak
Judith Ann Simoni
Paul Clifford Gladu
Maryann E. Smith
Donald P. Graves
Fred Tassinari
Carole Marlene Haugh
Joan Grace Tewksbury
Marilyn June Heizmann
John Earl Thorburn
Ronald Francis Houghton
Doris Elizabeth Thorne
Agnes Patricia Charlotte Houston
Rachel Wheelock
Paul LaSalle Keating
Barbara Wilbur
Robert Keefe
Claire Esther Witzell
Bruce V. King
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Good Citizenship Award to Eileen Bresse.
Charles H. Alward Social Studies Award to Mary Jane Fabisak.
Reader's Digest Award to Mary Jane Fabisak.
The Bausch and Lomb Award to Mary Jane Fabisak. Cochituate Mother's Club Scholarship to Carol Archer.
Wayland Woman's Club Scholarship to Mary Jane Fabisak. Kiwanis Club Scholarship to Eileen Bresse.
Wayland Junior-Senior High School P. T. A. Scholarship to Allan Lynch, Kathleen Andrews, Agnes Houston.
Cochituate P. T. A. Scholarship to Robert Keefe.
Frank I. Schofield and Lura E. Schofield Scholarship to John MacKeen.
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COURSES OFFERED AT WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL
School Year 1956 - 1957
9
Required Subjects
English 9 (5)
General Science
(5)
Social Studies 9 (5)
Algebra or General
Mathematics I (5)
Physical Education
(1)
Elective Subjects
Latin I
(5)
Latin II
(5)
General Business Training
(5)
General Shop ** (5)
Household Science (5)
High School Art I (4-5)
General Art (1)
Music Appreciation (4-5)
10
11
Required Subjects
English II (5)
United States History (5)
Physical Education
(1)
Driver Education
(Clrm. Instr.) ( 12)
Physical Education (1)
Elective Subjects
Elective Subjects
Latin III (5)
French II (5)
Chemistry with Lab. (5)
Physical Science (5)
Algebra II
(5)
Algebra II and Trig. (accelerated) (5)
Typing I
(21/2)
Typing II
(21/2)
Elective Subjects
French III
(5)
Trigonometry
(21/2)
and
Solid Geometry (21/2)
Solid Geometry
(21/2)
and
Advanced Topics (21/2 )
Physics with Lab. (5)
Physical Science
(5)
Consumer Economics
(5)
12
Required Subjects
English 12
(5)
Problems of American Democracy (5)
Physical Education
(1)
244
Latin II (5)
Latin III (5)
French I (5)
Biology with Lab. (5)
Typing I (21/2 )
Bookkeeping (5)
World Civilization (5)
General Shop ** (5)
Home Management (5)
Required Subjects
English 10 (5)
Geometry or General Math. II (5)
Mixed Chorus (1) High School Art I (4-5)
Stenography I (5)
Typing I
(21/2 )
Girls' Chorus (1)
General Art (1)
Commercial Law and Salesmanship (21/2)
Stenography II (5)
Orchestra
(1) Music Appreciation (4-5)
Band
(1) Engineering Drawing I (5)
Driver Education (Clrm. Instr.) * (1/2)
Mixed Chorus (1)
Home and Family Life (5)
High School Art II (4-5)
Girls' Chorus
(1)
General Art (1)
General Art (1)
Rud. of Music
(21/2)
Rud. of Music
(21/2 )
and
and
Harmony
(21/2 )
Engineering Drawing I (5)
Engineering Drawing I (5)
Mixed Chorus (1)
Mixed Chorus (1)
Girls' Chorus (1)
Girls' Chorus (1)
Orchestra (1)
Orchestra (1)
Band
(1)
Band (1)
Notations : * Open First Semester to Pupils of age 16 by January. Open Second Semester to pupils of age 16 by June. ** Includes woodworking, sheet metal, home mechanics, electrical and welding experiences.
Office Practice
(5)
General Shop **
(5)
General Shop ** (5)
Home and Family Life (5)
High School Art II (4-5)
Orchestra
(1)
Band
(1)
Harmony
(212)
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INDEX
Animal Inspector, Report of 160
Board of Assessors, Report of the 214
Statistical Report 214
Board of Fire Engineers, Report of the 169
Location of Fire Alarm Boxes Red Sheets
Board of Health, Report of the
156
Board of Selectmen, Report of the 57
Building Inspector, Report of 167
Cemetery Commissioners, Report of the 161
Chief of Police, Report of 224
Civil Defense Director, Report of 221
Commissioners of Trust Funds, Report of 218
Committee to Study Town Government, Report of 228
Drainage Committee, Report of 222
Finance Committee, Report of the
38
Budget for 1957 41
Highway Surveyor, Report of 219
Inspector of Plumbing, Report of 218
Jury List - 1956 150
Mosquito Control in Wayland - 1956 158
Moth Superintendent, Report of
162
Nursing Service, Report from
157
Officers of the Town of Wayland
3
Park Department, Report of 220
Planning Board, Report of
165
Public Library, Report of the
163
Results of Town Election, March 5, 1956
72
Results of Referendum as voted on
Ballot of State Election
134
Road Commissioners, Report of
219
Sanitation Inspector's Report 157
226
Board of Public Welfare, Report of the Statistical Report 227
School Department Report:
School Committee 231
School Organization, 1957 - 1957 232
Calendar and Information 233
Awards and Scholarships 243
Courses offered at Wayland High School 244
243
Enrollment Trends 238
Membership by Age and Grade
236
Organization of Teaching Staff, January 1, 1957 234
Superintendent of Schools, Report of 239
Tax Collector, Report of the 212
Town Accountant, Report of the:
Receipts 171
Expenditures 176
Recapitulation 195
Reserve Account 197
Excess and Deficiency 198
Water Available Surplus 198
Water Rates and Meter Accounts Receivable 199
Water Miscellaneous Accounts Receivable 199
Balance Sheet
200
Town Clerk's Report:
Births 135
Marriages
143
Deaths 147
Dog Licenses - 1956
149
Town Treasurer, Report of 204
Trust Fund Accounts 205
Reserve Fund for Investment 208
Maturing Debt and Interest
209
Insurance
211
Tax Titles 211
Veterans' Services Department 163
Votes Enacted at Special Town Meeting, February 15, 1956 59
Votes Enacted at the Annual Town Meeting, March 7, 1956 74
Votes Enacted at Special Town Meeting, March 7, 1956 114
Votes Enacted at Adjourned Annual Town Meeting,
March 14, 1956 116
Votes Enacted at Special Town Meeting, August 15, 1956
124
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
9
Water Commissioners, Report of 155
Class of 1956, Wayland High School
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