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500.00
1,150.00
Auditors :
Salaries
180.00
Expenses
17.25
197.25
Accountant :
Salary
750.00
Expenses
150.00
900.00
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$ 503,855.00
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Treasurer :
Salary
900.00
Expenses (inc. premium on bond)
350.00
1,250.00
Tax Collector :
Salary in form of commissions
of 11/4% on collections (est.)
2,250.00
Expenses (inc. bond)
450.00
Tax Title expenses
1,000.00
3,700.00
Assessors :
Salaries
1,500.00
Expenses
500.00
Transcript of Deeds and prov-
ing Court records and also
descriptions of property for sale for unpaid taxes
300.00
Adding machine
90.00
Town Plans and Maps
1,000.00
3,390.00
Law Department : Expenses 300.00
Finance Committee :
Expenses, including printing report 300.00
Town Clerk :
Salary (including $800 for col-
lection of Water Assess-
ments and clerical work in
Water Department
1,100.00
Expenses
100.00
Vital Statistics
375.00
Election and Registration : Salary of Registrars 150.00
1,575.00
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Expense-Town Election
600.00
Expense-Spl. Election
125.00
875.00
Town Office: Expense
1,200.00
Police Department :
Salary, Per. Officer
2,000.00
Article 21, Salary of additional officer to be appointed under Civil Service Rules and Reg- ulations 1,800.00
Expenses-including Special Police
1,200.00
Lock-up Expenses
200.00
Lock-up Repairs
100.00
Automatic Traffic Signal Sys-
tems at Warren Street and
North Main Street and at
Crawford Square
1,100.00
6,400.00
Fire Department:
Salaries :
Driver
$1,800.00
Permanent man
1,600.00
Engineer's
300.00
Spare Driver
329.00
Twenty men
1,500.00
Expenses :
New Ladder Truck
1,500.00
(Balance of $6,500 to be bor- rowed on notes)
New Hose (3,000 feet)
3,000.00
New Equipment
100.00
Painting Pump and two new tires 500.00
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Fire alarm system: Maintenance and two new boxes
700.00
General Expenses
1,200.00
12,529.00
Forest Fires-Expense
$800.00
800.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Salary
$150.00
Expenses
25.00
175.00
Moth Extermination :
Expenses
$750.00
Repairs
80.00
830.00
Tree Warden:
Salary
$250.00
Expenses
500.00
Planting New Trees
100.00
850.00
Health and Sanitation
Inspector of Animals-Salary
$100.00
Inspector of Milk-Salary 50.00
Inspector of Slaughtering-Salary
100.00
Dog Officer-Salary
100.00
Article 16-Health Nurse
1,000.00
Health Department-Expenses
3,500.00
4,850.00
Highway Department
Surveyor's Salary
$1,500.00
General Maintenance
7,500.00
Construction of Canton Street
2,500.00
(Bal. of $5,000 to be raised by notes -County contributes $7,500 and State $10,000)
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Article 42-Depot Street 1,000.00
Article 43-Fairview Avenue 1,000.00
Article 44-Oak Street
2,000.00
Article 45-Mill Street
1,800.00
Article 46-Maitland Avenue
800.00
Article 47-Highland Avenue: Start-
ing at Cole's Terrace and pro-
ceeding in a northerly direction as far as the money will go.
700.00
Article 48-Ward Street
1,500.00
Article 49-Pleasant Street
2,500.00
Article 50-Chestnut Street
1,000.00
Article 51-Belcher Street
300.00
Article 52-Norfolk Road
1,500.00
Article 53-Old Street (beginning at corner of North Main Street)
1,000.00
Article 56-Grove Street
500.00
Article 57-Marion Street
750.00
All of the above appropriations to be spent for permanent construction. Snow Removal 3,000.00
Equipment for snow removal
450.00
New street signs (for public high- ways only) 150.00
Street Lighting (moonlight sched- ule) 7,120.32
Additions and extensions of street lighting systems.
Article 72-Warren Street 33.00
Article 73-Old Street
33.00
Article 75-Center Street 33.00
Article 76-Highland Avenue 66.00
Article 78-Hall Street
66.00
Article 79-Roel and North Main Sts. 33.00
Article 80-Union Street 181.50
Article 82-Marion Street
33.00
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Article 1-(Spl. Town Meeting: Lay- ing out of Russ Street) 300.00
39,348.82
Infirmary-Expenses
$4,000.00
Repairs and Equipment
300.00
4,300.00
Outside Relief (Including Poor out of Infirmary and Mothers' Aid)
4,000.00
Special expenses :
Rent-Mary A. Molloy
$85.00
Mass .- Homeopathic Hospital
107.00
Geo. V. Higgins, M. D.
126.00
318.00
State Aid
726.00
Military Aid
300.00
Soldiers' Benefits
2,250.00
Schools
Stetson High School-Teaching
$16,750.00
Grammar Schools-Teaching
36,500.00
Fuel
3,500.00
Books and Supplies
4,500.00
Care of Rooms
4,500.00
Transportation
3,700.00
Supt. of Schools
1,400.00
School Physician
100.00
School Nurse
1,300.00
Trade and Continuation Schools
3,500.00
General Expense
4,300.00
Equipment
2,000.00
School Committee Expense
100.00
School Committee Salaries
300.00
82,450.00
Libraries
Turner Library-Repairs $450.00
Memorial Day Expenses $300.00
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Art. 29-Armistice Day Expenses 200.00
Care of Clock in Congregational Church 20.00
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
802.90
Insurance
3,800.00
Art. 30-Bronze Honor Roll
500.00
Art. 33-Painting Exterior of Stet- son Hall Building 750.00
Art. 34-Replacing Highway Fence at North Main and Depot Sts. 200.00
Art. 35-Renovating Quarters of G. A. R. in Stetson Hall Bldg. Reserve Fund
400.00
2,000.00
Art. 32-Town Office Furnishings
3,343.60
Art. 19-Drainage Committee Ex- penses 300.00
- - 12,616.50
Art. 6-Unpaid bills of 1927 and
1928. Tax Collector-Salary
and expenses 1926 and previous years.
Board of Health
Town Office
School Department
Infirmary
Highway Department
Election and Registration Salaries
Land Damage
Fire Department
Tax Collector (1927)
Assessors
Outside Relief
2,500.34
Water Dept. (1928)
53.22
Art. 37-Unpaid bills in connection with remodelling lower floor of Stetson Hall Building 658.71
3,212.27
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22.38
Veterans' Exemption
Water Department :
Maintenance
$4,000.00
Service Construction
2,000.00
Joint Account
3,500.00
Salaries of Commissioners
375.00
Salary of Superintendent
2,000.00
Art. 28-Old Street-1 Hydrant
150.00
Art. 20-New Gasoline Engine for Auxiliary Pumping System- Town of Randolph Share 1,500.00
Water Extensions :
Art. 67-No. Main St.
1,500.00
Art. 69-Vesey Road
750.00
Art. 70-Oak St.
750.00
Art. 60-Stacy St. (to be raised on
notes $5,000)
16,525.00
Maturing Debt
$15,200.00
Interest
9,000.00
24,200.00
State and County Taxes (Estimated) :
State Tax (Highway)
$742.00
County Tax
6,833.33
State Tax
6,970.00
14,545.33
Court Judgments
285.00
286,870.55
Determination of Tax Rate, 1929
Total Appropriations :
Town
$232,040.22
Chapter 59, Section 23
285.00
Snow Removal Tax
236.90
County Tax
7,219.99
State Tax
7,310.00
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State Highway Tax
1,855.00
$248,947.11
Plus Overlay to cover abatements :
1924
$761.88
1925
1,254.63
1926
1,077.98
1927
1,079.48
1928
861.00
1929
2,000.00
Total appropriations plus overlays
$255,982.08
Credits from various sources in-
cluded in Tax Levy of 1929:
Income Tax
$27,762.55
Income Tax-Additional Distri-
bution
820.00
Corporation Tax
4,667.32
Bank Tax
1,048.49
Court fines
500.00
Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Tax
663.55
Health and Sanitation
250.00
Charities
2,900.00
Soldiers' Benefits
933.00
Schools-Tuition
2,875.17
Dog Tax
1,160.67
Interest on Deposits
291.71
Interest on Taxes
3,000.00
Water Sales
18,100.00
All Other
1,019.86
Excise Tax
12,543.31
$78,535.63
Less Credits
Revenue from various
sources
$78,535.63
Poll Tax
3,200.00
Total Credits
$81,735.63
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Total amount to be provided for through tax levy Total assessed valuation
174,246.45
5,549,250.00
Tax rate per $1,000
31.40
Taxes Levied and Committed to Collector-1929
Warrant-August 1929
Tax on Real and Personal Estate
$174,246.45
Moth Tax
108.50
Poll Tax (July 1st)
3,200.00
Warrant-December 23rd Additional assessment
789.23
Excise Taxes committed
July 1st commitment 12,858.34
October 1st commitment
1,737.88
December 30th commitment
348.44
$193,288.84
Information Contained in the Table of Aggregates Prepared and Submitted to the State Commissioner
Number of residents and non-residents assessed
for property 2348
Number of persons assessed for Poll Tax only 1880
Total number of persons assessed 4228
Number of horses assessed
47
Number of cows assessed
202
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed
1
Number of swine assessed
585
Number of dwelling houses assessed
1927
Number of fowl assessed
3900
Number of automobiles and trucks assessed :
Full Excise
1709
Half Excise
337
Quarter Excise 140
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VALUATION OF EXEMPTED PROPERTY Privately owned
Religious Organizations :
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Personal Estate $5,000.00
Real Estate-Buildings
40,000.00
Land, North Main St.
5,000.00
Land, Pauline Street, held
for erection of church
1,000.00
$51,000.00
First Congregational Church
Personal Estate
$5,000.00
Real Estate-Buildings
35,000.00
Land
5,000.00
$45,000.00
First Baptist Church'
Personal Estate
$5,000.00
Real Estate-Buildings
30,000.00
Land
4,000.00
$39,000.00
Unitarian Church
Personal Estate
$2,500.00
Real Estate-Buildings
20,000.00
Land
5,000.00
$27,500.00
Episcopal Church
Personal Estate
$1,500.00
Real Estate-Buildings
7,000.00
Land
2,500.00
$11,000.00
Methodist Church
Personal Estate
$500.00
Real Estate-Buildings
2,000.00
Land
500.00
$3,000.00
Literary Institutions : Boston School for the Deaf
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Personal Estate
$25,000.00
Real Estate-Buildings
340,000.00
Land 10,000.00
$375,000.00
Ladies' Library Association : As per dictum of Superior Court on 1926 Tax :
Personal Estate
$500.00
Real Estate-Buildings
2,250.00
Land
1,500.00
$4,250.00
Turner Free Library :
Personal Estate
25,000.00
Real Estate-Buildings
40,000.00
Land
5,000.00
$70,000.00
Charitable Institutions :
Seth Mann 2nd, Home for
Aged Women :
Personal Estate
$2,500.00
Real Estate-Buildings
12,000.00
Land
5,000.00
$19,500.00
Randolph Visiting Nurse As- sociation :
Personal Estate $500.00
$500.00
Cemeteries : St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery : Real Estate - Vault and Tool Storage Buildings $1,000.00
Land 5,000.00
$6,000.00
Central Cemetery :
Real Estate-Vault Building $2,000.00
Land 5,000.00
$7,000.00
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Oakland Cemetery : Real Estate-Land
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Recapitulation
Religious Organizations
$176,500.00
Literary Institutions
449,250.00
Charitable Institutions
20,000.00
Cemetery Associations
14,000.00
$659,750.00
Valuation of Exempted Property Owned by the Town of Randolph
Town Hall :
Personal Estate
$5,000.00
Real Estate-Building
50,000.00
Land
12.500.00
$67,500.00
Schools :
Personal Estate-Equipment
and Supplies
$50,000.00
$50,000.00
Real Estate :
Prescott Primary School :
Building
$8,500.00
Land
1,500.00
$10,000.00
Prescott Grammar School :
Building
$21.000.00
Land
4,000.00
$25,000.00
Chestnut St. Primary School
Building
$2,000.00
Land
500.00
$2,500.00
North Randolph School : Building
$9,000.00
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Land
1,000.00
$10,000.00
Belcher Grammar School:
Building
$14,000.00
Land
1,000.00
$15,000.00
Tower Hill Primary School:
Building
$4,500.00
Land
500.00
$5,000.00
Stetson High School:
Building
$140,000.00
Land
10,000.00
$150,000.00
Fire Department :
Personal Estate:
Pumping Engine
$2,500.00
Combination Fire Truck
2,000.00
Hook and Ladder Truck
8,000.00
Steam Fire Engine
750.00
Ford Truck with Chemicals
300.00
Engine House No. 1:
Building
4,000.00
Land inc. with Town Hall Lot
Engine House No. 2:
Building
1,500.00
Land rented
$19,050.00
Police Department :
Personal Estate:
1 Motor Cycle
$200.00
1 Ford closed car
300.00
$500.00
Water Department:
Buildings, one-half interest jointly owned by Town of Holbrook (inc. Pumping Sta-
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tion and Dwelling House $15,000.00 Land, one-half interest jointly owned by Towns of Hol- brook and Braintree 10,000.00
Personal Estate: Piping System 200,000.00
Machinery, Tools, Equipment, Ford Truck, one-half inter- est, jointly owned by Town of Holbrook $27,000.00
$252,000.00
Vacant Land :
Real Estate:
Land-Clark Lot, Union St. $1,500.00
Lot, North St.
300.00
Parcel, Park St.
1,000.00
I
$2,800.00
Highway Department:
Personal Estate:
1 Ton Tractor
$1,400.00
1 Roller
2,500.00
New Equipment
600.00
$4,500.00
Infirmary :
Personal Estate
$1,500.00
Real Estate:
Buildings
10,000.00
Land
2,000.00
$13,500.00
Trust Funds
Coddington Fund
$1,900.00
Stetson School Fund
13,363.48
Turner Reference Fund
1,197.36
Library Funds
41,795.70
Soldier's Monument Fund
262.00
Playground Fund
51.81
$58,570.35
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Report of the Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit my report of the Fire Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1929.
This department has responded to 115 calls during the year, divided as follows: Bell alarms 28, still alarms 23, false alarms 1, automobiles 4, building fires 31, wood and grass fires 44, reported fires 16, aid calls 3.
Assessed value of buildings damaged by fire
during year $28,050.00
Damage to Buildings
14,216.00
Insurance on Buildings
38,960.00
Insurance Paid on Loss
11,746.00
Loss on Contents Not Covered by Insurance
2,750.00
Total number of feet of hose used during year 7,050
Total number of gallons pumped from booster tank 1,430
Total number of garage permits issued during year 6
Total number of gas station permits issued during year 22
Total number of oil burner permits issued during year 14
Total number of fireworks permits issued during year 12
Total number of blasting permits issued during year 2
Total number of fire permits issued during year 439
1
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During the year it was necessary to make several changes at the Central Station in order to accommodate the new Ladder Truck. It was necessary to move the heating plant and also replace the doors with those of a rolling type.
The building was also painted inside and out at no cost to the Town as the paint was purchased by the members of the department and the labor furnished without charge. The building was also wired in a mod- ern manner.
The apparatus is in good condition with the excep- tion of the tires on the LaFrance, which will have to be replaced at once.
Owing to the number of oil burners installed in the Town at the present time I feel that it would be advis- able to equip the department with a foam generator to handle this situation.
The old boxes will be placed at the junction of Or- chard Street and Bartlett Road. I would recommend that two new boxes be purchased this year to replace boxes numbered 23 and 42 now located in the center of the Town. This would provide two new box locations in the outlying districts. The north circuit should be divided into two circuits in order to simplify the locat- ing of trouble on the line.
As the Station located on the Riley Estate and the apparatus stored in the building is of no value to the Town, I recommend that it be sold and the proceeds be turned into the Town Treasury.
I wish to call your attention to the fact that the Station is covered by two men at all times.
Recommendations for 1930
General Expense $1,200.00
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Salaries (20 men)
1,500.00
Permanent Man
1,700.00
Deputy Chief
125.00
Chief
2,000.00
Salaries of Spare Drivers
658.00
Fire Alarm (care and maintenance,
2 new boxes)
700.00
New Wheels and Tires (LaFrance)
500.00
Foam Generator and Equipment
515.00
I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Town Officials and the Citizens of the Town for the assistance rendered this department during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD L. BAILEY
Chief
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Report of the School Committee 1929
To the Citizens of the Town of Randolph :
The purpose of this report is to place before you some of the problems that confront the Committee, to state briefly what has been done to date, and to indi- cate what is in mind for the future in the matter of meeting these problems.
In the broad statement that this report contemplates, the detailed recommendations of other school officials will be omitted. Reference should be made to the reports of these officials for a thorough understanding of the school situation in Randolph.
It will be convenient to discuss the school problem from the following viewpoints: (1) Education Proper ; (2) Buildings and Equipment ; (3) Health; (4) Transpor- tation; and (5) The School Budget.
1. EDUCATION
The Committee is keenly aware of the demand of the day for high class schools and is sparing no effort that Randolph may be provided with such schools. To war- rant a high rating, schools must have a sound course of studies and proper physical equipment; they must have an able teaching body; and they must be properly supervised. The Committee has been principally con- cerned with these matters during the past year. Its survey of conditions has indicated the advisability of reorganizing our entire system, from the Committee down, upon a basis of definite personal responsibility that will afford the children of Randolph the educational op-
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portunities to which they are entitled. In this way only will the Town receive a fair return for its substantial investment in education.
The past year has seen the taking of first steps in a rather ambitious programme. A general survey of all schools was made. In the grade schools some changes were put into effect in order that teaching and discipline might be improved. Under ordinary conditions the needs of the grade schools would have been fully considered at the time, but this work had to be deferred on account of the gravity of the situation in the High School. It is hoped that a review of the grade schools will be com- pleted and necessary adjustments made before the open- ing of schools in September.
In the High School the situation called for an im- mediate and a complete reorganization. Accordingly, its courses of study were adjusted to meet the require- ments of college and normal school; standards of schol- arship were established and means for their strict observ- ance provided ; school discipline was restored; social life and other distractions were banished, and athletics rele- gated to a position of secondary importance. The Com- mittee feels, therefore, that the High School graduates of the future may leave its doors properly prepared to undertake whatever work they have in mind. It must be observed that it was this very lack of preparation, betrayed by low grade work on the part of High School graduates in Normal School over a substantial period of time, that cost the High School its "B" classification. To those who care to take time to examine the High School records, which tell in plain and unmistakable lan- guage the story of wholesale promotion and graduation, year after year, of good. bad and indifferent pupils, the conclusions of the State Department of Education in the matter of classification will be no mystery. The High School today, as will appear from a reading of the Prin-
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cipal's Report, is operating on a sound basis. The Com- mittee is satisfied that Mr. Barclay is equal to the task of reconstruction which he faces, and it assures him that he has its hearty support and co-operation in all his un- dertakings.
The Committee believes that adequate supervision is essential to the success of any school system, since supervision means to schools exactly what it means to business-the difference between organization and dis- organization. The Superintendent of Schools is prima- rily a supervisor whose business it is to see that a sound course of studies is provided, and that it is carried fully into execution by able and loyal teachers. In its investi- gations the Committee found that the schools of Ran- dolph were not enjoying the measure of supervision which they required. Two causes, neither of which could be laid at the door of the Superintendent, contrib- uted largely to this condition. In the first place, it ap- peared that the Superintendent was obliged to spend much time in the performance of clerical and other tasks that clearly were not within the scope of his employ- ment. The time thus spent was, of course, lost to super- vision. Again. it appeared that in the past the Superin- tendent did not have that support from his Committee or co-operation from his teachers that he had a right to . expect. In consequence, his recommendations were fre- quently tabled, and thus in effect ignored. No office thus encumbered could hope to function properly, and our office was no exception. The Committee has done its utmost to meet this situation, providing clerical as- sistance to relieve the Superintendent of detail, and sup- porting his reasonable recommendations whenever called upon to do so. The Committee feels, therefore, that a distinct improvement in supervision should be noted dur- ing the coming year. Of course, the Committee recog- nizes that complete relief may lie in another direction, namely, in the establishment of the office of local su-
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perintendent. This is a growing community, and its con- stantly increasing school enrollment means increased burdens of supervision. Perhaps the day has already arrived for the employment of a local superintendent. The results accomplished during the coming year should definitely establish whether union or local superinten- dence will solve our problem of supervision.
The teaching situation can be immeasurably im- proved by a general revision of salaries in an upward di- rection. This will enable the Committee to recruit a corps of able teachers and to retain these teachers for a substantial period of time. Randolph cannot, of course, compete in the matter of salaries with the wealthier towns or the cities; but it can and should do what towns of its size and wealth are doing in this regard. Year after year capable teachers are leaving this system to go to other towns at salaries ranging from $200 to $400 in excess of Randolph's maximum. Indeed, from the Committee's observations, it would seem that many of our teachers are registered with the agencies from whom they hope to obtain better paying positions. This situa- tion has existed for a long time, and it has had a de- moralizing effect on the school system generally; for there is nothing that can more effectively disturb the equilibrium of a school system than a constant turnover of its teachers. On the other hand, on the basis of an increase well within the means of this Town, high grade teachers who by graduate study have become specialists in their respective subjects, may be secured and retained. The advantage to the pupil of expert guidance at the hands of such teachers is something that cannot be valued in dollars and cents. It is the hope of the Com- mittee, therefore, that it will soon be in the position of being able to induce good teachers to enter our system, as it will be to reward those of its present staff who have given Randolph efficient and loyal service.
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II. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT
The situation as to buildings is far from satisfac- tory. At the present time every inch of available space in the grade schools is in use, and further enrollments in September will offer a serious problem. In the High School all rooms are in use save the Assembly Hall, and it appears a certainty that this hall will be used as a class room in the fall. Lack of class rooms in the High School will seriously interfere with its future develop- ment.
Some of our buildings are lacking in facilities de- manded by the Department of Public Safety as a con- dition precedent to operation; and unless expenditures conservatively estimated at $30,000.00 are made in the near future, Randolph is in imminent danger of receiving an order to close the Belcher, the Prescott and Prescott Primary buildings. The nature of these requirements is explained under Section V (b) of this report, "Special Appropriation." The condition of the Belcher School does not warrant the outlay required by the State In- spectors. The committee recommends the abandonment of the building and the erection of a new and larger building on another site. This will undoubtedly coincide with the findings of the Building Committee, which will report to you at the next Annual Town Meeting.
During the year, to relieve an intolerable situation in North Randolph, it was necessary to open the North Randolph Improvement Association Hall and equip the same for school purposes. This, however, is a make- shift plan, tolerated as such by the Department of Public Safety, and by no means disposes of the problem in the north end of the Town. Arrangements of a permanent character must be made in the near future. It was also necessary, during the past year, to provide and equip an additional room in the Prescott Primary building in order to relieve congestion in certain classes. The build-
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ing as it stands is overcrowded and will not be able to accommodate the added number that are sure to seek admission in September. It is very clear that Randolph cannot longer postpone consideration of the problem of housing its schools; and the Committee hopes that the townspeople will give serious consideration to the find- ings of the Building Committee.
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