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$6,485.00
Net returns paid to Town Treasurer from
fines over and above expenses of pros- ecution $706.42
PATRICK T. McDONNELL, Acting Chief of Police.
¡Some convictions were secured on cases not arrested, but summoned into court.
*Some arrests and summonses were served for out of town police.
¿Includes five cases bound over to the Grand Jury, all of which were convicted in Superior Court.
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NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
Report of the
Sealer of Weights and Measures (For the year ending December 31, 1926)
To the Board of Selectmen, Randolph, Mass.
Gentlemen :
During the year 1926 I have sealed :
Scales 5
Kerosene Pumps 5
Weights
193 Oil Pumps 4
Liquid Measures
102 Molasses Pump 1
Gasolene Pumps
47 Yard Sticks 3
There were resealed and tested :
Gasolene Pumps
4
Inspections made :
Pedler's License
4
Pedler's Scales
4
Condemned :
Scales
3
Liquid Measures
5
Equipment to the value of $24.30 was purchased dur- ing the year.
Fees collected and turned over to the Town Treasurer $48.52. Salary of Sealer $150.00
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Expenses
15.00
Equipment
24.30
$189.30
APPROPRIATION
$175.00
Overdrawn
$14.30
Respectfully submitted,
B. F. HAYDEN, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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Report of the Local Moth Superintendent
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The Moth situation at the end of the year 1926 was not as good as it was at the close of the year 1925.
The amount called for by the State Forester and the amount assessed to the Town by law was reduced by eight hundred dollars ($800.), so that we were not able to do any creosoting or scouting last Fall, as we have done in the past.
ARE YOU GOING TO LET THIS TOWN BE A BREEDING PLACE FOR MOTHS TO SPREAD AROUND YOUR HOMES AND BE A PEST AND NUISANCE AS WELL AS DESTROYING YOUR FRUIT AND SHADE TREES?
Now is the time to keep them in check, because if you allow them to get a start again, it will cost twice the amount to fight them. While we have them on the run, let us keep them running.
Material and labor cost much more this year and some provisions should be made for the same.
The Town's liability, according to law, is $1,800.00. If that amount is raised the work can be carried on and results obtained.
JOHN T. MOORE, Local Moth Superintendent.
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Report of the Tree Warden
To the Voters of the Town of Randolph:
The public shade trees of a community are an asset and an ornament to the public.
Much work needs to be done on our shade trees. Many old elms need trimming and fertilizing to save them.
Twelve new trees were planted last year and five re- moved, making a total of seventy-four trees planted within the last four years.
The old elm at the corner of School and Main streets, on account of the new bank building and cements walk, was removed. Expert advice was procured and in the opinion of tree experts, the tree could not survive under the new surroundings. The Randolph Savings Bank paid all the expense for the advice and the removal of the tree.
I am asking this year for a small sum to plant more trees and also to provide for some tree guards for those already set out.
Trees cost more the past year also labor of setting out the same.
Let us all get together and let the motto be "Plan to plant another tree."
JOHN T. MOORE. Tree Warden.
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Report of the Inspector of Animals
To the Board of Selectmen, Randolph:
During the year ending December 31, 1926, the fol- lowing animals were inspected :
Cattle
368 Goats 5
Swine
450
Sheep 3
One cow, found to be a clinical case of tuberculosis was killed.
Three lots of swine were found infected with hog cholera.
Respectfully submitted,
H. W. KINGMAN, M. D. V.,
Inspector of Animals.
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Report of the Inspector of Slaughtering
To the Board of Selectmen, Randolph:
During the year ending December 31, 1926, the car- casses of the following animals were examined :
Swine
128
Sheep
24
Cows
4
Calves
14
Thirteen swine were condemned for hog cholera, and one for dog bites. One spotted liver was condemned.
Respectfully submitted,
H. W. KINGMAN, M. D. V.,
Inspector of Slaughtering.
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Report of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1926
To the Citizens of Randolph:
The annual report of the School Committee of the Town of Randolph for the year 1926 is herewith submitted, and we wish at this time to extend our thanks to the Citizens for the increased interest they have taken this year in the education of our children. The interest of the parents in the Schools is something that is of very great value to the child, the teacher, and also the school authorities.
During the year several changes were made in the teaching staff of both the High and Elementary grades, and we believe that now we have a corps of fine, con- scientious teachers that are working hard and faithfully under the direction of our Superintendent.
We were unfortunate this year in losing by retirement, one of our most capable teachers, Miss Ellen P. Henry, one who has served the town long and faithfully, and who is highly respected today by hundreds of our citizens that received part of their early training from her.
The opening of the new High School Building on March 1st was an occasion that had been looked forward to for many long months. It not only provides an up-to-date,
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modern building for our High School, but also relieves the over-crowded condition at both the Prescott and Belcher Schools because of the fact that the new building is tak- ing care of the Junior High School also.
During the summer months two of the rooms at the Prescott School were completely renovated, new floors being laid, ceilings whitened, walls painted, and new fur- niture installed, all of which adds greatly to the material value of the building, and also to the general environ- ment. If this program of permanent repairs can be fol- lowed up each year by doing one or two rooms, in a short time this building will be in first-class condition.
The heating plant of the North Randolph building gave the Committee considerable trouble during the latter part of last winter, and it was found necessary to install a larger furnace during the summer vacation. The rooms were also freshly painted at this time, and today the building is in very good condition.
The interior of the West Corner School was sadly in need of repairs, and this was also done this summer, by painting the walls and wood-work and whitening the ceil- ings, which puts this building in first-class condition.
There was some work done at the Tower Hill School, but the Committee recommends that further alterations be made during this coming summer.
We again call attention of the citizens to the very poor condition of the Belcher School, and remind them that in a very short time it will be necessary to replace this building with a larger and more modern structure to take care of the ever increasing enrollment from that section of the town.
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The School Committee takes this opportunity to ex- press their gratitude to the citizens of Randolph for the co-operation given them during this past year, which has helped them greatly in conducting the affairs of the Schools in a congenial and harmonious manner.
JESSE S. BEAL, Chairman, CHAS. R. KILEY, JOSEPH BELCHER.
The School Committee recommends that the following sums be appropriated for School expenses during the year 1927 :
Stetson High School
$16,750.00
Teaching Grammar Schools
35,000.00
Fuel
3,500.00
Books and Supplies
4,500.00
Care of Rooms
4,300.00
Transportation
2,900.00
Superintendent of Schools
1,300.00
School Physician
100.00
School Nurse
1,400.00
Continuation and Trade School
3,000.00
General Expenses
4,000.00
Equipment
4,000.00
School Committee
300.00
$81,050.00
Re-appropriation
3,341.27
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT SUMMARY
Appropriations
Expenditures
Teaching, High School
$16,750.00
$15,896.75
Teaching, Grade Schools
32,935.00
32,884.41
Fuel
4,000.00
2,260.34
Books and Supplies
4,500.00
4,949.10
Care of Rooms
3,800.00
3,368.07
Transportation
2,900.00
2,328.50
Salary of Superintendent
1,225.00
1,266.54
Salary of School Physician
100.00
100.00
Salary of School Nurse
1,400.00
1,340.00
Salary of School Committee
300.00
300.00
Grading High School Grounds
500.00
81.45
Continuation and Trade Schools
1,800.00
293.98
General Expenses
4,000.00
** 5,401.11
$74,210.00
$70,470.25
RE-APPROPRIATIONS
School Equipment, bought in 1925 $9,605.28
$13,977.99
School Department
3,864.98
North Randolph School
866.45
757.20
Total amount appropriated
$88,546.71
Total amount paid out
$85,205.44
*Balance -
$3,341.27
*This balance is not, however, wholly a surplus, as owing to un- usual conditions, there are a number of outstanding bills, hence this sum of $3,341.27 should be reappropriated.
** $594.00 of this amount should be charged to care of rooms.
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NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT SUPERINTENDENT
A. O. Christiansen
$1,266.54
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Jesse Beal
$100.00
Charles R. Kiley
100.00
Joseph Belcher
100.00
$300.00
TEACHING STETSON HIGH SCHOOL
Frederick E. Chapin, Principal
$2,240.00
Hubert J. Powderly
1,800.00
Marshall Leavitt
1,800.00
Winnifred Brennan
1,500.00
Jane C. Good
1,500.00
Evelyn Goodwin
1,448.25
Ruth Knight
945.00
Edith Kurtz
900.00
Eleanor F. McDonald
750.00
Naomi Maher
720.00
M. E. Hayes
640.00
M. S. Glancy
600.00
M. Bannigan
560.00
C. Black
455.00
Mrs. Willis Bachelder
22.00
Mrs. Powderly
16.50
$15,896.75
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GRADE SCHOOLS
Charles A. Brennan
$1,042.14
Hubert Gilgan
984.06
Mrs. E. A. Powderly
1,299.30
Hannah F. Hoye
1,249.16
Ellen E. Mclaughlin
1,249.16
Kittie R. Molloy
1,249.16
Rachel McMahon
1,249.16
Clara A. Tolman
1,249.16
Grace Gilgan
1,249.16
Elizabeth G. Lyons
1,246.03
Mary O'Brien
1,249.16
Mrs. Florence Caples
1,249.16
Mrs. Alice Belcher
1,181.39
Fannie A. Campbell
1,150.49
Mrs. Marie Cormey
1,125.01
Mary Mullen
1,125.01
Mrs. Ellen McGerrigle
1,170.23
Anna K. Good
1,116.49
Dorothy Carney
1,055.80
Margaret L. Donovan
1,005.83
Nettie Day
1,002.11
Elizabeth Griffin
931.02
M. Goss
468.43
Elizabeth Condon
931.02
Mrs. Walter Burbank
896.06
Grace Murphy
880.88
Ellen P. Henry
723.58
Catherine M. Desmond
520.96
M. E. Parshley
420.44
H. F. Kelleher
394.13
T. M. Carlin
360.72
Katherine J. Riley
334.00
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Mrs. E. McMahon
126.00
Mrs. Mary Sweeney.
16.00
William Drohan
68.00
Mrs. Chatfield
4.00
Cyril Powderly
16.00
Emily Sanford, Drawing Supervisor
297.60
Dorothy Gribbin, Drawing Supervisor
198.40
Rose Hand, Supervisor of Music
800.00
$32,884.41
TRADE AND CONTINUATION SCHOOLS
Town of Braintree, Continuation
$238.98
City of Quincy
55.00
$293.98
NURSE
Julia Leary
$45.00
Annie Desmond Kiley
1,295.00
$1,340.00
CARE OF ROOMS
George W. Bailey
$237.00
Richard P. Condon
750.19
William E. Stott
609.14
H. Willie Hayden
580.93
George A. Smith
386.00
Martin P. Nugent
294.50
Mrs. George Eddy
193.00
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Joseph Norris William Mahady
152.35
164.96
$3,368.07
FUEL
Randolph Coal Company Frank Diauto
$1,290.90
812.94
C. Esten Soule
97.50
L. J. Courtney
35.00
Edwin Soule
24.00
$2,260.34
TRANSPORTATION
Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Company
$1,425.00
Stephen J. Hart 903.50
$2,328.50
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
George V. Higgins, M. D. $100.00 $100.00
HIGH SCHOOL GRADING
Powers Brothers
81.45
$81.45
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NORTH RANDOLPH SCHOOL
Frank E. Woodward & Co.
$25.00
Trask-Pynn Company
732.20
$757.20
SCHOOL EQUIPMENT
Allen Shade Company
$387.67
American Equipment Co.
90.45
Armstrong Desk Co.
984.50
Atlantic Clock Co.
675.30
Edward Babb & Co.
1,448.40
John F. Boyle
34.80
Brockton Gas Light Company
154.70
Mark B. Claff (cash advances on Contract)
764.65
Division 3, A. O. H.
300.00
Georges Motor Co.
61.00
Globe-Wernicke Co.
26.18
Willard Hanson Co.
245.11
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
4,565.50
L. E. Knott App. Company
1,513.75
Library Bureau
12.50
Mahoney Chair Company
1,225.00
Mitchell, Woodbury Co.
91.50
Ryan & Buker
478.40
G. W. Shedd
43.00
F. W. Skillings
652.00
State Prison
52.88
J. W. Taylor
139.20
Eddy C. Young Company
31.50
$13,977.99
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BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
F. M. Ambrose Company
$9.85
American Book Company
286.25
Edward E. Babb & Company
1,333.41
Baird & McGuire, Inc.
11.88
Beacon Waste Supply Company
7.00
Joseph Belcher, cash paid for supplies
3.40
Brockton Gas Light Company
5.69
Burditt & Williams Company
5.17
Capen & Lane
9.25
Chandler & Barber Company
4.68
Frederick E. Chapin
9.18
M. E. Claff & Sons, Inc.
1.90
F. J. Curran
6.45
DeWolfe & Fiske Company
3.87
Oliver Ditson Company
12.10
Dowling School Supply Company
212.38
James Edgar Company
4.46
M. F. Ellis Company
118.30
L. E. Foster
3.00
Ginn & Company
682.12
Charles B. Graves
17.85
J. L. Hammett Company
16.66
Harper Brothers
52.61
Benjamin Hayden
10.50
F. W. Hayden & Company
41.86
D. C. Heath Company
97.91
Walter Hickey
94.75
Houghton-Mifflin Company
24.63
Howard Paper Co.
43.50
Hunter Stationary Company
1.90
L. E. Knott Apparatus Company
63.99
Longmans, Greene Company
33.93
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The MacMillan Company
85.79
Milton Bradley Company
424.19
Monument Mills 121.28
New England Reed Company
9.00
C. A. Noyes & Company
1.31
Lee Porter
67.40
Hubert J. Powderly, cash paid out
14.75
Office Appliance Company 31.69
Randolph Foundry Company
2.00
Randolph & Holbrook L. &. P. Company
4.92
Reformatory for Women
13.44
L. Richmond Company
1.75
George A. Roel
3.75
Benjamin Sanborn Company
113.78
Arthur P. Schmidt Company
9.95
Scott & Foresman Company
47.85
Charles Scribner's Sons
53.67
Silver Burdett & Company
5.96
Charles N. Smart
6.00
Takalmine Corporation
28.00
Tropical Paint Company
109.10
Underwood Typewriter Company
490.00
Frank C. Walsh
1.67
Ward Stationery Company
9.75
Wheeler Publishing Company
4.35
William F. Whitecross
5.10
Wright & Potter Printing Company
4.08
Brown Durrell Company
5.88
Mrs. George Harris
3.00
William F. Whitecross
2.55
G. B. Dolge & Company
14.40
Brockton Gas Light Company
3.02
F. W. Hayden & Company
5.69
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Randolph Hardware Company 13.60
$4,949.10
GENERAL EXPENSE
Arthur Aldrich
$4.00
American Railway Express Co.
6.92
B. & P. Transportation Co.
5.75
Bancroft
1.25
Jesse Beal (auto hire and tel. expense)
30.00
Joseph Belcher (cash paid for supplies and exp.)
51.69
Blue Line Transportation Co.
4.50
John Boothby
1.50
John T. Boyle
75.00
Brockton Gas Light Co.
21.62
Brockton Transportation Co.
3.75
L. G. Brown
26.00
Chas. J. Burnham Motor Transp.
Company
.50
Capen & Lane
4.75
P. P. Caproni & Brothers
127.00
William H. Carroll
43.25
Chandler & Barber Company
3.16
Frederick E. Chapin (cash paid for labor)
119.80
A. O. Christiansen (traveling exp. and pay for clerical work)
208.92
Richard P. Condon
48.00
Earle Crockett
57.75
F. J. Curran
16.65
Arthur E. Conrad
7.00
James Dowd
49.50
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James Dunphy
4.80
M. F. Ellis & Company
45.31
Gurney Brothers
4.00
Harrington King & Co.
10.24
Harris (estate of) Frank
108.03
B. F. Hayden
4.50
F. W. Hayden & Company
113.12
Walter Hickey
73.25
H. Willie Hayden
45.00
Thomas Hill
289.87
Hellamore's Express Company
.35
Olga C. Howard
45.95
Hunter Stationery Company
2.35
Timothy Kelliher
6.00
Charles R. Kiley (express charges and tel.)
8.00
Kenney Brothers & Walkins
13.96
Marshall W. Leavitt
5.00
H. W. Macauley
97.88
Benjamin J. Mann
50.00
William P. Mann
3.00
Martin Diploma Company
78.25
Massachusetts (Com. of)
25.00
Masury-Young Company
15.50
Joseph P. McDermott
41.00
William McLeer
237.25
John B. McNeil
25.00
Gertrude Meaney
47.40
Monument Mills (Supplies 1925)
82.20
Mystic Products Company
9.73
James Mulligan
16.20
Edward T. Murphy
50.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Company
133.07
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Newsom & Toner
15.80
C. A. Noyes & Company
.75
Robert O'Brien
172.32
The Office Appliance Co.
14.77
Old Colony Piano Company
106.50
The Picture Shop
.80
R. & H. Electric Light Company
473.83
Reformatory for Women
3.07
E. L. Shaw
.35
Philip J. Shea, Jr.
9.00
Spaulding-Morse Co.
33.00
State Prison
18.66
J. W. Taylor
6.00
Teed & Company (new floors at
Prescott)
530.00
labor and material at W. Cor.
School
104.95
Underwood Typewriter Company
3.10
White & Hill
2.56
William F. Whitecross
98.41
E. C. Young Company
22.84
George Bailey
583.29
Mrs. George Eddy
21.25
Martin Nugent
22.50
Mrs. Walter Burbank (School
Supervision)
40.00
Mary Connors (School Supervision)
17.50
Florence Harris
77.50
Ellen P. Henry
55.00
Mary Mullin
74.80
Talmadge Morrow
3.55
George R. Sullivan
11.33
Francis Murphy
15.99
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H. W. Hayden
10.00
W. D. Mclaughlin
5.00
Lloyd Boothby
3.50
Seth Swain
3.38
William Sheridan
161.00
Edward Keith
6.00
Daniel Leavitt
3.50
William Mahady
15.00
Edward Moore
6.00
Frank Dillon
6.75
George Mellon
5.00
Robert Torrence
1.00
George A. Smith
5.00
$5,401.11
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee, Randolph.
Gentlemen :
I am submitting herewith my sixth annual report of the public schools of Randolph.
A study of the enrolment this year and the distribu- tion of the teaching load throughout the schools indicates that we are not wholly free from classroom congestion.
According to the enrolment by grades, there will be 142 sixth graders seeking admission to the 7th grade in the junior high school in September while 96 pupils from the 8th grade will enter the high school at the same time. As the high school graduating class in June:
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will number 46 this means an increase of 50 pupils in the senior school. Both departments therefore will be seri- ously taxed. To get the maximum service out of our classrooms which stand idle during the afternoon hours, some form of relay-attendance will be necessary next fall. The extra room at the Prescott school will undoubtedly be used for the grades.
SCHOOL ENROLMENT Dec. 1926
1926
1925
1924
Stetson High School
217
225
208
Junior High School
214
Prescott Grammar School
204
287
251
Prescott Primary School
205
248
243
Belcher School
221
280
272
North Randolph
87
81
87
Tower Hill
71
61
69
West Corner
37
31
31
Totals
1256
1213
1161
ENROLMENT BY GRADES
High School, Grade 12
46
217
Grade 11
41
Grade 10
59
Grade 9 71
Junior High, Grade 8 86
Grade 7 118
214
Grammar,
Grade 6 142
Grade 5 116
Grade
4 135
Grade
3 138
825
Grade
2 134
Grade
1 160
Totals
1256
1256
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TEACHERS
Schools are no better than the teachers who serve therein. Whatever our educational objectives may be, they count for little or nothing save as they are trans- lated and interpreted in terms of service and instruction to our boys and girls. Our teachers are most desirous of serving to that end.
Their interest in some professional study is most commendable. Elsewhere in this report I am placing on record the educational work done by these teachers and the courses pursued during their spare time.
INSTRUCTION
The economic necessity of teaching large groups of children today is seeking, if not demanding, some stand- ard or common measuring stick whereby the results of instruction can be measured. It is generally agreed that such an objective is a good one and yet at the same time there is an agreement that such will not solve our prob- lems entirely. Standardization in education and ends sought can be reduced to its lowest terms by lightening the teaching load of the teacher. Although in accord with any and all helpful methods in education, I still feel that we have sought too often and in many instances high percents at the cost of high ideals and the forma- tion of a beautiful character. The home is equally re- sponsible in this all-important training but the school has a most wonderful opportunity, if not an obligation, for service in this field and should, therefore, be rated and scored as high, if not higher in this endeavor, than it now boasts of in the mere performances in the three "R's."
Testing and checking, however, have not been ignored. Excellent attainment has been made in the subjects, read-
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ing (oral and silent), arithmetic and spelling. When our teachers may be permitted to give equal time and atten- tion and score the same results in citizenship training, worthy home membership, worthy use of leisure and character building as they now do in the academic sub- jects, then I feel we can give a more worthy account of our stewardship to parents and citizens alike. Teachers have long felt the need of a more uniform distribution of values for school achievements. Useful, constructive work and attainments outside the school should be rec- ognized in terms of school values and thereby prove to the child daily that the schools and the outside world are in agreement and that the former is indeed a preparation for the latter.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Regularity in school attendance is the pupil's first step towards success and achievement in school. None the less important is punctuality. We cannot hope to complete our prescribed work within the regular school year if teachers are to be annoyed daily by a large number of tardy pupils or by absences which we know could have been avoided.
Due consideration is always given to good and legiti- mate excuses but it must be kept in mind that the time lost is gone and that the child is the sole loser. We be- lieve, however, that with a closer home co-operation this attendance defect can be remedied if not entirely elimin- ated.
SCHOOL BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS
It is a source of great pleasure to note the initial step taken towards improving and repairing the school build- ings each year.
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The two rooms remodeled and furnished at the Pres- cott school and the refinishing of the two rooms and the instalation of a new heater at the North Randolph school are worthy additions to our school plant.
RECOMMENDATIONS
In accordance with the plan of the Committee for some school improvement each year, I am offering the follow- ing suggestions for your consideration :
1. Refinishing of two or more rooms at the Prescott School.
2. Sanitation at the Tower Hill School should receive our attention to the end that some im- provement be made at that school. Some form of shelter over the front doors would be an added comfort and convenience to pupils and teachers alike.
3. Extensive repairs at the Belcher School would be a waste of public money. However, a better and stronger distribution of electric lights in the classroom is a necessity and would involve but a small expenditure of money. Com- plete the wire fence on the south side of the play ground.
4. A small annual appropriation for play- ground equipment.
5. Begin a study of school accommodations in the Belcher district.
RETIREMENT
Miss Ellen P. Henry was retired by the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Board, July 1, 1926. Miss Henry's
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long, successful career as a public school teacher has left a deep and lasting influence on our schools. Hundreds of boys and girls who have attended her classes during these years bear witness to this fact.
Teachers who have recently completed or who are now pursuing professional study.
Hubert J. Powderly, Columbia Summer School.
Marshall Leavitt, Boston University Extension.
Margaret Banigan, Harvard Summer School and Bos- ton College.
Evelyn Goodwin, Boston University Extension Courses. Winifred Brennan, Boston College Extension Courses.
Catherine Black, Harvard Summer and Boston Univer- sity Courses.
Mary L. Mullen, Boston University Extension Courses. Hanna F. Hoye, State Extension Courses.
Margaret L. Donovan, State Extension Courses.
Mrs. Sarah Powderly, State Extension Courses. Mary R. O'Brien, State Extension Courses. Anna K. Goode, State Extension Courses.
Mrs. Alice Belcher, State Extension Courses.
Martha Parshley, Fitchburg Normal Summer School. Grace A. Murphy, Hyannis Summer School.
I am very grateful to you for your business-like sup- port and sound council and to teachers and parents for their co-operation and interest in our schools.
Respectfully submitted,
Jan. 14, 1927.
A. O. CHRISTIANSEN.
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NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1927-28
Elementary Schools, Grades 1 to 8
Open Jan. 3, 1927. Close Feb. 18, 1927. 7 weeks.
Open Feb. 28, 1927. Close April 15, 1927. 7 weeks. Open April 25, 1927. Close June 17, 1927. 8 weeks. Summer Vacation
Open Sept. 6, 1927. Close Dec. 23, 1927. 16 weeks.
Christmas Vacation
Open Jan. 3, 1928. Close Feb. 17, 1928. 7 weeks.
High School
Open Jan. 3, 1927. Close Feb. 18, 1927. 7 weeks.
Open Feb. 28, 1927. Close June 24, 1927. 17 weeks. Summer Vacation
Open Sept. 6, 1927. Close Dec. 23, 1927. 16 weeks.
Christmas Vacation
Open Jan. 3, 1928. Close Feb. 17, 1928. 7 weeks.
Schools will close on the following days:
Good Friday, April 15th; May 30th; Oct. 12th; Thanks- giving Day and Friday, Nov. 24th and 25th.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNALS
Three blows repeated at
7.15 A. M. All schools close.
8.15 A. M. No morning session for the first six grades.
12.30 P. M. No afternoon session for the first six grades.
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