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ARTICLE 12. Recommended by the Planning Board. VOTED by a voice vote.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept Lavally Road as laid out on a drawing entitled "Plan of Lots 6 to 12 in- clusive, Collins Oaks, Randolph, Mass., dated October 20, 1952 by R. S. Slayter, C. E., recorded in the Norfolk Registry of Deeds in Book 3298, page 200, as petitioned for by the Board of Select- men.
ARTICLE 13. Recommended by the Planning Board. VOTED by a voice vote.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to declare an emergency in the event that it becomes necessary to purchase or repair or make alterations to a public building for the preservation of life, liberty, health or the general welfare of the Community, but in no event, if such emergency is declared, shall the Board of Selectmen be author- ized to expend the sum in excess of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars or take any other action with reference thereto as peti- tioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
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ARTICLE 14. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a voice vote. Article 14 not accepted.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to transfer suffi- cient funds to pay the engineering member of the Sewer Commis- sions $2,500.00. Whereas was the intent of the Finance Committee that previous appropriated funds was allocated to the chairman of the Sewer Commissioners and $2,500.00 be appropriated to the en- gineering member of the Sewer Commissioners the same member to be paid this amount for his engineering consultant assistance to the Sewer Department over and above his duties as Commis- sioner, as petitioned for by Felix Carlino and others.
ARTICLE 15. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a voice vote. Article 15 not accepted.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 2, Chapter 255 of the General Laws to include Sewer Commission- ers. Said amendment shall read "The Sewer Commissioners of the Town of Randolph hereafter at the first Town Election follow - ing will be elected by the registered voters of the Town for a period of three (3) years." At the completion of each of the ini- tial terms of office said vacancy shall be filled by an elected sewer commissioner for a full three year term as petitioned for by Felix Carlino and others.
ARTICLE 16. Withdrawn by petitioner.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town of Randolph will vote in favor of the following: on all contracts let out for bid by any de- partment, board, or committee, at the time of awards a letter shall be sent to the Finance Committee listing all bidders on said contract, the amount of each individual bid, and the name of the bidder awarded the contract. Said letters regarding these con- tracts, shall be kept on file by the Finance Committee and will be closely studied at the time each department budget comes up for annual review and approval, as petitioned for by Bernard Davidson and others.
ARTICLE 17. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a voice vote. Article 17 not accepted.
Moderator Lombardi declared the Special Town Meeting to be permanently adjourned at 11:20 o'clock P.M.
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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY -EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN MEETING ATTENDANCE 1963
X Present - Absent
3-4-63
5-6-63
5-7-63
5-13-63
5-20-63
6-24-63
9-16-63
Donald E. Adams
Wilbert Adams
Thomas D. Alward
X
John Angelone
Howard Arey, Jr.
X
Norman F. Ayers
X
X
X
Edward L. Bailey
George C. Beatty
Ruth C. Bakerman
Ronald A. Bender
Lawrence A. Bennett
X
X
Edward F. Berry
X
X
X
George E. Bonney
Harold H. Boothby
Randolph Boothby
Francis Bourbeau John F. Brack
Kenneth J. Bradbury
Charles A. Brennan
X
James W. Brennan
X
James M. Brewster
1
Robert T. Brewster
Frank C. Brodil
John P. Burke
John G. Byrnes
John T. Callahan, Jr.
Felix Carlino
William J. Carr
X
Daniel F. Caselden, Jr.
Roger M. Cevolani
X
Leslie L. Claff
Warren L. Claff
Edward T. Clark
X
James C. Clifford Carol J. Coburn Richard E. Coburn
X
X
Edward M. Colbeth, Jr.
Herbert N. Colcord, Jr.
William S. Cole
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Robert M. Ayers
Bernard J. Berger
Ellsworth C. Berry Donald S. Bloch
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS
3-4-63
5-6-63
5-7-63
5-13-63
5-20-63
6-24-63
9-16-63
Thomas J. Collins Francis A. Colosi William S. Condon Marjorie E. Conley Mark F. Conley William E. Connolly Henry M. Cook, Jr.
Robert A. Corey
George A. Cormey
Marie H. Cormey Nuno M. Costa Patrick M. Coughlin John P. Courtney Louis J. Courtney
R. Eileen Courtney
George A. Crowell
George F. Cullen John D. Cullen Joseph W. Curran
X
William R. Curran, Sr.
William R. Curran, Jr.
Rae B. Daley Robert L. Daley
X X
Bernard Davidson
X
X
Peter J. Davin
X
Richard A. Davis
X
X
Robert A. DeCelle
.
Louis F. DeCota
X
Sandra M. Dennis
1
Peter DePaolo
Raymond DeRosa Anthony DeSisto John F. Diauto, Sr.
X X
Michael J. Diauto
X
Edward S. DiNatale
Harris B. Doherty
William J. Doherty
Frederick M. Dolan John F. Dowd
X
Ruth P. Dowd
John C. Downing
Beatrice A. Driscoll
Harold B. Driscoll
X X . XXXX . X . XXXX X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
X
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Ralph R. Dean
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Lawrence W. DeCelle, Sr.
X
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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
3-4-63
5-6-63
5-7-63
5-13-63
5-20-63
6-24-63
9-16-63
Charlotte Ehrenberg John Peter Ellis James C. Emerson
Domonic English
Frank Every
X
Gerald F. Faherty
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X 1
William A. Fornaro
X X
X
X
C. Farrell Gallaway
X
1
Robert G. Gaynor
X
X
Alfred L. George
X
X
David A. Golding
X
X
David J. Good
X
X
Philip N. Good Mitchell J. Goodhue
X
Charles E. Green, Jr.
X
X
Marguerite Green
X
X
X
John W. Griffin Harold J. Gurney
X
X
X
Helen M. Haney
X
X
John T. Hannon
Helen M. Harris
X
Joseph J. Hart
X
Daniel C. Hayes
X
William W. Hicks, Jr.
X
X
X
Alfred B. Hills Arthur E. Hoeg
X
X
X
X
X
X
Harold O. Holbrook
X
X
Edward T. Holland
X
X
X
X
X X XXX.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X -
X X
Barbara D. Jacques James Jimoulis Albin W. Johnson
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
Arthur P. Franke, Jr.
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1
X
X
X
X
Oscar A. Foote
X
X
X
Hyman Finn
X
X
X
Seymour C. Firth
Charles A. Foley (Soren)
1 X X
X
X
X
X
Charles A. Foley (Thornton)
X
X
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X
X
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Robert A. Howe William R. Hurley James F. Hutchinson H. Frank Jablonski John J. Jablonski
X
X
X
X
1
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Edward F. Fahey
X
X
Lorin I. Fenton
X
X
X
X
Charles D. Foley (Union)
X
1
X
X
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS
3-4-63
5-6-63
5-7-63
5-13-63
5-20-63
6-24-63
9-16-63
James T. Keating, Jr. Richard L. Keating James F. Kelley Thomas F. Kennedy
George G. Kent Frank B. Kespert William J. Killoran, Sr.
James F. Kneeland
X
Joseph Komich Alton F. LaBrecque
X X
X
Charles F. Leavitt
Rose Lesser
Sheppard A. Lesser, Sr.
Maurice Lewis
X
Milton T. Lind
1
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X
Elizabeth D. Linfield
Frank H. Linfield
-
-
1
-
X
X
X X
X
X
Joseph A. Lombardi
X X
X X
X
John M. MacDonald
Richard M. MacDonald A. Walter MacEachern Grace T. Macleod Ralph E. Macleod Charles F. Macy
X
X
Jerome L. Maltz
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-
1
Mary A. McDermott
X
X
X
X
Patrick T. McDonnell
X
Joseph A. McElroy Raymond P. McGerrigle Donald E. McKay
X
John T. McLaughlin
Mary L. Mclaughlin M. Louise McNeil Oscar H. Meissner
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Edward I. Mann Louis A. Mann Donald N. Martin Ernest C. Martin
Patricia M. McDermott
X
William H. McDermott
X
Joseph B. Lit Selma Lit
-
Dorothy Thelma Lombardi
X
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X
X
X
William J. Lynch
X
Virginia T. Lind
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
3-4-63
5-6-63
5-7-63
5-13-63
5-20-63
6-24-63
9-16-63
Frederick B. Merry Vera R. Michaelson
Willis H. Michaelson Helen Millen
X X
X
X
X
John Milne, Jr.
X
X
X
X
X
Patricia C. Molloy
X
X
X
X
X
Leonard L. Moreau
X
X
X
X
James P. Moriarty
X
X
X
Donald E. Morrison
X
X
1
Bartholomew J. Mulhern
X
X
X
Thomas A. Mulligan Peter J. Murphy
X
X
X
Daniel J. Murray
Herbert E. Murray
Clara M. Nickerson
Roger Niles Herbert E. Olsen, Sr. Leo T. O'Neil John O'Riley
X
X
X
Jeanne C. Parker
X
X
X
Robert A. Pastman
X
X
X
X
X
G. Helen Pelissier Herbert G. Pelissier
X
X
X
F. Randolf Philbrook Eugene J. Pignatelli Frank M. Powers
Thomas J. Powers
X
X
Daniel J. Reardon
X
X
Stanley M. Rice James P. Richards
X
X
X
X
Henry J. Rota
X
X
Marshall H. G. Roth
X
Louis W. Rotman Edward J. Roycroft Ernest J. Ryan
X
X
Joseph P. Sass Roger V. Sass
Herbert H. Saunders
X
Paul V. Scally Ralph Seaverns
Robert L. Schneider
X
Richard R. Schwartz Joseph J. Semensi
X X
X
X
Herman S. Sherr
Norman B. Silk
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS
3-4-63
5-6-63
5-7-63
5-13-63
5-20-63
6-24-63
9-16-63
Joseph E. Simmons Rose B. Simmons Mary E. Snow Alfred J. Spring
X 1
X
X
X
William M. Stewart
X
X
Clarence B. Strickland
X
X
William A. Strickland
X
X
W. Blair Stymest Dorothy W. Sullivan
Frank J. Sullivan
George R. Sullivan James A. Sullivan
X
John E. Sullivan
Marnold Tagrin Alan H. Taylor Frank F. Teed
Harvey W. Teed
Gerald C. Terrio
1
X
X
X
Albert W. Wallace
X
X
Robert E. Walsh Thomas F. Warren, Jr.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Evelyn D. Wasserman
1 X
X
Samuel J. Wasserman
-
X
X
X
Charles E. Wehner
-
X
George N. Welch
X
George H. White
X
X
Herbert A. White
X
X
X
Albert L. Willis
1
X
X
Nancy S. Willis Robert Wiley
Walter C. Winston, Jr.
X
Irving J. Yoffa
1
1
Martin E. Young
Wilmer S. Young Joseph J. Zapustas
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X
X
X X
X
X
X
X
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Sidney Tucker
F. Gordon Wales Grace J. Wall
X
X
X
Jerome S. Walsh
X
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Joseph R. Welch Alvin M. White Bernard F. White
X X
X
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X
X
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Eddy C. Young
X
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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
BIRTHS RECORDED IN RANDOLPH IN 1963
Male
Female
Total
January
19
18
37
February
17
11
28
March
27
25
52
April
17
25
42
May
17
19
36
June
18
20
38
July
16
20
36
August
22
21
43
September
19
18
37
October
21
18
39
November
11
8
19
December
1
1
2
Total
205
204
409
DEATHS RECORDED IN RANDOLPH IN 1963
January
8
13
21
February
8
7
15
March
11
8
19
April
7
6
13
May
8
5
13
June
8
6
14
July
8
10
18
August
10
9
19
September
12
7
19
October
6
5
11
November
7
4
11
December
5
9
14
Total
98
89
187
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN RANDOLPH 1963
January
10
February
12
March
4
April
12
May
12
June
26
July
9
August
19
September
29
October
20
November
20
December
7
Total
180
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS STATEMENT OF LICENSES ISSUED
Dog Licenses for 1963:
764 Males at $2.00
$1,528.00
108 Females at $5.00
540.00
493 Spayed Females at $2.00
986.00
11 Breeders at $10.00
110.00
2 Breeders at $25.00
50.00
1 Breeder at $50.00
50.00
$3,264.00
Fees retained by Town of Randolph
344.75
Paid to Norfolk County
$2,919.25
Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses, 1963:
312 Resident Fishing at $4.25 $1,326.00
187 Resident Hunting at $4.25
794.75
87 Resident Sporting at $7.25 630.75
32 Resident Minor Fishing at $2.25
72.00
42 Resident Female Fishing at $3.25
136.50
1 Resident Citizen Trapping at $7.75
7.75
1 Non-Resident Fishing at $8.75
8.75
2 Non-Resident Citizen Hunting at $15.25
30.50
7 Duplicate Licenses at $.50
3.50
4 Archery Stamps at $1.10
4.40
$3,014.90
Fees retained by Town of Randolph
166.40
Paid Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Game
$2,848.50
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
For the Year Ending December 31, 1963
Front row: Mrs. Marie H. Cormey, Mr. Raymond P. McGerrigle, Chairman; Mrs. Patricia M. McDermott
Back row: Mr. William J. Lynch, Asst. Superintendent of Schools; Mr. Charles E. Green, Jr., Mr. Peter J. Davin, Mr. Thomas L. Warren, Superintendent of Sahonla
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The Randolph School Committee herewith submits its annual report to the Citizens of the Town of Randolph:
The School Committee meets regularly on the first and third Mondays of every month at 8:00 p.m. and the public has always been cordially invited to be present. Committee members are. elected by the people, under the General Laws of the Common- wealth, for a period of three years, and they serve without re- muneration.
All School Committees in Massachusetts are, in general, agents of the Commonwealth, and carry out the conduct of educa- tion in conformity with and as delegated to them by the State Leg- islatures under the General Laws. Specifically, the General Laws charge the Committee with the duties of policy formation, budget making, personnel appointments, approval of curricula and text- books, planning of school services, and evaluation of the educa- tional program.
The growth and expansion of the school system and the ex- panded budgetary concern for custodial and maintenance problems has increased the scope of the Committee's supervision during the past year, resulting in increased meeting hours and scheduling of conferences with other committees, inspection of construction and buildings and research activity.
Your Committee has also been most.pleased to attend and be a part of the monthly Staff deliberations of the Board of Select- men, the meetings of the Building and Planning Committee, and the many meetings of the Blue Hills Regional School Planning Board. From all these combined efforts of your public officials, there has ensued the highest cooperative understanding and as- sistance in the administration of the multiple problems of educa- . tion.
The mounting costs of education, and the demand for quality service in this vital field, especially when accompanied by a con- stantly increasing number of pupils to be served, has posed for your Committee the same budgetary problems that beset many similar communities in the Commonwealth. As a consequence, many towns and cities have reached the conclusion that the finan- cial burden on the taxpayer has arrived at the point where only a more indulgent aid must come from the State itself. The empha- sis so distinctively and often enunciated by our late-lamented President John F. Kennedy for relief of the burden on the home- owner, and the consequent action by the Congress, have pointed the way.
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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
With the opening of the Margaret L. Donovan School in Feb- ruary, 1963, 24 classrooms were added to the elementary school program. This beautiful building is one of superior construction and the finest school building in the town, and assures relief from crowded conditions at the elementary level for the next few years, contingent upon the progressive construction of home-building in Randolph. This school site is most ideal, more than 13 acres, affording a magnificent view of the Blue Hills Reservation. An elevated Little League baseball field overlooks the area which has been enhanced by use of 4-1/2 acres of MDC land, generously donated by the MDC for use by the School Committee.
The result of our burgeoning school population is felt most acutely in the High School. The high school building is designed to accommodate about a thousand pupils. Presently it houses 1250. It will be necessary, therefore, to remove Grade 9 from the High School in September, 1964, and house Grade 9 in the North Junior High School, thereby creating a problem of double sessions for Grades 7-9.
The construction of the new South Junior High School, early in 1964, is mandatory. With the authorization to borrow from the Housing and Home Finance Agency of the Federal Government under Public Law 560, the sum necessary for Plans and Specifi- cations at the Special Town Meeting of June, 1963, the implemen- tation for this construction was initiated. After careful interview- ing and screening of all interested architects, the School Building and Planning Committee and the School Committee voted unani- mously to select Tedesco Associates, who did so satisfactory a design for the Margaret L. Donovan School, as architects.
The application for the funds was approved by the Federal Government and plans and specifications will be completed for sending out to bid by March 1964. It is anticipated that the re- quest for funds to construct this facility will be presented to the townspeople in April, 1964. The site chosen for the school is on an eminence of 16-plus acres off Mill Street, with accessibility from Alfred Terrace and North St. By unanimous vote of the School Committee, School Planning and Building Committee and the Board of Selectmen, the name of the new school will be the President John F. Kennedy Junior High School.
Concern with the calibre of academic progress of the school system has occupied much of the Committee's deliberations dur- ing the past year. The implementation of the Modern Math Pro- gram at all levels in the system, and the purchase of equipment and supplies under the National Defense Education Act for the advancement of educational facilities has enhanced the program of education. The pertinent implementation of these achieve- ments is detailed in the Report of the Superintendent and Staff.
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS
The need for adequate office space for the administration of the School Department necessitated the vacating, in 1961, of the area assigned in the High School, which was then needed for class- room use. Consequently, rented facilities were provided by the Veterans of Foreign Wars in their building on Highland Avenue. The Committee is indeed most grateful to the V.F.W. for their fine community spirit displayed in extending the use of their quarters to the School Committee and the School Department. In order to free these quarters for the V.F.W., and to effect a sav- ings in rent and utilities, the committee, in November, 1963, moved the administrative offices to the basement of the Stetson School, where temporary quarters, though inadequate, are avail- able. The need for adequate office space to conduct business of the administration of the School Department has been a long-felt need, and can be best served by the erection of a building for this vital need. The Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting therefore, contains an article proposing the construction of this facility.
The housing and protection of valuable equipment needed for the maintenance of buildings, plant and grounds, has likewise been of serious concern to your Committee. In order to conduct a proper program of such magnitude, the care of such equipment as 3 trucks, a tractor-gang mower, 2 new Driver Training Cars, large athletic equipment adjuncts, numerous power mowers, snow-blowers, etc., necessitates a building for this purpose. No longer may such equipment be stored inside school buildings and the storage of wax, gas, oil, and power machines becomes an ad- ded problem. Therefore, it becomes necessary to request in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting for 1964, the construction of a garage-storage building. It is proposed that both these build- ings be erected in the area of the High School, near Highland Avenue-Memorial Parkway.
The Committee has been greatly concerned with the increased rate of vandalism and the consequent destruction of valuable school property during the past year. Payment for damages caused by such vandalism has, of necessity, diverted from budg- eted funds, many dollars allocated to vital repairs and mainten- ance. The conjunctive efforts of Chief Macauley and Juvenile and Safety Officer Charles Olsen have been most effective in assist- ing the committee to stem the tide of this destruction.
The culmination of the efforts of the Blue Hills Regional Vo- cational Planning Board with the completion of the agreement to be presented to the Selectmen of the 7 towns in the area, is to be applauded. Shortly, the Brochure of explanation of the features of this needed facility, and the advantages thereof, will be in cir- culation to the townspeople previous to the inclusion of the Ques- tion on the Ballot at the Annual Town election in 1 964.
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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
The School Committee wishes to express its deep apprecia - tion to the Superintendent, the Assistant Superintendent, the ad- ministration staff, the teachers, clerks, cafeteria personnel and the custodial staff for their unflagging devotion and cooperation in the details of providing for our educational needs. The Com- mittee is likewise most grateful for the distinctive efforts of the Selectmen, the School Planning and Building Committee, the Po- lice Department and all town personnel in furthering the tasks of providing for our future citizens.
For the fine support of the townspeople, the Committee is especially thankful since the measure of the success of the edu- cational system is but the result of the pattern of the wishes of the citizenry. We sincerely feel that the citizens of Randolph desire their schools to be among the best. In furtherance there- of, the Committee solicits your continued assistance, your com- ments, and your constructive criticisms.
RANDOLPH SCHOOL COMMITTEE
RAYMOND P. McGERRIGLE, Chairman MRS. MARIE H. CORMEY, Secretary PETER J. DAVIN CHARLES E. GREEN, JR. MRS. PATRICIA MOLLOY MCDERMOTT
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Members of the Randolph School Committee, and to all other Citizens of Randolph, it is my great pleasure to submit herewith my ninth annual report and a summary of my 8 years as Superintendent of Schools in Randolph.
The turbulent evolution in education continues and at times seems like a revolution. The determination of what is worthwhile, and what is not, constitutes an ever-present problem of evalua- tion. Many of the "new" programs are very expensive, and as yet, their value not proven. We shall continue to recommend changes in accordance with the ability of our community to pay, and the proven worth of the idea.
In the elementary grades during the past year, we have made basic adoption of new arithmetic and spelling texts, and the re- sults from their use have been very gratifying to all. The en- thusiasm with which the principals and teachers have accepted these new challenges, which in turn has been transmitted to the pupils, has once again proven that the staff is the nucleus of any school system, and we have a first-class staff.
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The approval by the School Committee of the position of an elementary coordinator is another positive step in assuring a co- ordinated program for our more than 3000 elementary pupils.
In the junior high grades, we have continued to provide the new texts necessary for the staff to provide the best education possible, in accordance with the varying abilities of the students. The inclusion of grade 9 in the junior high program next Septem- ber will bring us to our long-sought-for goal of a 6-3-3 system. However, if it were not for the crowded senior high, we would not make this move until a later date. As a result of good plan- ning, the pupils of grades 7-8-9 will continue to have a full six- period day, but of course on a double shift. Pupils of grade 9 will attend the morning sessions from 7:45 until 12:00 noon, and the pupils of grades 7 and 8 will go from 12:15 until 4:30 p.m. The early approval of funds for a junior high school in the south section of the town is imperative, in order that we may return to the regular school day by the fall of 1965. There are a number of reasons why it is necessary for the pupils of grade nine to at- tend the a.m. session, even more than those of grades 7 and 8, and so that is the way that the schedule has been arranged.
The staff and pupils of the senior high school have carried on this year under the difficulties imposed by the extremely crowded conditions. As stated in my report of last year, we have no room for "seat-warmers" and would-be comedians, so the action of the Committee in expelling a number of pupils who, despite previous warnings, persisted in preventing the orderly running of the school, has had a very positive effect.
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