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12. The extension of the work of supervising principals to include the smaller schools.
13. The enlargement of the work of evening schools and the establishment of educational centres.
14. The employment of an extra teacher for backward chil- dren, in each large building.
15. The giving of greater attention to ethical instruction.
Thanking the board individually and collectively for the year's courtesies and guidance, and teachers and supervisors for loval co-operation and faithful service, I respectfully submit this report.
G. A. SOUTHWORTH, Superintendent of Schools.
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By vote of the board at the meeting held May 28, 1906, the following was adopted and a copy sent to the family of Mrs. Snow :-
Mrs. Jennette Billings Snow, a teacher in the Bennett school, died in Sharon May 1, 1906. Mrs. Snow was for six years at different periods a faithful and efficient teacher in our day and evening schools. She easily won and held the respect and regard of her pupils, in each of whom she took a warm, per- sonal interest. The influence of her life and character will long survive, and she will be kindly remembered by all who received her instruction or were associated with her in any way.
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ORGANIZATION OF SOMERVILLE SCHOOLS.
Information concerning our schools is frequently sought by citizens or by educators in other localities. Following are the principal facts concerning them :-
Kindergartens. The city supports four kindergartens, in the Hanscom, Bennett, Baxter, and Glines schools. Vaccinated children between four and five years of age are admitted to the kindergarten nearest their residence during the months of Sep- tember and April, and may remain until the July following their fifth birthday. Sessions from 9 to 12.
Head kindergartners receive $600. One trained assistant is allowed when the number exceeds thirty, at a salary of $275, $350, or $425, according to experience. Kindergarten teachers give five hours daily to their work, the afternoon being employed in visitation, preparation, mothers' meetings, and the like.
Primary Schools. Our elementary school course covers nine years, the first three of which are spent in primary schools. We have one exclusively primary school building, the ninety-five pri- mary classes being distributed among twenty-three schoolhouses.
Vaccinated children five years of age, or who will reach that age on or before the first day of October, are admitted during the month of September only, provided they have never attended school before. Children able to enter existing classes will be ad- mitted at any time. Applications for admission should be made to the principal of the school.
Only trained or experienced teachers are employed, the sala- ries being $300, $375, $450, $525, $600, or $650, according to length of service. Normal training is equivalent to a year's ex- perience, and experience in other places may be counted in deter- mining salary.
First-grade teachers, with classes numbering fifty, are al- lowed an assistant, who is paid $200, $275, $350, or $425, accord- ing to years of service.
Grammar Schools. The grammar grades are found chiefly in twelve large buildings, of twelve or more rooms each. The course covers six years, and includes only those studies which the statute requires, with the addition of music, sewing, and ele- mentary science.
The salaries of grammar school teachers are the same as those of primary teachers. Masters are paid $1,900, and their assistants $725. Other ninth-grade teachers are paid $700. Principals of smaller schools receive $725, $775, or $900 each.
Promotions. Promotions in all grades, from the first to the thirteenth, are made in June by the regular teacher and the prin- cipal, with the approval of the superintendent and district com- mittee. They are based on the estimate of the pupil's daily work
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made by the teacher and recorded bi-monthly. An occasional brief, unannounced, written test is a factor in this estimate.
Where there is reasonable doubt of a student's fitness, he may be promoted on a trial of three months. In such cases the parent is notified and kept informed of his child's progress. At the end of this probationary period he may be returned to his former grade, provided it seems for his interests. In 1906 ten per cent. of those promoted on trial fell back.
Children capable of more rapid advancement may be pro- moted one or more grades at any time. Forty-one were thus promoted in 1906.
Fitness for graduation or for admission to the high schools is determined in precisely the same way. Diplomas are given in grammar and high schools to those who have satisfactorily com- pleted full courses.
Latin High School. In September, 1895, in the forty-third year of its existence, the Somerville High school was divided, the classical, or college preparatory, departments remaining in the old building, erected in 1872, and the English departments occupying a new building, erected in 1894-'95.
Some facts concerning the Latin school are presented in the following table :-
School Year.
Average Number Belonging.
Number Entering.
Gradu- ates.
Cost of Instruction.
Per Capita Cost.
Teachers.
Pupils to Teacher.
1895-6
257
69
50
$11,702
$45.57
9
28.6
1896-7
262
81
51
11,840
45.19
9
29.1
1897-8
273
86
55
11,921
43.67
9
30.3
1898-9
264
78
51
11,935
45.21
9
29.3
1899-0
245
65
48
12,491
50.98
9
27.2
1900-1
271
104
56
12,676
46.74
9
30.0
1901-2
314
114
56
12,583
40.13
10
31.4
1902-3
358
12
46
14,170
39.58
11
32.5
1903-4
398
122
73
16,104
40.46
13
30.6
1904-5
411
138
76
16,566
40.31
13
31.6
1905-6
431
135
81
16,991
39.42
14
30.8
The object of the school is, primarily, to furnish a suitable preparation for those pupils who desire to pursue either a regular or a special course of study at higher institutions of learning, but the school is open to all pupils who wish to take the courses of study offered.
The regular time for completing the course is four vears. Pupils, at the request of their parents, can make the work of each year easier by taking five years for the course. Those who are capable, and have good reason for shortening the time of prepa-
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ration, are allowed to complete the course in as short a time as their ability will permit.
Graduates of grammar schools are admitted to either high school on presenting a certificate of qualification signed by a master. All other pupils are admitted by an examination in grammar school studies, given usually on the day preceding the opening of the schools in September.
The tuition for non-residents is the per capita cost for the year, payable in advance. The sessions of the school are from 8.30 to 1.30. The salaries paid high school teachers range from $900 to $1,200 for women and from $1,000 to $3,000 for men.
English High School. This school was organized in Septem- ber, 1895. Information concerning it is found in the following table :-
School Year.
Average Number Belonging.
Number Entering.
Gradu- ates.
Cost of Instruction.
Per Capita Cost.
Teachers.
Pupils to a Teacher.
1895-6
456
213
67
$20,102
$44.13
21
21.7
1896-7
531
235
70
23,010
43.33
21
25.3
1897-8
535
224
75
24,843
46.44
22
24.3
1898-9
575
231
86
26,159
45.49
23
25.0
1899-0
669
316
83
31,322
46.82
27
24.8
1900-1
691
249
97
32,739
47.35
30
23.0
1901-2
738
294
108
35,989
48.74
34
21.7
1902-3
747
264
135
36,843
49.32
33
22.6
1903-4
728
264
106
36,426
50.04
33
22.1
1904-5
784
339
135
39,634
50.56
33
23.8
1905-6
893
378
127
39,823
44.60
35
25.5
The course of study covers four years. Graduates are ad- mitted to special courses when the conditions are favorable. Candidates for technical and normal schools take specific pre- paratory work.
The wide range of elective studies is a distinctive feature of the school. The choice of the first year may be one of the fol- lowing: Latin, French, German, biology (botany and zoology), manual training, and mechanical drawing. To these, physics is added for the second year, and chemistry, geology, and astronomy for the third and fourth. After the second year two or more electives may be taken. Penmanship and commercial arithmetic may be taken the second year.
During the third and fourth years the student may elect in a business course bookkeeping, commercial arithmetic, commer- cial law, penmanship, stenography, typewriting ; in mathematics, advanced algebra, solid geometry, analytical geometry, and
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trigonometry; in advanced science, work in botany, zoology, physics, chemistry, and drawing.
Of the fifteen periods of prepared work, the course pre- scribes ten periods the first year, eleven periods the second year, seven periods the third year, and seven periods the fourth year. The pupil has the privilege of selecting from the list of elective studies subjects whose recitation periods each week, or their equivalents, when added to the required prepared work, shall equal the necessary fifteen periods.
Concerning admission, sessions, etc., see Latin School.
A simple, healthful, inexpensive lunch is served at the recess midway of each session to pupils desiring it.
Manual Training. Three rooms are fitted and equipped in the basement of the English High school for its manual training department. The course includes carpentry, wood-turning, and carving, clay modeling, pattern making, moulding, and casting. A fourth room is devoted to mechanical drawing, with a full course. Manual training has not been extended to include grammar schools.
The master in charge of the manual training department is paid $1,800, and his assistants $1,700, $1,400, $1,000, and $900.
Sewing. Sewing is taught to the girls in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grammar grades in weekly lessons of about one hour each.
Three special teachers are employed at salaries of $650.
Music. Instruction in music is given exclusively in the high schools and in part in the three upper grammar grades by a specialist, who is paid $1,700. The books used are "The Euter- pean," "The Cecilian Series of Music and Song," Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, and "The Laurel Song Book."
In the six lower grades musical instruction is given by the regular grade teacher, under the supervision of a specialist, who visits each class once every fifteen days. She is paid $900. The Normal System of Music, with its books and charts, is used.
Gymnastics. In elementary grades the Ling system of Swedish gymnastics is practiced daily. No special teacher is employed.
Recesses. The Latin school has two brief recesses, breaking the daily session into thirds. The English school has a single recess at the end of the third period.
The four lower elementary grades have a five-minute recess midway of each session. The five upper grammar grades have no recess, though no unreasonable physical restraint is placed upon any pupil.
No detention of pupils is allowed at noon, and but a half- hour's detention at the close of the afternoon session, "for wilful neglect of duty only."
Corporal Punishment. Corporal punishment, "which in- cludes any infliction of physical pain or application of physical force," is not prohibited. It must, however, not be administered
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until twenty-four hours after the offence, the approval of the principal being first obtained. Each case must be reported in detail to the superintendent. There were 284 in 1901, 328 in 1902, 299 in 1903, 293 in 1904, 339 in 1905, and 326 in 1906.
Drawing. Two teachers of drawing are employed in the English High school at salaries of $1,000 and $650. In that school freehand drawing is compulsory for first-year pupils, and elective for all others. Drawing is not taught in the Latin school. A few Latin school pupils take drawing in the English school.
In the primary grades daily lessons, and in the grammar grades semi-weekly lessons are given by the regular teacher, under the direction of a supervisor, who visits each class once a month, and is paid $1,000.
The course includes pictorial drawing from nature, models, and objects; structural drawing from type solids; decorative drawing, designing, and color work, historic ornament and picture-study. No drawing books are used. Colored crayons are provided in primary grades, and water-colors and brush in grammar grades.
Penmanship. Intermedial slant writing is taught in the ele- mentary schools, the Whitehouse system being used. The supervisor visits each class once in four weeks, and receives $1,500.
Student Teachers. At the present time one student teacher is employed in the English school, serving without pay, under the direction of the head master.
Provision has just been made for the employment in the ele- mentary schools of not exceeding twelve "Cadet teachers," at a salary of $200 each.
The Public Library. The English school has a working library of 1,200 volumes, but it draws constantly on the public library, located in an adjoining building.
For many years there has been a constant use of the library by school children. Circulating libraries of fresh books are in use in the smaller buildings. Books are delivered and collected cach week at the large grammar schools. As far as they can, the teachers aid in the selection of books by the children, and the librarian and his assistants cheerfully render all the help in their power.
Evening Schools. An evening high school is maintained in the English High school building on four evenings a week, from 7.30 to 9.30. The principal is paid $6, and his assistants $4, $3, $2, and $1.50. Any high school study, and freehand and me- chanical drawing, may be pursued.
Elementary evening schools are open in the Prescott, Bell, Forster, and Highland buildings from October 1 on four even- ings a week, from 7.30 to 9.30. The length of the term is de- pendent on the interest and attendance. The course of study
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followed is that prescribed by the statutes. Principals receive $3 or $4, and assistants, $2, $1.50, or $1 each evening.
Truants. The city employs one active truant officer, who is paid $1,100 and the board of his horse. Truants are sent to the county truant school at North Chelmsford. There are now nine truants from Somerville in the school.
Janitors. "These important officers are appointed by the commissioner of public buildings, and are under his direction and that of the school principal.
Supervision. The superintendent of schools is the execu- tive officer of the board, and upon him devolves the general management of the schools under its direction. He serves as the secretary of the board and as supply agent. His salary is $5,000, and he is allowed two clerks, who receive $750 and $600.
His office is in the city hall annex, and his hours are from 4 to 5 each school day, and from 8 to 9 on Saturday. His office is open from 8 to 5 on school days, and from 8 to 10 on Saturday.
The meetings of the school board are held on the last Mon- day evening of each month, except July, August, and December; at 8.15 o'clock.
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CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.
Concerning Finance.
No. of Table
1. Schedule of school property
.2. Cost of maintaining schools, 1906
3. Cost per capita of maintaining schools, 1906
4. Cost of maintaining schools for a series of years
5. Cost per capita for maintaining schools for a series of years
6. Amount spent annually for new school buildings and for re- pairs for a series of years
Concerning Pupils.
7. Population and school census
8. Attendance, etc .. of the schools for 1906
9. Statistics of the high schools, for school year 1905-1906
10. Pupils by grades, December, 1906
11. Separate statistics for grammar and primary schools, 1906
12. Admissions to first grade in September
13. Number of grammar school graduates, 1906
14. Truant statistics
15. Evening school statistics, 1905-1906
16. Grammar school graduates for a series of years
17. Attendance statistics of all schools for a series of years
18. Statistics of the high school for a series of years
19. Promotions, 1906
Concerning Teachers.
20. Resignations of teachers, 1906
21. Teachers clected in 1906
22. Leave of absence of teachers
23. Transfers of teachers
24. Number of teachers employed for a series of years
Miscellaneous.
25. Changes in text-books, 1906
26. High school graduation exercises, 1906
27. Grammar school graduation exercises, 1906 !
28. Organization of school board for 1907
29. Teachers in service January, 1907
30. Officers in service January, 1907
31. . School janitors
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TABLE 1 .- SCHOOLHOUSES.
NAME.
No. of Classrooms.
Size of Lot.
Valuation, including Furniture.
When built.
No. of years used.
Enlargements.
1
Latin High
a13
....
$91,500
1871
35
8 rooms added 1906
2
English High
b19
...
137,600
1895
11
3
Prescott
12
22,000
66,250
1867
39
4
Knapp .
13
24,517
50,340
1889
17
4 rooms added 1894
5
Pope
12
27,236
80,860
1891
15
6
Bell .
12
22,262
45,340
1874
32
7
Edgerly
12
24,000
44,250
1871
35
§ 4 rooms added 1882 4 rooms added 1892
8
Glines .
14
28,800
80,800
1891
15
5 rooms added 1896
9
Forster
18
30,632
85,350
1866
40 6 rooms added 1899
10
Bingham
16
35,586
60,000
1886
20
4 rooms added 1894 1 8 rooms added 1904
11
Carr
17
20,450
53,800
1898
8
12
Morse .
12
29,000
48,200
1869
37
6 rooms added 1890 4 rooms added 1891
13
Highland
12
23,260
60,560
1880
26
14
Hodgkins
14
35,034
71,550
1896
10
15
Bennett
12
17,000
59,248
1902
4
16
Proctor
9
18,000
41,029
1905
2
17
Burns .
8
16,080
34,700
1886
20
4 rooms added 1899
18
Lowe
8
21,650
51,826
1903
2
19
Hanscom
6
12,756
49,580
1897
9
20
Baxter
6
11,000
32,956
1901
5
21
Perry
6
46,080
37,000
1899
7
22
Brown
6
20,093
39,690
1901
5
23
Davis
4
30,155
22,720
1884
22
24
Cummings
4
11,300
11,920
1884
22
25
Durell .
4
13,883
19,720
1894
12
26
Lincoln
4
17,662
18,220
1885
21
Total
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$1,395,009
..
(a) Besides a recitation room, a physical laboratory, two teachers' rooms, an assembly hall, a library and a principal's office.
(b) A chemical, a physical, a biological laboratory, seven recitation rooms, a lecture hall, two drawing rooms, two teachers' rooms, library, and principal's office. Four manual training rooms and lunch room in basement. The biological laboratory and the lecture hall furnish three class- rooms.
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TABLE 2 .- COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1906.
SCHOOLS.
Teachers.
Care.
Supplies.
Total.
Latin High .
$18,222 30
$2,005 77
$1,271 51
$21,499 58
English High
41,507 20
3,105 15
5,170 66
49,783 01
Prescott
11,022 75
1,607 43
798 50
13,428 68
Knapp .
10,597 44
1,620 28
906 76
13,124 48
Pope
.
10,463 45
1,889 16
1,013 21
13,365 82
Bell
10,433 93
1,484 78
832 52
12,751 23
Edgerly
10,489 39
1,501 73
839 44
12,830 56
Glines .
12,144 64
2,002 57
671 22
14,818 43
Forster
14,607 87
2,954 09
1,144 71
18,706 67
Bingham
13,148 52
1,787 67
830 59
15,766 78
Carr
13,474 30
1,994 02
1,163 17
16,631 49
Morse .
10,409 42
1,716 56
885 97
13,011 95
Highland
10,458 00
1,812 76
1,305. 42
13,576 18
Hodgkins
12,252 06
1,627 37
1,009 68
14,889 11
Bennett
9,552 64
1,530 72
549 93
11,633 29
Burns
6,011 85
1,152 69
451 24
7,615 78
Proctor
6,087 91
986 00
505 97
7,579 88
Lowe
5,960 04
1,140 89
388 64
7,489 57
Hanscom
4,739 75
903 87
507 62
6,151 24
Baxter .
4,940 13
971 21
342 70
6,254 04
Perry
.
4,418 82
925 42
312 84
5,657 08
Davis .
3,013 93
721 84
270 66
4,006 43
Cummings
2,853 56
797 41
160 36
3,811 33
Durell .
2,752 60
659 15
185 81
3,597 56
Lincoln
2,872 37
678 45
260 94
3,811 76
Evening
9,556 30
1,999 04
512 07
12,067 41
Totals
.
.
$266,196 46
$40,560 23
$22,589 08
$329,345 77
4,205 29
984 20
296 94
5,486 43
Brown .
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TABLE 3 .- PER CAPITA COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1906.
SCHOOLS.
Teachers.
Care.
Supplies.
Total.
Latin High
$42 58
$4 69
$2 97
$50 24
English High
44 39
3 32
5 53
53 24
Prescott
19 20
2 80
1 39
23 39
Knapp
19 37
2 96
1 66
23 99
Pope
20 40
3 68
1 98
26 06
Bell
20 66
2 94
1 65
25 25
Edgerly
19 79
2 83
1 58
24 20
Glines
21 61
3 56
1 19
26 36
Forster
20 12
4 07
1 58
25 77
Bingham
19 71
2 68
1 25
23 64
Carr
) 02
2 96
1 73
24 71
Morse
19 71
3 25
1 68
24 64
Highland
19 81
3 43
2 47
25 71
Hodgkins
19 57
2 60
1 61
23 78
Bennett
18 77
3 01
1 08
22 86
Burns
17 33
3 32
1 30
21 95
Proctor
16 37
2 55
1 36
20 28
Lowe
16 24
3 11
1 06
20 41
Hanscom
16 34
3 12
1 75
21 21
Baxter .
: 58
3 46
1 22
22 26
Perry
.
16 82
3 94
1 19
21 95
Brown
.
15 40
3 23
1 09
19 72
Davis
17 32
4 15
1 56
23 03
Cummings
16 69
4 66
94
22 29
Durell
.
15 82
3 79
1 07
20 68
Lincoln .
14 51
3 43
1 32
19 26
High schools
$43 82
$3 75
$4 73
$52 30
Gram. and primary
19 85
3 41
1 55
24 81
All schools
22 63
3 45
1 92
28 00
Gram. and prim. with-
out evening schools
18 94
3 22
1 50
23 66
All
schools without
evening schools
21 82
3 28
1 88
26 98
.
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TABLE 4. - ANNUAL COST OF MAINTAINING THE SCHOOLS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
Amounts are given to the nearest dollar and include what has been paid for maintaining day and evening schools of all grades.
YEAR.
Average Member- ship.
Instruction and Supervision.
Water and Light.
Heating.
Janitors.
School Supplies.
Total.
1886
4,985
$83,542
624
$4,929
$4,194
$6,676
$99,865
1887
5,198
86,713
765
6,475
5,084
7,526
106,563
1888
5,488
88,967
953
7,121
5,892
7,421
110,354
1889
5,956
96,466
805
6,081
6,448
9,903
119,703
1890
6,486
104,184
1,004
5,586
7,539
10,371
128,684
1891
6,502
114,066
1,047
8,032
8,544
13 899
145,588
1892
7,035
124,232
1,064
7,148
9,794
12,944
155,183
1893
7,217
128,720
1,014
8,312
10,160
10,137
158,333
1894
7,212
132,919
958
9,673
10,686
10,919
165,155
1895
7,617
144,113
1,398
8,796
11,581
15,063
180,951
1896
8,077
161,551
1,469
9,962
14,160
17,601
204,743
1897
8,589
180,222
1,920
10,065
16,251
14,815
223,273
1898
9,085
189,244
2.075
9,767
17,393
14,986
233,465
1899
9,502
197,660
2,472
10,821
17,831
16,131
244,915
1900
9,823
212,863
1,729
10,840
19,236
15,735
260,403
1901
9,991
226,556
1,731
13,723
20,078
18,707
280,796
1902
10,402
234,210
1,803
10,489
20,859
19,386
286,747
1903
10,719
242,964
2,015
18,052
21,042
20,873
304,946
1904
11,094
255,481
1,436
15,315
22,024
21,648
315,904
1905
11,543
259,597
4.345
15,167
21,949
20,619
321,677
1906
11,762
266,197
2,875
14,162
23,143
22,969
329,346
*
*Including cost of telephones.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 5. - ANNUAL COST PER CAPITA OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS. [ Based on the average membership. ]
YEAR.
Instruction and Supervision.
Janitors, Water, Heat, and Light.
School Supply Expenses.
Total.
Assessors' Valua- tion of City.
Ratio of Cost of School Main- tenance to Valuation.
1886
$16 76
$1 94
$1 34
$20 03
$26,003,200
.00384
1887
16 68
2 37
1 45
20 50
27,469,300
.00388
1888
16 21
2 54
1 36
20 11
28,756,400
.00384
1889
16 20
: 24
1 66
20 10
30,004,600
.00399
1890
16 06
2 18
1 60
19 84
32,557,500
.00395
1891
17 54
2 71
2 14
22 39
36,843,400
.00395
1892
17 66
2 56
1 84
22 06
38,093,100
.00407
1893
17 84
2 70
1 40
21 94
41,773,600
.00379
1894
18 43
2 96
1 51
22 90
44,142,900
.00374
1895
18 92
2 86
1 98
23 76
46,506,300
.00390
1896
20 00
3 17
2 18
25 35
49,013,050
.00418
1897
20 98
3 29
1 73
26 00
50,173,775
.00444
1898
20 83
3 22
1 65
25 70
50,739,700
.00460
1899
20 80
3 28
1 70
25 78
51,202,350
.00478
1900
21 67
3 24
1 60
26 51
52,513,400
.00496
1901
22 67
3 56
1 87
28 10
53,924,200
.00521
1902
22 52
3 19
1 86
27 57
55,485,370
.00517
1903
22 67
3 84
. 95
28 46
56,981 360
.00535
1904
23 03
3 52
1 93
28 48
58,056,700
.00544
1905
22 50
3 63
1 74
27 87
59 146,600
.00544
1906
22 63
3 45
1 92
28 00
60,371,500
.00546
208
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 6. - AMOUNT SPENT ANNUALLY FOR ALL SCHOOL PURPOSES
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR.
For New Schoolhouses.
For Repairs and Permanent Improvements.
For Maintaining Schools.
Amount Spent for all School Purposes.
1886
$15,515
$8,706
$99,865
$114,086
1887
14,839
13,636
106,563
135,038
1888
4,996
13,994
110,354
129,344
1889
20,167
14,225
119,703
154,095
1890
75,775
19,168
128,684
223,627
1891
84,902
14,847
145,588
245,337
1892
12,679
17,734
155,183
176,001
1893
22,809
12,440
158,333
193,582
1894
82,206
44,764
165,155
292,125
1895
87,680
15,651
180,951
284,282
1896
61,016
33,240
204,743
298,999
1897
46,621
20,507
223,273
290,400
1898
49,983
21,274
233,465
304,722
1899
72,516
15,637
244,915
333,068
1900
51,232
21,745
260,403
333,380
1901
49,203
11,000
280,796
340,999
1902
56,501
13,079
286,747
356,327
1903
59,822
12,261
304,946
377.029
1904
23,703
18,209
315.904
357,816
1905
51,987
8,306
321,677
381,970
1906
38,457
11,951
329,346
379,754
209
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 7 .- POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS.
1842
1,013
1875
21,594
1900 . 61,643
1850
. 3,540
1880
.
. 24,985
1901 .
. 63,000
1860
· 8,025
1885
. 29,992
1902
. . 65,273
1865
9,366
1890
· 40,117
1903
. 67,500
1870
. . 14,693
1895
52,200
1905
69,272
1906
70,875
SCHOOL CENSUS.
No. of children between 5 and 15 years of age October 1,
1905.
1906.
Change.
Ward 1
1,929
1,974
+45
Ward 2
2,536
2,569
+33
Ward 3
1,100
1,148
+ 48
Ward 4
1,042
986
-56
Ward 5
1,911
1,908
-3
Ward 6
1,972
1,979
+7
Ward 7
1,479
1,504
+25
Total
11,969
12,068
+99
In public schools
10,226
10,356
+130
In private schools
1,601
1,589
-12
Out of school
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