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Increase of salaries shall commence at the monthly period of payment next succeeding the end of each year of service.
AMENDMENTS CONCERNING VACATIONS AND EVENING SCHOOLS ADOPTED SEPTEMBER, 1908.
SECTION 152. The first term of the evening school shall begin on the first Monday of October and continue ten school weeks. The second term shall begin on the date of the open- ing of the day schools after the Christmas vacation, and shall continue ten school weeks. The term of any school may be shortened by the Evening School Committee. The sessions of the evening schools shall be held on such evenings as may be determined upon by the Evening School Committee.
SECTION 112. The following shall be the holidays and vacations granted to all the schools :-
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Sewing Teachers. .
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Holidays .- Every Saturday; Thanksgiving Day, together with the afternoon preceding and the Friday following it; February 22; Patriots' Day; Memorial Day ;. June 17. When- ever any holiday falls on Sunday, the schools shall be closed on the following day.
Vacations .- The week in which the 25th of December oc- curs; the two weeks that separate the last twenty-four weeks of the school year into three terms of eight weeks each; from the close of the school year to the time fixed for its beginning.
The Chairman of the School Committee may dismiss all the schools on extraordinary occasions of general interest.
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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 11.45.
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- three primary 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 admitted at any time. Applications for admission should be made to the principal of the school.
Only trained or experienced teachers are employed, the salaries being $300, $375, $450, $525, $600, $650, or $700, ac- cording to length of service. Normal training is equivalent to a year's experience, and experience in other places may be counted in determining salary.
Teachers of any grade, with classes numbering fifty, are al- lowed an assistant at the option of District Committees, who is paid $200, $275, $350, or $425, according 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, elemen- tary science, and sloyd manual training in the two upper grades.
The salaries of grammar school teachers are the same as those of primary teachers. Masters are paid $1,900, and their assistants $775. Other ninth-grade teachers are paid $725. Principals of smaller schools receive $775, $825, $900, $950, or $1,000.
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-
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mittee. They are based on the estimate of the pupil's daily work: 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 1908 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. Thirty-nine were thus promoted in 1908.
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
39
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
1906-7
425
122
75
19,243
45.20
15
28.5
1907-8
471
160
94
19,663
41.79
15
31.4
The object of the school is, primarily, to furnish a suitable preparation for those pupils who desire to pursue either a regu- lar 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 years. Pupils, at the request of their parents, can make the work of each year easier by taking five years for the course. Those who
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are capable, and have good reason for shortening the time of preparation, 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
48.33
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
72
264
106
35,426
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
1906-7
994
402
14S
42,862
43 12
39
25.5
1907-8
1,060
457
141
47,228
44.55
42
25.2
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.
Concerning admission, sessions, etc., see Latin School.
A simple, healthful, inexpensive lunch is served at the recess midway of the 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 been extended to include the eighth and ninth grades in the grammar schools, two centres having been established with twenty-five sloyd benches each.
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The men in charge of the manual training department are paid $1,600, $1,400, $1,200, and $1,050.
Sewing. Sewing is taught to the girls in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grammar grades in weekly lessons of about one hour each.
Four special teachers are employed, three at salaries of $700, and one at $500.
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 $1,000. 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 sessions 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 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 326 cases in 1906, 314 in 1907, and 318 in 1908.
Drawing. Two teachers of drawing are employed in the English High School at salaries of $1,000 and $850. 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
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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.
Cadet Teachers. Provision has been made for the employ- ment in the elementary schools of not exceeding twelve "Cadet teachers," at a salary of $200 each. One such teacher is at work at the present time.
The Public Library. The English School has a working library of 1,700 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. One hundred and sixty-five circulating libraries of fresh books are in use in the smaller buildings. As far 'as they can, the teachers guide 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 three evenings a week, from $.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 mechanical drawing, may be pursued.
Elementary evening schools are open in the Prescott, Bell, and Highland buildings from October 1 on four evenings a week, from 7.30 to 9.30. The length of the term is dependent on the interest and attendance. The course of study 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 $1,300. Truants are sent to the county truant school at North Chelmsford. There are now fifteen truants from Somer- ville 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 $3.000. and he is allowed two clerks, who receive $700 and $550. His office is in the City Hall Annex, and his hours are from 4 to 5 each school day, and from S to 9 on Saturday. His office is open from 8 to 5 on school days, and from S to 10 on Saturdays.
The meetings of the School Board are held on the last Mon- day evening of each month, except July, August, and December, at S.15 o'clock.
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NAMES OF MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD UNDER THE SECOND CHARTER.
January, 1900, to January, 1909. FROM WARD ONE.
George S. Poole.
1900-1905
5 yr.
S. Newton Cutler
1900-1904 4 yr.
Henry F. Curtis.
1904-
William W. Kennard.
1905-1907
2 yr.
Elmer H. Spaulding
1907-1909
2 yr.
Emory F. Chaffee
1909-
FROM WARD TWO.
Edward J. Flynn
1900-1905 5 yr.
John H. O'Neil.
1900-1904; 1905-1907 .. 6 yr.
Daniel H. Bradley
1904-
Thomas M. Clancy
1907-
FROM WARD THREE.
Dana W. Bennett
1900-1905 5 yr.
James F. Beard.
1900-
8 mos.
Alvah B. Dearborn.
1900-1902
1 yr. 4 mos.
George E. Whitaker
1902-
Wilbur S. Clarke 1905-
FROM WARD FOUR.
William P. Jones.
1900-1907 7 yr.
George W. W. Whiting.
1900-1906
6 yr.
Charles A. Kirkpatrick, Jr ..
1906-
George W. Foster. 1907-
FROM WARD FIVE.
J. Walter Sanborn.
1900-
Quincy E. Dickerman
1900-1906
6 yr.
Henry H. Folsom
1906-
FROM WARD SIX.
Martin W. Carr.
1900-1901 1 yr.
Frederick A. P. Fiske. 1900-
Fred M. Carr.
1901-1903 2 vr.
Charles H. Hood.
1903-1907
4 yr.
Leon M. Conwell 1907-1909
2 yr.
Leonard H. Pote 1909-
FROM WARD SEVEN.
Henrietta B. H. Attwood. 1900-
George A. Miles.
1900-1904 4 yr.
George C. Mahoney 1904-
(In 1905 the Charter was amended so that the Mayor and the Presi- dent of the Board of Aldermen become members, ex-officiis, of the School Board.)
MAYORS.
Leonard B. Chandler
1905-1906 1 yr.
Charles A. Grimmons.
1906-1909 3 yr.
John M. Woods
1909-
PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
John J. Higgins
1905-1906 1 yr.
Sidney B. Keene
1906-1907
. yr.
Leonard W. Cole. 1907-1909
2 vr.
Charles A. Burns.
1909-
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.
Concerning Finance.
No. of Table
1. Schedule of school property
2. Cost of maintaining schools, 1908
3. Cost per capita of maintaining schools, 1908
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 1908
9. Statistics of the high schools, for school year 1907-1908
10. Pupils by grades, December, 1908
11. Separate statistics for grammar and primary schools, 1908
12. Admissions to first grade in September
13. Number of grammar school graduates, 1908
14. Truant statistics
15. Evening school statistics, 1907-1908
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, 1908
Concerning Teachers.
20. Resignations of teachers, 1908
21. Teachers elected in 1908
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, 1908
26. High school graduation exercises, 1908
27. Grammar school graduation exercises, 1908
28 Organization of school board for 1908
29. Teachers in service January, 1908
30. Officers in service January, 1908
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
37
8 rooms added 1906
2
English High
b19
. . ..
137,600
1895
13
3 Prescott
12
22,000
66,250
1867
41
4
Knapp .
13
24,517
50,340
1889
19
4 rooms added 1894
5
Pope
12
27,236
80,860
1891
17
6
Bell .
12
22,262
45,340
1874
3
7
Edgerly
12
24,000
44,250
1871
37
- 4 rooms added 1882 1 4 rooms added 1892
8
Glines .
14
28,800
80,800
1891
17
5 rooms added 1896
9
Forster
18
30,632
85,350
1866
42 6 rooms added 1899
4 rooms added 1894 -
10
Bingham
16
35,586
60,000
1886
22
8 rooms added 1904
11
Carr
17
20,450
53,800
1898
10
12
Morse .
12
29,000
48,200
1869
39
13
Highland
12
23,260
60,560
1880
28
14
Hodgkins
14
35,034
71,550
1896
12
15
Bennett
12
17,000
59,248
1902
6
16
Hanscom
10
12,756
72,840
1897
11
4 rooms added 1907 4 rooms added 1907
17
Brown
10
20,093
64,701
1901
7
19
Burns
8
16,080
34,700
1886
22
4 rooms added 1899
20
Lowe
8
21,650
51,826
1903
5
21
Baxter
6
11,000
32,956
1901
7
22
Perry
6
46,080
37,000
1899
8
23
Davis .
4
30,155
22,720
1884
24
24
Cummings
4
11,300
11,920
1884
24
25
Durell .
4
13,883
19,720
1894
14
26
Lincoln
4
17,662
18,220
1885
23
Total
281
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$1,443,280
6 rooms added 1890 4 rooms added 1891
18
Proctor
9
18,000
41,029
1905
4
(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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ANNUAL RETORTS.
TABLE 2 .- COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1908.
SCHOOLS.
Teachers.
Care
Supplies.
Total.
Latin High
.
·
$20,020 14
$2,884 69
$1,414 22
$24,319 05
English High
48,009 13
4,695 40
6,237 97
58,942 50
Prescott
11,294 69
1,444 41
892 74
13,631 84
Knapp .
11,842 16
1,643 53
986 44
14,472 13
Pope
11,280 20
1,692 62
963 79
13,936 61
Bell
11,164 44
1,333 48
942 74
13,440 66
Edgerly
11,325 60
1,374 22
888 23
13,588 05
Glines
11,876 73
2,017 72
816 63
14,711 08
Forster
15,813 22
3,328 59
1,105 28
20,247 09
Bingham
14,745 72
2,040 41
839 28
17,625 41
Morse
11,656 30
1,574 12
1,090 88
14,321 30
Brown .
9,204 03
1,300 37
1,382 99
11,887 39
Highland
11,071 31
1,856 15
1,121 94
14,049 40
Hodgkins
12,809 82
1,575 65
1,311 98
15,697 45
Bennett
10,223 09
1,533 84
662 06
12,418 99
Hanscom
7,383 28
1,215 88
657 63
9,256 79
Proctor
7,111 12
1,256 88
561 54
8,929 54
Burns .
6,472 15
1,198 18
437 27
8,107 60
Lowe
.
5,480 43
970 31
466 83
6,917 57
Perry
.
3,063 15
884 99
150 70
4,098 84
Cummings
3,039 68
940 47
247 98
4,228 13
Durell
3,011 18
797 13
225 06
4,033 37
Lincoln
3,401 56
889 56
302 25
4,593 37
Evening
7,636 61
1,798 62
640 45
10,075 68
Totals
$294,400 95
$44,373 88
$26,377 15
$365,151 98
·
14,152 36
1,879 04
969 86
17,001 26
Carr
6,448 29
1,182 52
510 60
8,141 41
Baxter .
4,864 56
1,065 10
549 81
6,479 47
Davis .
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TABLE 3 .- PER CAPITA COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1908.
SCHOOLS.
Teachers.
Care.
Supplies.
Total.
Latin High
$41 71
$6 01
$2 95
$50 67
English High
44 33
4 34
5 76
54 43
Prescott
21 76
2 78
1 72
26 26
Knapp
·
20 49
2 84
1 71
25 04
Pope
22 29
3 35
1 90
27 54
BeÎl
21 76
2 60
1 84
26 20
Edgerly
22 08
2 68
1 73
26 49
Glines
22 24
3 78
1 53
29 45
Forster
21 00
4 42
1 47
26 89
Bingham
20 75
2 76
1 42
24 93
Carr
20 83
2 88
1 19
24 90
Morse
22 37
3 02
2 09
27 48
Brown
21 11
2 98
3 17
27 26
Highland
21 21
3 56
2 15
26 92
Hodgkins
21 24
2 61
2 18
26 03
Bennett
0 49
3 07
1 33
27 17
Hanscom
18 79
3 10
1 67
26 11
Proctor .
19 17
3 39
1 51
24 07
Burns
18 18
3 37
1 23
22 78
Lowe
18 22
3 34
1 44
23 00
Baxter
19 10
3 38
1 63
27 84
Perry
18 71
4 10
2 11
24 92
Davis
19 39
5 60
95
25 94
Cummings
19 36
5 99
1 58
26 93
Durell
.
17 01
4 50
1 27
22 78
Lincoln .
17 35
4 54
1 54
23 43
High schools
·
$43 52
$4 85
$4 90
$53 27
Gram. and primary
21 36
3 47
1 77
26 60
All schools
24 21
3 65
2 17
30 03
Gram. and prim. with-
out evening schools
20 64
3 30
1 71
25 65
All
schools without
evening schools
23 58
3 50
2 12
29 20
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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
1907
11,909
273,107
3 760
15,236
23,999
24,750*
340,852
1908
12,159
294,400
3,831
14,912
25,245
26,763*
365,151
*Including cost of telephones.
*
187
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
2 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
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
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
2 67
3 84
1 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
1907
22 93
3 65
2 04
28 62
61,527,750
.00554
19 08
24 21
3 65
2 17
30 03
63,158,400
.00578
188
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
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