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The proceeds of this concert will be used to purchase pic- tures, casts, and other works of art for the school buildings, with especial attention to the decoration of the new classrooms and auditorium, i : : 1
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
SOMERVILLE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. Officers, 1913-1914.
President, Walter I. Chapman. Vice-President, E. Minor Morse. Vice-President, John M. Jaynes. Secretary-Treasurer, May E. Small.
Executive Committee :-
Superintendent Charles S. Clark, ex-officio.
Jennie H. Luce, Prescott.
Elizabethi M. Collins, Hanscom.
Mrs. Nettie L. Fay, Bennett.
Maria D. McLeod, Baxter. Minnie Alice Perry, Knapp.
Edith L. French, Pope. Eva R. Barton, Bell.
Alice M. Dicker, Durell. Ardelle Abbott, Burns.
Elizabeth L. Hersey, Cummings.
George I. Bowden, Brown.
Edith M. Snell, Edgerly.
Isabel J. Tifft, Glines.
Edna F. Scott, Forster.
Harry F. Hathaway. Bingham. Mrs. M. Florence Eustis, Carr. Blanche E. Thompson, Morse. Abbie A. Gurney, Proctor.
Elizabeth S. Smith, Highland. Isabelle M. Brunton, Hodgkins.
Helen C. French, Girls' Vocational. Elizabeth R. Henderson, Cutler. Katherine E. Hourahan, Lowe.
The meetings held under the auspices of this association in the year 1913 were as follows :---
February 12-Dr. Albert Marian Hyde. Subject: "Abraham Lincoln- America's Greatest Educator."
April 2 -- Mr. Stuart A. Courtis, Supervisor of Testing Work, Boston. Subject: "Some Recent Tests in Arithmetic."
April 5-Social evening.
October meeting omitted on account of lack of accommodations.
December 17-Professor Ernest C. Moore of the Department of Edu- cation, Harvard University. Subject: "Fundamentals in Educa- tion,"
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
SOMERVILLE TEACHERS' CLUB. Officers, 1913 1914.
President, Miss Eliza H. Lunt.
Vice-Presidents,
Miss Charlotte Holmes.
Miss Lillian Nealley.
Recording Secretary, Miss Rena S. Hezelton.
Corresponding Secretary, Miss Martha A. Jencks.
Treasurer, Miss Elizabeth J. Baker.
Auditor, Miss Marion P. Crawford.
Object.
The object shall be to secure a close union among the women teachers in Somerville ; to promote the spirit of mutual helpfulness; to advance professional interests; to create a deeper sense of the dignity of the profession; to unite the in- terests of home and school.
Programme.
January 22-Guest night. Edward Abner Thompson. Readings from "Hiawatha."
February 11-Valentine party. Ella Eastman. Monologues.
March 11-Chafing dish party.
April 8-Judge Henry A. Shute, "A Real Diary of a Real Boy." May 27-Annual meeting.
October 14-"The Symbolism of Ibsen and Maeterlinck" with illustra- tive readings, Mrs. E. Charlton Black.
November 11-Informal talk on Indian Baskets and Blankets, Mrs. Robert M. Read.
December 9-An opera talk: "Tales of Hoffman," Havrah Hubbard.
206
ANNUAL REPORTS.
At the meeting of the School Board held on January 2, 1914, the Committee voted to record on the minutes its appre- ciation of the high character and service of Mary J. Malaney, Master's assistant at the Knapp School, whose death occurred on November 28, 1913.
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SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT.
CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Population and school census
School buildings
Teachers
Attendance for year
Cost of school maintenance
Teachers' salaries
Results of eye and ear tests
MISCELLANEOUS TABLES. 1
CONCERNING FINANCE
No. of Table
1. Schedule of school property
2. Cost of maintaining schools, school year 1912-1913
3. Cost per capita of maintaining schools, school year 1912-1913
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 school year 1912-1913
9. Statistics of the high schools, for school year 1912-1913
10. Pupils by grades October, 1912-1913
11. Separate statistics for grammar and primary schools, for school year 1912-1913
12. Admissions to first grade in February and September
13. Number of grammar school graduates, 1913
14. Truant statistics for a series of years
15. Evening school statistics, 1912-1913
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, 1913
19-A. Distribution of pupils by ages, October 1, 1913 19-B. Distribution of pupils, 14 but not 15, October 1, 1913
CONCERNING TEACHERS
20. Resignations of teachers, 1913
21. Teachers elected in 1913
22. Leave of absence of teachers
23. Transfers of teachers
24. Number of teachers employed for a series of years STATISTICAL AND GENERAL TABLES
25. Changes in text-books, 1913
26. High school graduation exercises, 1913
27. Grammar school graduation exercises, 1913
28. Organization of school board for 1914
29. Teachers in service January, 1914
30. Officers in service January, 1914
31. School janitors
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
1 .- POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS.
Population, state census, 1895.
52,200
Population, United States census, 1900
61,643
Population, state census, 1905. 69,272
Population, United States census, 1910. 77,236
Children between five and fifteen years of age, October,
1912, by school census ....
12,470
Children between five and fifteen years of age, October, 1913, by school census. 12,689
Increase
219
2 .-- SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
1912.
1913.
Change.
Number of school buildings ....
27
27
0
Number of classrooms in use in
June
281
289
+8
Valuation of school property ....
$1,596,041
$1,732,623
3 .- TEACHERS.
1912.
1913.
Change.
In high schools.
66
68
+2
In grammar schools.
169
164
-5
In primary schools.
83
93
+10
In kindergartens.
8
8
0
Total in elementary schools
.260
265
+5
Vocational school for boys
4
4
0
Vocational school for girls.
8
9
+1
Atypical class
1
2
+1
Cadet teachers.
0
4
+4
Special
10
13
+3
Total
319
365
+16
4 .- ATTENDANCE FOR YEAR.
*1912.
*1913.
Change.
Entire enrollment for the year ..
13,272
13,491
+219
Average number belonging
11,710
11,903
++193
Average number attending.
11,083
11,216
+133
Per cent. of daily attendance ..
94.6
94.2
0.4
High school graduates ....
296
296
0
Grammar school graduates.
. .
781
691
-90
5 .- COST OF SCHOOL MAINTENANCE.
*1912.
*1913
Change.
Salaries of teachers.
$299,193.32
$313,224.45
+14,031.13
Salaries of officers.
7,515.82
7,520.01
+4.19
Cost of books and supplies
30,319.38
$25,876.65
-4,442.73
Cost of light ..
5,995.20
5,841.42
-153.78
Cost of janitors' services. ..
30,219.41
32,939.41
+2,720.00
Cost of fuel
15,675.94
16,055.27
+379.33
Telephones
511.81
5-11.78
+29.97
.
.
..
CLASSIFIED STATEMENT SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES CONTROLLED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SCHOOLS.
Regular.
Special.
Kindergarten.
Toul.
Administrative Salaries.
Alanila Paper.
Books.
Pens, etc.
Bookbinding.
Seat Work, and Kindergarten Supplies.
Manual Training Supplies.
Drawing Supplies.
Laboratory anties. Supplies.
Domestic Science Supplies.
Typewriters and Supplies
Mending Taper
Pianos, Tuning Repairs.
Tuition and Board of Truants.
Miscellaneous.
Equipment.
Totals.
High
$78,108 25
$315 00
$378 32
$78,801 57
$704 43
$181 44
$447 54
$51 00
$329 04
$1,172 44
$516 01
$850 65
$456 23
$500 63 $495 51
$15 55 5 0
$2 00 2 00
Travel $15 58 31 88
Postage. $26 40
$290 74
$9,747 30
High
Prescott
7,118 63
154 25
191 36
8,589 24
10 52
22 73
20 01
14 49
13 20
41 83
16 19
25
81
......
0 00
2 30
5 17
141 78
Baxter
11,552 95
73 25
654 77
12,280 97
198 20
61 50
48 72
20 45
30 15
4 80
39 80
4 52
75 10
37 47
35
3 87
12 80
19 9
551 27
Knapp
Perry
62 00
155 38
4.617 69
28 43
14 50
10 0
10 2
7 15
6 98
7 64
18 53
95
3 0
1 00
3 45
..... 8 3
22 61
491 75
Pope
3,184 26
99 20
593 15
8,876 67
251 72
43 31
46 15
13 6!
12 38
50 83
G6 07
42 2
3 75
1 4
2 92
10 4
7 30
18 6
570 23
Bell
2,900 63
14 83
59 68
2,975 11
533 03
13 88
03
12 78
17 51
29 05
2 7
78 56
32 88
4 81
1 5
14 20
92 1
521 28
Edgerly
10,918 57
55 50
544 51
1,125 00
12,643 58
191 95
39 03
4 34
31 15
12 51
97 16
52 62
35 53
3 00
4 50
.....
15 53
55 71
082 62
Forster
14,236 77
179 25
701 11
15,117 13
284 38
87 GG
47 99
42 85
21 52
38 39
4 22
78 15
53 13
46
7 68
6 65
12 5
20 7
735 44
Bingham
14,642 58
193 00
682 30
15,517 88
291 05
105 24
29 62
24 41
13 90
30 43
79 84
56 11
03 63
43 66
50
4 0
9 3
18 54
579 58
Morse
5,331 26
81 25
203 34
5,614 85
43 38
26 45
13 77
5 02
62
15 32
19 58
7 67
19 05
10
1 90
13 70
331 98
Burns
9,237 19
68 50
492 24
0,797 93
72 2
28 24
20 68
6 4
20 51
7 51
65 79
48 6
1 35
5 50
11 40
19 2
461 35
Brown
10,802 58
6 50
770 36
11.579 44
296 68
95 14
30 47
39 45
50
23 90
1 25
128 67
36 53
50
4 93
3 30
24 25
14 87
723 71
Highland
10,726 88
52 00
523 46
11,302 34
272 74
36 65
34 83
11 31
8 08
66 69
48 45
1 40
2 00
7 61
8 1
14 9
602 21
Hodgkins
10,737 19
120 00
528 18
11,385 37
823 11
107 76
12 36
52 00
7 37
27 72
63 79
G1 56
11 30
250 00
8 30
47 g
1,653 87
Cutler
5,635 00
32 50
135 81
5,803 31
27 68
9 34
24 83
6 30
7 97
29 60
18 02
5 47
21 01
7 50
12 40
32 41
6 7
11 00
165 40
1,577 54
Boys' Vocational
Girls' Vocational
16 25
6,227 50
17 65
1 18
5 67
18 05
143 58
158 55
72 3
4 50
11 3
8 50
1 53
540 97
Evening, High
Evening, Bell
2,919 50
60 29
1 99
6 90
1 23
48 3
3 85
10 84
6 7
2 55
22 07
144 37
16 23
) 18
24 50
14 70
18 13
28 50
17 75
$1,324 10
81 6
89 89
2,385 94
Miscellaneous
Evening, Industrial
610 00
610 00
Dental
900 00
. .....
......
$4,233 38 $318,957 18
$7,656 00
$7,224 63
$1,961 82
$1,045 34
$626 25
$919 55
$292 04
$726 86
$4GG 51
$1,460 24
$850 G5
$G14 78
$561 14
$526 11
$149 3G
$150 33
$293 25
$340 13
$323 35
$366 18
$1,324 10
$2,075 89
$625 60
$35,971 06
Totals
10,711 07
59 75
578 21
11,349 03
25 08
99 03
22 13
21 42
$9 68
74 72
27 9'
Hanscom
7,488 88
141 00
201 82
955 00
48 08
12 0
21 33
19 58
7 82
7 48
75 76
17 52
Baxter
3,745 00
17 50
123 94
1,028 38
4,914 82
33 34
16 1
18 39
16 49
2 75
29 30
14 26
50
1 91
Knapp
9,981 88
91 71
604 GG
10,678 25
174 69
GG 98
31 17
13 00
16 92
23 4G
8 09
73 07
40 25
3 7
1 57
....
10,420 20
114 75
604 07
11,139 02
202 04
34 6
38 9:
13 6
43 70
1 84
11 75
Glines
129 25
775 01
15,519 26
208 74
77 7
15 33
14 17
36 41
23 68
4 59
16 4
95 78
44 64
97 15
1 90
.... 4 50
11 00
10 8
706 03
Carr
10,138 57
74 25
527 62
10,740 41
243 01
53 68
54 GG
33 9
8 15
11 90
11 70
. .....
7 23
......
40
....
3 7
20 77
59 90
......
67 40
Atypical
1,237 50
1,237 50
5 63
1 16
2. 30
25 27
1,264 70
11 55
22. 0G
48 75
20 38
4 10
36 63
141 58
502 47
807 25
Girls' Vocational
Evening, High
4,083 00 2,919 50 868 50
868 50
18 82
4 97
3 85
Administration
Miscellaneous
55 00
55 00
10 41
155 48
81 17
25 0
28 74
85 1
Evening, Industrial
......
......
......
.....
......
......
......
... .
......
Totals
$302,035 13 $2,209 55 $10,479 12
SALARIES
-TEACHERS
Books.
White
Pencils,
and
Charts-
$320 12
8
21 8
......
12 9
216 79
Hanscom
Bennett
31 30
254 G8
Bennett
4,400 31
110 16
Perry
Pope
Bell
Cumming
121 37
Cummings
Edgerly
0 2
502 36
Glines
Forster
14,615 00
5 00
68 85
2,972 85
14 81
14 36
14 98
11 94
37 60
13 19
18 25
15 32
10
2 92
2 0
19 1
185 31
Proctor
Durell
6,485 00
43 00
226 97
6,754 97
171 91
32 3
79 94
Durell
Burns
7 00
8 91
Highland
3 37
5 77
40
2 95
Atypical
Boys' Vocational
100 00
4,297 73
48 83
4,083 00
96 60
8 55
1 80
40
19 7
75
2 4
13 15
5 30
110 88
Evening, Bell
Evening, Highland
....
18 21
6 10
675 35
6 2
203 65
252 75
915 51
9,767 7G
Administration
....**
3 13
50 23
. Evening, Highland
.....
11 G
135 74 63 72
Lowe
Lowe
4,197 73 6,211 25
900 00
Paper,
$2,682 82 193 44
472 91
Prescott
$1,125 00
62 95
8,786 70
1 81
15
Paste, etc.
Printing. $470 34
Expressage. $67 48
10
25
95
2 50
Bingham
Carr
Morse .
3. 92
2 60
Proctor
2,889 00
2 59
Brown
Hodgkins
26 86
38 42
32 38
16 04
34 83
2 19
5 95
3
....
Bİap
SCHOOLS.
Bookkeeping Blanks+
327 65
11 37
Dental
......
Graduation Expenses. $151 35 9 10
3. 49
37 03
3 7
32 57
7 43
50
20 39
20 79
$1 50
$7,656 00
134 90
Cutler
Substitute.
$1,684 49
$3,703 06
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
*1912.
*1913
Change. +92.50
Total cost of day and even- ing schools
389,430.88
402,091.89
+12,661.01
Per capita cost.
30.66
33.78
+3.12
Cost of high school instruc- tion
72,930.75
77,405.07
+4,474.32
Per capita cost.
40.25
42.09
+1.84
6 .- MISCELLANEOUS.
1912
1913
Change.
Paid for new school
buildings
$35,527.55
$34,866.27
-661.28
Repairs and permanent improvements
14,163.46
19,341.35
+5,177.89
Total school expendi-
tures
439,121.89
456,299.51
+17,177.62
Number of dollars spent
to maintain schools
out of every $1,000 of valuation
5.56
5.60
+0.04
Valuation of city
69,632,540.00
71,848,810.60
+2,216,270.60
Number of dollars spent
for all school pur-
poses out of every
$1,000 of valuation ...
6.16
6.36
+0.20
* School Year.
Cost of the Schools. The total amount spent for the main- tenance of the schools of Somerville for the school year ending June 30, 1913, is $402,091.89.
This includes the sums spent for care of school buildings, including janitors' services, fuel, lights, and school telephones ; the amount paid for salaries of officers, and the amount spent for school supplies; and the sum paid for salaries of teachers.
The expenditure for care of school buildings is wholly in charge of the City Government. The expenditures for salaries of 'officers, for school supplies and the salaries of teach- ers are in charge of the School Committee.
The amount paid for janitors is
$32,939.41
The cost of fuel is.
16,055.27
The cost of light is ..
5,841.42
The cost of the school telephones is.
541.78
Rent of school rooms
92.50
A total cost of.
55,470.38
The cost per capita. 4.65
Cost of repairs.
19.341.35
Rent of school rooms.
92.50
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
The second important expenditure is wholly under the control of the School Committee, and is covered by what is known as the "School Contingent" appropriation. The fol- lowing is the itemized account :-
DAY SCHOOLS.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
Expenditures.
Total.
High.
Elementary.
High.
Elementary.
Officers' Salaries
$7,520.01
Office Expenses .
2,092.29
Textbooks
9,318.60
$.75
$41.44
Stationery and Supplies
13,091.90
$4,058.86 4,297.00 23.25
$5,217.55 8,207.71 216.25
491.89
95.30
Other Expenses .
239.50
Miscellaneous (Tuition, etc.)
1,134.36
.....
....
Total
$33,396.66
$8,379.11
$13,641.51
$492.64
$136.74
The third, and by far the largest, element of the cost of schools is the sum spent for the salaries of teachers. This ex- penditure is under the control of the school committee.
The following statement shows the distribution of the sums paid for salaries :-
DAY SCHOOLS.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
Expenditures.
Total.
High.
Elementary.
High.
Elementary.
Supervisors
$5,181.25
$398.32
$4,782.93
Principals
39,243 70
34,966.70
$723.00
Teachers .
268,799.50
3,200.00 73,826,75
187,935.25
$354.00 3,699.50
3,338.00
Total
$313,224.45
$77,425.07
#227,684.88
$4,053.50
$4,061.00
The total outlay for all school purposes includes all of the preceding and the sums spent for schoolhouse repairs and new buildings.
The total outlay for the school year ending June 30, 1913 is as follows :---
$55,470.78
Contingent
33,396.66
Salaries
313,224.45
Total for school maintenance.
$402,091.89
Paid for repairs.
19,341.35
Paid for new buildings.
34,866.27
Total for all school purposes.
$456,299.51
..
Care
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Each dollar of the sum spent for the support of schools has been divided in the following proportion :-
1908.
1909.
1910. $0.070
1911. $0.071
1912. $0.071
1913.
Janitors' salaries,
$0.070
$0.071
$0.082
Heat and light.
0.051
0.052
0.054
0.053
0.054
0.055
Administration
0.015
0.015
0.017
0.019
0.020
0.018
School supplies.
0.072
0.061
0.071
0.068
0.076
0.065
Teachers'
salaries
0.792
0.801
0.788
0.789
0.779
0.780
Total
$1.000
$1.000
$1.000
$1.000
$1.000
$1.000
Per Capita Cost. The proper method of comparison of the cost of schools year by year is to consider the sum spent for each pupil in the average membership. In this computa- tion we exclude the cost of evening schools. The following shows
THE PER CAPITA COST OF DAY SCHOOLS FOR 1912 AND 1913.
High Schools.
Grammar and Primary Schools.
All Day Schools.
1912.
1913.
Change
1912.
1913.
Change
1912.
1913.
Change
Instruction .
$41 13
$42 85
+$1 72
$21 99
$22 36
+$0 37
$24 97
$26 20
+1 23
Supplies .
5 63
5 24
-0 39
1 71
1 35
-0 36
2 34
2 09
-- 0 25
Care .
5 39
5 45
+0 06
3 94
4 17
+0 23
4 16
4 55
+0 39
Total .
$52 15
$53 54
+$1 39
$27 64
$27 88
+$0 24
$31 47
$32 84
+$1 37
Including the cost of maintenance of evening schools, the per capita cost is as follows :-
1910.
1911.
1912.
1913.
Cost of instruction.
$23.05
$23.50
$23.61
$24.57
Cost of supplies
2.03
1.95
2.12
2.03
Cost of care.
3.59
3.62
3.99
4.35
Total
$28.67
$29.07
$29.72
$30.95
An examination of these tables shows that we have paid $1.72 more for the instruction of each pupil in the high school than in 1912, and thirty-nine cents less per pupil for supplies.
The grammar and primary schools have cost thirty-seven cents more per pupil for instruction, and thirty-six cents less for supplies.
The amount spent for the school year 1913 was $5.60, or four cents more than was spent in 1912. The amount yielded for each child in the average membership of the schools for 1913, not including the industrial schools, was $30.63.
Comparative Per Capita. According to the annual report of the State Board of Education for 1912-13, the amount yielded for each child in the average membership of the public
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
schools was $33.41, giving to Somerville the rank of ninety- eight among the cities and towns of Massachusetts. In 1911-12 the rank was 106. By the same report it is shown that Somerville appropriated to the support of the public schools $5.98 for each thousand dollars of valuation, and had the rank of 139. The year before the amount spent was $5.95 and the rank 138.
Teachers' Salaries. The salaries paid to teachers in Janu- ary, 1914, are as follows :-
1 man
$3,200
12 women
$875
1 man
2,250
4 women
850
3 men
2,000
13 women
825
10 men, 2 women.
1,900
1 man, 161
women.
800
1 man
1,850
25 women
750
3 men, 1
woman.
1,800
21 women
700
6 men
1,700
14 women
650
2 men
1,600
11 women
600
5 men, 1 woman.
1,500
1
woman
550
1 man, 3 women.
1,200
3 women
525
2 men
1,150
3 women
500
1 woman
1,100
2 women
425
2 men
1,050
4 women
400
13 women
1,000
3 women
350
6 women
950
4 women
200
1 man, 18
women
900
Sight and Hearing. The following gives the results of the eye and ear test :- EYES.
1912.
1913.
Change.
Tested
10,933
11,414
+481
Defective
1,765
1,739
-26
Per cent. defective.
16.1
15.2
-0.9
Notices sent to parents
1,085
1,049
Professionally treated.
169
167
EARS.
1912.
1913.
Change.
Tested
11,634
11,806
+172
Defective
270
265
-5
Per cent. defective. .
2.3
2.3
0
Notices sent to parents.
182
181
Professionally treated.
26
21
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TABLE 1 .- SCHOOLHOUSES.
NAME.
No. of Classrooms.
No. of Sittings.
Size of Lot, includ- ing Space Occupied by Build- ing.
Material.
How Heated.
How Ventilated.
Valuation, including
Furniture.
When Built.
Enlargements.
High ¿ West
a44
1,795
Brick Brick
Steam Steam
Fan Fan
$381,670
1895 1871
8 rooms added 1906 30 rooms added 1913
School § East
12
585
22,000
Brick
Steam
Fan
66,260
1867
Knapp
13
636
24,517
Brick
Steam
Gravity
50,540
1889
4 rooms added 1894
Pope
12
578
27,236
Brick
Steam
Gravity
85,760
1891
Bell
12
501
22,262
Brick
Steam
Fan
50,086
1874
Edgerly .
12
533
24,000
Brick
Steam
Gravity
46,030
1871
§ 4 rooms added 1882
Glines
14
674
28,800
Brick
Steam
Gravity
80,740
1891
5 rooms added 1896
Forster
18
823
30,632
Brick
Steam
Gravity
87,445
1866
6 rooms added 1899
Bingham
16
797
35,586
Brick
Steam
Gravity
71,955
1886
§ 4 rooms added 1894 1 8 rooms added 1904
Carr
17
776
20,450
Brick
Steam
Gravity
54,210
1898
Morse .
12
520
29,000
Brick
Furnace
Furnace
48,199
1869
Highland
12
583
23,260
Brick
Steam
Gravity
60,560
1880
Hodgkins
14
557
35,034
Brick
Steam
Gravity
75,651
1896
Cutler
12
551
53,729
Brick
Steam
94,468
1912
Bennett
12
507
17,000
Brick
Steam
Gravity
60,248
1902
Hanscom
12
481
12,756
Brick
Steam
Fan
73,290
1897
4 rooms added 1907
Carried forward
244
10,897
(a) There are besides, four recitation rooms, five laboratories, two lecture rooms, six manual training rooms, four manual training supply rooms, lockers, etc., three drawing rooms, three domestic science rooms, one domestic arts room, two typewriting rooms, two libraries, two supply rooms, five teachers' rooms, five offices, one luncheon room, one hall, and six toilet rooms, making fifty-two rooms devoted to other than classroom uses.
*Buildings are located on Central Hill Park, which contains 13 1-10 acres.
SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT.
213
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·
·
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·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
6 rooms added 1890 4 rooms added 1891
$1,387,112
¿ 4 rooms added 1892
Prescott
·
TABLE 1 (Concluded) .- SCHOOLHOUSES.
NAME.
No. of Classrooms.
No. of Sittings.
Size of Lot, includ- ing Space Occupied by Build- ing.
Material.
How Heated.
How Ventilated.
Valuation,
including Furniture.
When Built.
Enlargements.
Brought forward .
244
10,897
Brown
10
487
20,093
Brick
Steam
Gravity
64,151
1901
4 rooms added 1907
Proctor
9
343
18,000
Brick
Steam
Gravity
42,820
1905
Burns .
8
387
16,080
Brick
Steam
Gravity
34,760
1886
4 rooms added 1899
Lowe .
8
337
21,650
Brick
Steam
Gravity
51,826
1903
Baxter
6
298
11,000
Brick
Steam
Gravity
32 956
1901
Perry .
6
321
46,080
Brick
Steam
Gravity
37,080
1899
Girls' Vocational
6b
50
8,850
Wood
Furnace
Furnace
9,338
1911
Boys' Vocational .
4
50
30,155
Wood
Furnace
Furnace
22,720
1884
Cummings .
4
167
11,300
Wood
Furnace
Furnace
11,920
1884
Durell.
4
198
13.883
Brick
Steam
Gravity
19,720
1894
Lincoln* .
·
.
17,662
Wood
Steam
Gravity
18,220
1885
Total
309 13,535
$1,732,623
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·
(b) There are besides one girls' dining room, one teachers' dining room, one stock room, four fitting rooms, one infirmary, and a principal's office. * Temporarily out of use.
214
ANNUAL REPORTS.
·
.
·
·
·
$1,387,112
215
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 2 .- COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1912-13.
SCHOOLS.
Total.
Instruction and Supervision.
Supplies.
Care.
High
$78,794 74
$9,633 59
$10,026 09
$98,454 42
Prescott
11,682 27
561 69
1,779 18
14,023 14
Knapp
·
12,586 84
882 75
1,836 59
15,306 18
Pope
10,856 23
587 91
1,935 12
13,379 26
Bell
9,030 80
560 20
1,455 75
11,046 75
Edgerly
11,099 86
713 98
1,631 61
13,445 45
Glines .
12,921 85
627 95
2,369 49
15,919 29
Forster
15,581 60
886 21
3,321 12
19,788 93
Bingham
15,466 78
958 53
2,141 91
18,567 22
Carr
15,786 06
816 15
2,333 56
18,935 77
Morse
.
10,679 23
684 52
1,767 16-
13,130 91
Brown
9,938 45
744 80
2,565 93
13,249 18
Highland
11,801 29
772 81
1,948 69
14,522 79
Hodgkins
11,279 39
687 53
1,692 09
13,659 01
Cutler
11,124 42
1,481 07
2,510 70
15,116 19
Bennett
8,601 40
521 88
1,798 53
10,921 81
Hanscom
8,708 09
351 82
1,618 32
10,678 23
Proctor .
5,750 52
293 76
1,561 88
7,606 16
Burns
6,877 29
272 92
1,403 06
8,553 27
Lowe
5,952 03
276 34
1,352 78
7,581 15
Baxter
5,285 81
236 50
1,198 12
6,720 43
Perry
4,784 54
192 42
1,281 30
6,258 26
Cummings
2,916 45
166 61
1,083 55
4,166 61
Durell
3,057 36
158 49.
875 28
4,091 13
Evening
8,867 60
973 42
1,286 79
11,127 81
Atypical
927 61
47 26
106 61
1,081 48
Boys' Vocational
4,276 34
1,078 04
1.242 90
*6,597 28
Girls' Vocational
6,109 61
707 50
1,346 67
*8,163 78
Total
$320,744 46
$25,876 65
$55,470 78
$402,091 89
.
FROM SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.
SPENT BY CITY GOVERNMENT,
*This total for vocational schools is about $7,400 larger than the cost to the city for maintaining them, as the city will be reimbursed that amount by the state under provisions of Statutes,
216
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 3 .- PER CAPITA COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1912-13.
SCHOOLS.
Instruction and Supervision.
Supplies.
Care.
Total.
High .
$42 85
$5 24
$5 45
$53 54
Prescott
22 38
1 08
: 41
26 87
Knapp
24 07
1 69
3 51
29 27
Pope .
21 58
1 17
3 85
26 60
BeÎl
21 35
1 32
3 44
26 11
Edgerly
23 47
1 51
3 45
28 43
Glines
25 95
1 26
4 76
31 97
Forster
22 78
1 30
4 86
28 94
Bingham
21 78
1 35
3 02
26 15
Carr
24 40
1 26
3 61
29 27
Morse
22 87
47
3 78
28 12
Brown
21 86
1 64
5 64
29 12
Highland
24 59
1 61
4 06
30 26
Hodgkins
23 83
1 45
3 58
28 86
Cutler
21 19
2 82
4 78
28 79
Bennett
24 03
. 46
5 02
30 51
Hanscom
18 26
74
3 39
22 39
Proctor
20 18
1 03
5 48
26 69
Burns
21 56
86
1 40
; 82
Lowe .
21 11
98
4 80
26 89
Baxter
22 21
99
5 03
28 23
Perry
19 77
80
5 29
25 86
Cummings
14 58
83
42
20 83
Durell
18 76
97
5 37
25 10
Evening .
10 48
1 15
1 52
13 15
Atypical .
66 26
3 38
7 62
77 26
Gram. and primary
22 36
1 35
4 17
27 88
All schools
24 54
1 91
4 18
30 €
Boys' Vocational
77 75
19 60
22 60 28 06
119 95
Girls' Vocational
.
106 45
14 74
149 25
217
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
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.
FROM SCHOOL APPRO- PRIATION.
SUM SPENT UNDER DIRECTION OF CITY GOVERNMENT.
YEAR.
Average Member- ship.
Instruction and Super- vision.
School Supplies.
Light.
Heating.
Janitors.
School Tele- phones.
1886
4,985
$83,542
$6,676
$624
$4,929
$4,194
.
$99,865
1887
5,198
86,713
7,526
765
6,475
5,084
· . .
106,563
1888
5,488
88,967
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