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At the meeting of the School Board held on September 3, 1914, the following notice was given :-
The Superintendent of Schools announced the death on Tuly 6, of Nellie I .. Quennell, a teacher in the Forster Scl:col.
226
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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.
CONCERNING FINANCE
No. of Table
1. Schedule of school property
2. Cost of maintaining schools, school year 1913-1914
3. Cost per capita of maintaining schools, school year 1913-1914
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 1913-1914
9. Statistics of the high school, for school year 1913-1914
10. Pupils by grades October, 1913-1914
11. Separate statistics for grammar and primary schools, for school year 1913-1914
12. Admissions to first grade in February and September
13. Number of grammar school graduates, 1914
14. Truant statistics for a series of years
15. Evening school statistics, 1913-1914
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, 1914 19-A. Distribution of pupils by ages, October 1, 1914
19-B. Distribution of pupils, 14 but not 15, October 1, 1914
CONCERNING TEACHERS
20. Resignations of teachers, 1914
21. Teachers elected in 1914
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, 1914 -
26. High school graduation exercises, 1914
27. Grammar school graduation exercises, 1914
28. Organization of school board for 1915
29. Teachers in service January, 1915
30. Officers in service January, 1915.
31. School janitors 7
CLASSIFIED STATEMENT SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES CONTROLLED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1914.
SCHOOLS.
Regular .
Substitute-
Kindergarten.
Total.
Administrative Salaries.
What Paper.
Manil Paper.
Pencils, Pens, ctc.
Maps and Charis-
Seat Work, and Kindergarten Supplies.
Manual Training Supplies.
Drawing Supplies.
Laboratory Supplies.
Domestic Science Suppiles.
Mending Tape, Paste, etc.
Pianos, Tuning and Repairs.
Graduation Expenses.
Tuition and Board of Fruits.
Miscellaneous.
Totals.
High
$80,404 25
$205 00
$300 84
$80,970 09
$3,152 51
$723 33
$116 61
$358 94
$235 36
$18 90
$439 $3
$528 73
$423 32
$617 13
$14 40
P:Tuthug. $413 02
Expressage. $37 54
$11 00
$3 00 50 1 50
$112 94 18 95
5 60
597 73
High Prescott
Prescott
11,206 13
57 73
617 20
11,881 0S
242 22
71 79
31 40
4 07
35 86
7 16
77 80
$5 77
8 75
42 32
10 3
45 54
9 49
21 50
10 25
17 88
12 S
70
14 07
11 1
15 54
52 60
568 17
Knapp
Pop
10,583 69
46 2
660 01
11,289 95
212 34
65 22
50 35
9 93
35 74
7 08
47 2
26 73
55
4 87
50
3 1
2 80
20 87
552 09
Pope
Bell
8,660 00
85 50
631 53
9,377 03
158 4
57 28
35 99
10 $5
16 15
7 45
47 22
43 83
9 70
69 03
33 23
5
5 1G
1 50
23 70
16 8
18 0
622 79
Edgerly
Glines
11,720 75
60 50
616 48
1,225 00
13,622 73
51 07
26 SG
6 58
13 3
10 &
59 20
61 20
12 31
45
45
19 30
17 90
37 65
898 13
1,729 71
Forster
Bingham
74 75
787 30
15,742 68
78 29
20 58
6 77
30 82
55 05
68 97
17 0
1 10
11 52
3 5
17 28
14 22
18 0
503 92
Bingham
Carr
31 25
783 26
16,433 51
116 53
30 41
16 42
55 03
1 15
25 8
43 26
53 6
27 09
3 40
7 21
6 2
16 22
11 70
18 0
706 44
Carr
Morse .
92 75
608 74
11,747 62
. ...
199 85
60 72
39 76
15 1
33 25
21 76
44 91
37 68
33 22
1 35
1 8G
2 50
9 9
16 15
18 0
536 17
Morse
Proctor
41 25
210 56
6,878 81
62 39
30 22
33 8S
16 75
6 82
8 84
1 48
8 10
75
5 00
1 10
4 37
2 10
15 53
12 62
520 61
Brown
11,428 96
43 00
851 06
12,326 02
193 00
27 95
9 23
48 14
3 5
86 GO
32 75
1 55
G 78
3.00
26 54
8 43
539 69
Highland
11,598 75
99 75
586 40
12,284 90
241 65
18 32
10 85
21 45
15 9
8 1
51 9
13 55
1 70
92
$ 20
12 80
503 38
Hodgkins
11,079 94
128 75
600 96
11,809 65
223 95
92 05
42 12
11 77
36 6
25 2
47 1
39 57
1 90
0 92
0 21
18 76
608 34
Cutler
Lincoln
17 27
30 04
1,536 29
131 22
13 58
9 8
14 90
33 09
14 77
54 53
5 35
1 2
1 95
4 85
4 7
IS 5S
89 90
47 50
210 62
Girls' Vocational
Evening, High
6,745 84 4,02 50
18 00
6,763 84
1 40
2 50
2 84
3 84
120 G9
19 67
1 05
5 25
4 26
53 47
376 63
.. Evening, High
Evening, Bell
3,288 00
3,288 00
14 31
7 05
2 5
3 80
63
3 4
67 10
Evening, Highland
Evening, Industrial
517 00
517 00
......
32 97
12 5
2 0
2 85
4 01
571 65
63 23
491 22
192 20
375 89
1,748 57
Administration
Miscellaneous
123 00
125 00
15 3
123 01
9 03
4 49
. .....
.....
18 12
30 40
3 40
544 43
24 52
1 68
....
.....
...
Totals
$322,015 14
$2,085 50 $11,377 00 $1,476 50 $339,954 14
$7,000 00
$7,103 16
$2,113 32
$7GG 47
$569 20
941 05
$63 47
$911 02
$144 05
$2,008 28
$1,129 26
$123 32
$23 23
$1,163 10
$1,663 74
$170 26
$131 16
$585 29
$345 79
$254 05
$1,019 90
$1,883 23
$2,099 23
$26,483 13
Totals
8,302 25
176 25
232 48
9,740 9$
27 52
23 5
2 50
31 77
21 0
271 23
Hanscom
Bennett
8,609 19
157 75
1,076 50
10,071 98
19 81
17 75
2 19
24 77
1 71
13 26
24 53
49 52
1 02
42 16
2 60
5 7
8 1
45
1 10
1 80
3 3
142 53
Baxter
12,028 50
87 00
688 21
12,803 74
72 55
G1 52
28 01
15 14
1 25
13 45
Perry
4.458 06
77 50
169 08
4,701 64
3 13
124 59
Perry
Cummings
3,259 50
20 75
136 00
683 26
12,128 GI
201 13
61 70
27 30
12 69
22 G
9 43
.....
Edgerly
11,309 38
142 50
637 70
16,158 07
.... .
61 88
13 75
29 79
72 95
5 9
106 03
8 53
240 00
30 52
5 37
1 50
12 46 19 03
7 2
18 0
166 02
Bell
1 79
12 01
12 85
15
2 45
7 70
18 0
456 01
Glines
Forster
15,377 87
5,627 00 3,025 00
20 00
05 90
3,110 96
34 17
6 33
8 01
46
7 09
3 77
5 G
11 47
13 54
1 10
6 37
1 86
0 50
8 71
18 0
284 22
Burns
0,523 88
99 75
571 60
10,195 23
245 65
68 0
28 57
5.90
27 97
17 95
8 GG
41 67
7 4
7 4.
SO
5 40
8 5
127 72
Lowe
Atypical
1,670 00
1,670 00
4 70
43
1 74
31
......
31
8 15
. .. .
477 39
17 83
2 15
16 4
GO
3 0
10 99
2 91
79 0
Evening, Bell
Evening, Highland
951 00
951 00
35 33
30 01
1 03
9 51
31 88
40 4
5 43
6 68
Evening, Industrial
Dental
897 00
897 00
......
...
...
. ...
......
......
. ..
......
......
20
2 51
Lowe
6,402 00
16 50
131 98
6,550 48
45 58
17 55
7 3.
11 12
23 54
.....
Boys' Vocational.
4,903 50
60 00
4,963 50
8 45
1 0
54 39
4 50
583 11
Boys' Vocational
Girls" Vocational
219 12
7,397 81
110 76
27 75
36 29
1 98
6 67
$ 20
....
Brown
7,056 41
92 25
20 00
75.09
Durell
Highland
18 0
18 0
18 00
7 09
242 61
Lincoln
43
19
2 23
74 05
Atypical
IS 25
13 99
54 88
13 32
5 43
.....
1 25
Administration
1, 019 90
543 47
2,337 88
Miscellaneous
Dental
Hanscom
$1,030 60
93 14
228 54
48 50
111 64
1,145 00
5,258 14
55 45
19 21
10 92
3 2.
52 13
1 35
9 71
8 6
318 00
Bennett
Baxter
3,953 00
4
1 39
Travel. $21 85 2 50
Postage. $27 88
$508 35
Equipment. $877 63 18 00
SCHOOLS.
Bookbinding.
$569 17 66 68
Bookkeeping Blanks.
Typewriters and Supplies $919 09
15
55
2 88
11 03
2 40
101 48
Cummings
14.880 63
210 77
273 G8
.....
11,046 13
198 71
Proctor
Durell
Burns
2 55
Hodgkins
Cntler
1,480 00
TEACHERS-
Special
SALARIES
Books.
Books.
......
11 49
31 11
3 4
Knapp
158 65
45 58
3,355 27
63 07
53 89
3 0
22 95 35 53
1 00
6 50
178 66
164 92
73 53
71 02
7 8
4,402 50
15 16
$7,000 00
......
4 25
5 48
3 20
......
1 14
$636 80
$20 75
$10,130 58
15,619 00
124 52
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
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,
1913, by school census
12,689
Children between five and fifteen years of age, October, 1914 by school census 13,513
Increase
824
2 .-- SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
1913.
1914.
Change.
Number of school buildings ....
27
27
0
Number of classrooms in use in
June ...
289
306
+17
Valuation of school property ..
$1,732,623
$1,767,215
3 .- TEACHERS.
1913.
1914. Change.
In high schools.
68
75
+7
In grammar schools.
164
167
+3
In primary schools
93
101
+8
In kindergartens ..
8
8
0
Total in elementary schools.
.26
276
+11
Vocational school for boys.
4
6
++2
Vocational school for girls.
9
10
+1
Atypical class
2
2
0
Cadet teachers
4
8
+4
Special
13
14
+1
Total
365
391
+26
4 .- ATTENDANCE FOR YEAR.
*1913.
*1914.
Change.
Entire enrollment for the year
13,491
13,932
+441
Average number belonging ....
11,903
12,320
+417
Average number
attending ....
11,216
11,610
+394
Per cent. of daily attendance ..
94.2
94.2
0
High School graduates
296
273
-23
Grammar school graduates.
...
691
740-
+49
*School Year.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
5 .- COST OF SCHOOL MAINTENANCE.
*1913.
*1914.
Change.
Salaries of teachers
$313,224.45
$330,954.98
+7,730.53
Salaries of officers.
7,520.01
7,632.05
+112.04
Cost of books and supplies
25,876.65
26,842.81
+966.16
Cost of light
5,841.42
6,447.53
+606.11
Cost of janitors'
services ..
32,939.41
33,711.42
+772.01
Cost of fuel
16,055.27
18,951.92
+2,896.65
Telephones
541.78
624.47
+82.69
Rent of school rooms.
92 50
-92.50
Total cost of day and even-
ing schools
402,091.89
425,165.18 +23,073.29
Per capita cost
33.78
34.12
+0.34
Cost of high school in-
struction
77,405.07
79,576.30 +2,171.23
Per capita cost
42.09
42.60
+0.51
6 .- MISCELLANEOUS.
*1913.
*1914.
Change.
Paid for new school build-
ings
$34,866.27
$120,913.29
+86,047.92
Repairs and permanent
improvements
19,341.35
19,699.49
+358.14
Total school expenditures ..
456.299.51
565,777.96
+109,478 .. 45
Number of dollars spent to maintain schools out of every $1,000 of valuation Valuation of city.
5.60
5.68
+.08
71,848,810.00
74,887,800.00 +3,038,990.00
Number of dollars spent for all school purposes out of every $1,000 of valua- tion
6.36
7.55
+1.19
*School Year.
Cost of the Schools. The total amount spent for the maintenance of the schools of Somerville for the school year ending June 30, 1914, is $425,165.18.
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 amount paid for janitors is
$33,711.42
The cost of fuel is
18,951.92
The cost of light is
6,447.53
The cost of the school telephones is.
624.47
A total cost of
59,735.34
The cost per capita.
4.80
Cost of repairs
19,699.49
...
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
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
$7,632.05
Office Expenses .
1,738.70
Textbooks
8,000.39
$º5.85
$61.03
Stationery and Supplies
13,387.36
$3,866.12 5,798.15 601.49
$3,977.39 7,107.94 1,048.95
420.78
60.49
Other Expenses .
1,816.84
100.31
66 09
Miscellaneous (Tuition, etc.)
1,899.52
Total
.
$34,474.86
$10,265.76
$12,134.28
$616.94
$187.61
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
.
$5,798.00
$377 80
Principals
39,658.06 285,498.92
3,200.00 75,998,50
$5,420.00 35,417.06 201,686.92
$342.00 3,909.00
$699.00 3,904.50
Total
$330,954.98
$79,576.30
$242,523.98
$4,251.00
$4,603.50
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, 1914, is as follows :-
Care
$59,735.34
Contingent
34,474.86
Salaries
330,954.98
Total for school maintenance.
425,165.18
Paid for repairs
19,699.49
Paid for new buildings
120,913.29
Total for all school purposes
565,777.96
.
. .
.
Teachers .
230
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Each dollar of the sum spent for the support of schools has been divided in the following proportion :-
1909.
1910.
Janitors' salaries.
$0.071
$0.070
1911. $0.071
1912. $0.071
1913. $0.082
1914. $0.079
Heat and light
0.025
0.054
0.053
0.054
0.055
0.060
Administration
0.015
0.017
0.019
0.020
0.018
0.018
School supplies
0.061
0.071
0.068
0.076
0.065
0.065
Teachers' salaries
0.801
0.788
0.789
0.779
0.780 .
0.778
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, and the vocational schools. The following shows
THE PER CAPITA COST OF DAY SCHOOLS FOR 1913 AND 1914.
High Schools.
Grammar and Primary Schools.
All Day Schools.
1913.
1914.
Change
1913.
1914.
Change
1913.
1914.
Change
Instruction .
$42 85
$43 41
+$0 66
$22 36
$22 94
+$0 58 -0 07
$26 20
$26 08
-0 12
Supplies
5 24
5 90
+0 66
1 35
1 28
2 09
1 99
-- 0 10
Care .
5 45
6 64
+1 19
4 17
4 17
0 00
4 55
4 55
0 00
Total
$53 54
$55 95
+$2 41
$27 88
$28 39
+$0 51
$32 84
$32 62
-$0 22
Including the cost of maintenance of evening schools, the per capita cost is as follows :-
1911.
Cost of instruction.
$23.50
1912. $23.61
1913. $24.54
1914. $24.55
Cost of supplies
1.95
2.12
1.91
1.89
Cost of care
3.62
3.99
4.18
4.27
Total
$29.07
$29.72
$30.63
30.71
An examination of these tables shows that we have paid sixty-six cents more for the instruction of each pupil in the high school than in 1913, and sixty-six cents more per pupil for supplies.
The grammar and primary schools have cost fifty-eight cents more per pupil for instruction, and seven cents less for supplies.
The amount spent for the school year 1914 was $5.68, or eight cents more than was spent in 1913. The amount yielded for each child in the average membership of the schools for 1914, not including the industrial schools, was $30.71.
Comparative Per Capita. According to the annual report of the State Board of Education for 1913-14, the amount yielded for each child in the average membership of the public
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
schools was $32.59, giving to Somerville the rank of 116 among the cities and towns of Massachusetts. In 1912-13 the rank was ninety. By the same report it is shown that Somerville appropriated to the support of the pub- lic schools $5.75 for each thousand dollars of valuation, and had the rank of 158. The year before the amount spent was $5.98 and the rank 140.
Teachers' Salaries. The salaries paid to teachers in Janu- ary, 1915, are as follows :-
1 man
$3,200
9 women
825
1
man
2,250
1
man, 174 women.
800
2 men
2,000
1 woman
775
11 men, 2 women
1,900
23 women
750
4 men, 1 woman
1,800
22
women
700
7 men
1,700
4 women
650
2
men
1,600
1 man, 13
women.
600
1
man, 1 woman.
1,500
1 woman
550
1
man, 1
woman
1,250
2 women
525
3 men, 3 women
1,200
1 woman
500
1 man, 1 woman.
1,100
3 women
475
1
man
1,050
2 women
450
6
men, 11 women
1,000
3 women
425
6
women
950
2 women
.
.
400
1 man, 17
women.
900
1 woman
350
13 women
875
1 woman
250
17 women
850
12 women
.
200
SIGHT AND HEARING.
The following gives the results of the eye and ear tests :- EYES.
1913
1914
Change
Tested
11,414
11,733
+319
Defective
1,739
1,662
- 77
Per cent. defective
15.2
14.2
- 1
Notices sent to parents
1,049
1,087
Professionally treated
167
199
EARS.
1913
1914
Change
Tested
11,806
12,396
+590
Defective
265
263
- 2
Per cent. defective
2.3
2.1
-0.2
Notices sent to parents
181
161
Professionally treated
21
24
TABLE 1 .- SCHOOLHOUSES.
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
$409,602
1895 1871
8 rooms added 1906 30 rooms added 1913
Prescott
12
585
22,000
Brick
Steam
Fan
68,938
1867
Knapp
13
636
24,517
Brick
Steam
50,540
1889
4 rooms added 1894
Pope
12
578
27,236
Brick
Steam
Gravity Gravity Fan
85,760
1891
Bell
12
501
22,262
Brick
Steam
50,086
1874
Edgerly .
12
533
24,000
Brick
Steam
Gravity
46,030
1871
§ 4 rooms added 1882 4 rooms added 1892
Glines
14
674
28,800
Brick Brick
Steam
Gravity
80,540
1891
5 rooms added 1896
Forster
18
823
30,632
Steam
Gravity
87,445
1866
6 rooms added 1899
Bingham
16
797
35,586
Brick
Steam
Gravity
71,955
1886
4 rooms added 1894 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
6 rooms added 1890
Highland
12
583
23,260
Brick
Steam
Gravity
60,560
1880
4 rooms added 1891
Hodgkins
14
557
35,034
Brick
Steam
Gravity
79,760
1896
Cutler
12
551
53,729
Brick
Steam
87,787
1912
Bennett
12
507
17,000
Brick
Steam
61,769
1902
Hanscom
12
481
12,756
Brick
Steam
Gravity Fan
73,290
1897
4 rooms added 1907
Carried forward
244
10,897
$1,416,471
232
ANNUAL REPORTS.
(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.
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TABLE 1 (Concluded) .- SCHOOLHOUSES.
NAME ..
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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
9,387
1911
Boys' Vocational .
.4
50
30,155
Wood
Furnace
Furnace
27.904
1884
Cummings .
4
167
11,300
Wood
Furnace
Furnace
11,920
1884
Durell.
4
198
13 883
Brick
Steam
Gravity
19,720
1894
Lincoln
4
154
17,662
Wood
Steam
Gravity
18,220
1885
Total
313
13,689
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$1,767,215
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( There are besides one girls' dining room, one teachers' dining room, one stock room, four fitting rooms, one infirmary, and a principal's office.
233
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
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$1,416,471
234
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 2 .- COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1913-14.
SCHOOLS.
FROM SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.
SPENT BY CITY GOVERNMENT.
Total.
Instruction and Supervision.
Supplies.
Care.
High
$81,103 19
$11,023 02
$12,412 48
$104,538 69
Prescott
11,833 39
635 30
1,931 83
14,400 52
Knapp
12,964 22
784 95
1,962 21
15,911 38
Pope
11,374 35
639 54
2,097 32
14,111 21
Bell
9,364 95
652 77
1,634 19
11,651 91
Edgerly.
12,225 38
689 38
1,750 68
14,655 44
Glines .
13,461 80
652 03
2,425 24
16,539 07
Forster .
16,509 39
826 58
3,544 80
20,880 77
Bingham
15,858 45
788 98
2,263 53
18,910 96
Carr
16,598 18
969 26
2,338 98
19,906 42
Morse
11,695 31
710 27
1,776 66
14,182 24
Brown
10,278 79
633 18
1,526 48
12,438 45
Highland
12,343 37
920 14
2,045 50
15,309 01
Hodgkins
12,511 56
698 22
1,551 50
14,761 28
Cutler
11,986 15
1,158 59
2,677 50
15,822 24
Bennett
9,932 18
430 13
1,833 16
12,195 47
Hanscom
9,505 10
358 86
1,747 81
11,611 77
Proctor .
5,968 73
267 51
1,409 47
7,645 71
Burns
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7,308 76
409 73
1,498 36
9,216 S5
Lowe
.
6,529 50
205 08
1,385 94
8,120 52
Baxter
5,315 63
193 88
1,247 24
6,756 75
Perry
4,767 39
188 38
1,398 45
6,354 22
Cummings
3,363 08
97 87
1,249 15
4,710 10
Durell
3,129 38
100 72
1,003 01
4,233 11
Lincoln
592 07
109 79
545 37
1,247 23
Atypical
1,699 04
86 51
277 94
2,063 49
Boys' Vocational
4,683 41
1,137 25
1,412 10
7,232 76
Girls' Vocational
6,642 11
557 43
1,345 19
8,544 73
Evening
9,042 17
917 46
1,443 25
11,402 88
Total
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$338,587 03
$26,842.81
$59,735 34
$425,163 18
235
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 3 .- PER CAPITA COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS. FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1913-14.
SCHOOLS.
Instruction and Supervision.
Supplies.
Care.
Total.
High .
$43 41
$5 90
$6 64
$55 95
Prescott .
23 16
1 24
3 78
28 18
Knapp
24 88
. 51
3 77
30 16
Pope
24 05
1 35
4 43
29 83
Bell
21 73
. 51
3 79
27 03
Edgerly
22 89
1 29
3 28
27 46
Glines
25 64
1 24
4 62
31 50
Forster
22 87
1 14
4 91
28 92
Bingham
21 26
1 05
3 03
25 34
Carr
24 59
1 44
3 47
29 50
Morse
23 34
1 42
3 55
28 31
Brown
23 25
1 43
3 45
28 13
Highland
24 94
1 86
4 13
30 93
Hodgkins
24 97
1 39
3 10
29 46
Cutler
23 10
2 50
5 16
30 56
Bennett
22 83
99
4 21
28 03
Hanscom
18 21
69
3 35
22 25
Proctor
21 02
94
4 96
26 92
Burns
21 56
1 20
4 42
27 :18
Lowe .
20 93
66
4 44
26 03
Baxter
28 27
1 03
6 63
35 93
Perry
19 62
78
5 75
26 15
Cummings
20 02
58
7 44
28 04
Durell
20 45
66
6 56
27 67
Lincoln
8 84
1 64
8 14
18 62
Atypical
60 68
3 09
9 93
73 70
Evening
8 02
81
1 28
10 11
Gram. and primary
22 94
1 28
4 17
28 39
All schools
24 55
1 89
4 27
30 71
Boys' Vocational
99 65
24 20
30 04
153 89
Girls' Vocational
94 89
7 96
19 22
122 07
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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.
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
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$99,865
1887
5,198
86,713
7,526
765
6,475
5,084
.. .
106,563
1888
5,488
88,967
7,421
953
7,121
5,892
...
110,354
1889
5,956
96,466
9,903
805
6,081
6,448
.. .
119,703
1890
6,486
104,184
10,371
1,004
5,586
7,539
. . .
128,684
1891
6,502
114,066
13,899
1,047
8,032
8,544
. ..
145,588.
1892
7,035
124,232
12,944
1,064
7,148
9,794
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155,183
1893
7,217
128,720
10,137
1,014
8,312
10,160
...
158,333
1894
7,212
132,919
10,919
958
9,673
10,686
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165,155
1895
7,617
144,113
15,063
1,398
8,796
11,581
...
180,951
1896
8,077
161,551
17,601
1,469
9,962
14,160
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204,743
1897
8,589
180,222
14,815
1,920
10,065
16,251
...
223,273
1898
9,085
189,244
14,986
2,075
9,767
17,393
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233,465
1899
9,502
197,660
16,131
2,472
10,821
17,831
...
244,915
1900
9,823
212,863
19,386
1,803
10,489
20,859
...
286,747
1903
10,719
242,964
20,873
2,015
18,052
21,042
. ..
304,946
1904
11,094
255,481
21,411
1,436
15,315
22,024
$237
315,904
1905
11,543
259,597
20,137
4,345
15,167
21,949
482
321,677
1906
11,762
266,197
22,589
2,875
14,162
23,143
380
329,346
1907
11,909
273,107
24,317
3,760
15,236
23,999
433
340,852
1908
12,159
294,400
26,377
3,831
14,912
25,245
386
365,151
1909
12,423
298,839
21,819
4,071
14,798
26,072
550
366,149
1910
12,131
298,420
26,292
6,109
14,003
25,803
595
371,222
1911
11,871
300,393
24,968
4,751
14,907
26,031
529
371,579
*1912
11,710
306,709
30,319
5,995
15,676
130,219
512
389,431
*1913
11,856
320,744
25,877
5,842
16,055
32,939
542
402,092±
*1914
12,320
338,587
26,843
6,448
18,952
33,711
624
425,165
1901
9,991
226,556
18,707
1,731
13,723
20,078
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280,796
1902
10,402
234,210
15,735
1,729
10,840
19,236
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260,403
Total.
* Facts are given for School Year, July 1 to June 30, inclusive.
+ Salaries, $27,708 ; Supplies, $2,511.
# $92.50 included for rental of church for schoolhouse purposes in Ward 7.
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TABLE 5 .- ANNUAL COST PER CAPITA OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS. [ Based on the average membership. ]
YEAR.
Instruction and Supervision.
School Supply Expenses.
Janitors, Water, Heat, and Light.
Total.
Assessors' Valua- tion of City.
Ratio of Cost of School Main - tenance to Valuation.
1886
$16 76
$1 34
$1 94
$20 03
$26,003,200
.00384
1887
16 68
1 45
2 37
20 50
27,469,300
.00388
1888
16 21
1 36
2 54
20 11
28,756,400
.00384
1889
16 20
1 66
2 24
20 10
30,004,600
.00399
1890
16 06
1 60
2 18
19 84
32,557,500
.00395
1891
17 54
2 14
2 71
22 39
36,843,400
.00395
1892
17 66
1 84
2 56
22 06
38,093,100
.00407
1893
17 84
1 40
2 70
21 94
41,773,600
.00379
1894
18 43
1 51
2 96
22 90
44,142,900
.00374
1895
18 92
1 98
2 86
23 76
46 506,300
.00390
1896
20 00
2 18
17
25 35
49,013,050
.00418
1897
20 98
1 73
3 29
26 00
50,173,775
.00444
1898
20 83
1 65
3 22
25 70
50,739,700
.00460
1899
20 80
1 70
3 28
25 78
51,202,350
.00478
1900
21 67
. 60
3 24
26 51
52,513,400
.00496
1901
22 67
1 87
3 56
28 10
53,924,200
.00521
1902
22 52
1 86
3 19
27 57
55,485,370
.00517
1903
22 67
. 95
3 84
28 46
56,981,360
.00535
1904
23 03
93
3 52
28 48
58,056,700
.00544
1905
22 50
1 74
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