Report of the city of Somerville 1923, Part 15

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 468


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744 81


S0 04


$ 17


419 41


54 5


5 7


11 3


64 59


49 75


13 20


2 20


65 57


25 00


3 81


179 45


2,897 29


.Boyn' Vocational


Prescott


1G,158 75


171 00


310 06


$2,650 00


1.289 81


250 84


12 20


5$ 8


45 37


55 6


14 12


#3 1


9 91


3 13


10


35 21


Popa


7.457 50


5 00


195 10


7.657 60


60 4


25 65


53 A


9 50


184 13


Edgerly


25.064 00


106 00


G89 51


25,859 54


#15 99


GS 1


64 3


9.93


Morse


16,246 00


16 68


19.245 18


207 TS


12 60


51 02


5 15


18 23


51 10


Proctor


13,007 75


75 30


13.516 05


236 79


+ 33


27 SZ


3 98


30 56


% 43


91


4. 95


319 08


Burn


16,118 25


500 10


16,779 35


292 21


17 GO


37 1


49 30


9 79


12 21


6 23


31 17


13 3


3 45


30.450 00


140 00


2,260 00


34,019 22


026 43


148 12


101 50


11 62


Catler


6,470 00


31 00


195 14


6,756 14


121 32


19 91


14 5G


9 33


17 53


6 12


23 26


LO 90


18 00


13 95


1 95


50 00 16 05


45 2


11 00


5 00


237 32


282 87


1 00


441 86


281 14


$400 00


$127 70


$1,006 65


2,012 13


Mlaceliancons


Evening High


4.914 50


Evening. Bell


1.119 00


1.119 00


85 62


3 54


18 3


10 61


Evening CLIf


5 63


300


5 62


........


112 12


.Sight Saving Class


Pons. etc.


Drawing Supplies Supplies


Monil Paper $360 CO


Bionic Books


Supplies


Tuning


Graduation Exper


Printing $329 60


Express $39 GU 3 35


$80 85 28


25 76


1,878 GO


Eastern Jr.


Southern .


3.4 00


1.079 5%


33,754 04


191 99


170 49


108 50


17 04


38 50


2.119 31


Northern Jf. .


40.715 24


161 00


Speckil $2.632 20


***......... $140.729 16


.........


6 66


$3 00


16 15


1.663 91 328 53 450 63 1,143 81


13 50


11 05


15 30


4 56


6 70


6 20


1 3


18 64


21 26


14 55


519 70


Hanscom


BenDet


16,695 75


110 50


2.409 00


13.988 04


939 80


Bennett


Knapp


224 35


53 3


26 7


28 52


11 22


25 42


40 1


IS GO


$5 63


10 40


2 03


15 9


1 53


3 96


145 48


219 50 119 GO


Glines


Elnchati


196 00


340 37


11 90


13 20


53 87


36 64


14 85


766 99


Car


14: 59


2,335 00


14 00


32 3


505 1


157 19


Durell


Cauer


469 22


Lincoln


13,310 00


34 00


211 75


13,665 78


164 32


20 27


1 50


Americanization


5.635 00


5,635 00


Administration


3,418 93


Administration


Miscellaneous


100 00


.............


25 90


89 43


10 DI


410 28


71 88


71 38


2 58


6 62


1 8


............


-.......


3 59


14 ST


1 00


15 45


$57 G6


Evening High


110 78


Evening Bell


.. Evening Vota, Men


9 90


Evening Voca. Women


Dental


Sight Saving Class


75 00


Typewriter


Miscella


BOOKDE. $354 80 26 00 169 00


Meetrio 1286 70


Auto Maintenance


High


SCHOOL


Adminis- Lration


$409 97


$412 07


36 09


50 30


4 31


1 20


27 5


231 5-


600 01


229 71


45 10


Ind. Household Arts


10,613 00


30 97


343 85


Prescott


Hanscom


421 GG


23 12


36 0


45 6.


$4 52


10 51


1 25


1 43


15 07


2 50


29 25


561 77


Pen


Comming


5 35


25 89


2 57


12 37


744 93


Bingham


Carr


E 20


28 61


7 90


5 80


BFOWO


151 50


11.212 00


10 G


2 50


35 8


6 62


10 3'


1 25


2


17 92


77 36


3 34


176 41


Continnation


25 16


Dization


23 10


315 00


56 61


17 65


10 41


10 05


221 93


Lincoln


340 30


Lowe


Atypical


195 68


Atypical


372 88


Highland


1,097 65


Forster


70 21


8 00


12 28


2 00


7 45


146 19


Mora


Durell


30 00


2.241 QU


18 01


1 30


236 00


321 04


Perry


Cummings


1SỰ 00


29 75


1.90


50 20


554 03


Brown


29 42


5. 00


CLASSIFIED STATEMENT SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES CONTROLLED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1923


Seat Work


18. 03


10 32


11 00


Baxter


Dental


............


$13.578 58


$1.137 96


...........


315 17


$1,005 30


SS 6


CLASSIFIED STATEMENT SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES


SALARIES TEACHERS


SCHOOL


Regular


Special


Kindergarten


Total


Books


Bookbinding and Supplies $607 85


Maps Charts $39 52 90


White Paper $967 75


Manila Paper $360 00


Blank Books $409 97


$412 07


$595 82


$303 45


$100 32


$1 09


Eastern Jr.


38,351 96


1,079 58


39,754 54


656 90


125 41


191 99


36 09


56 06


67 29


56 56


256 76


1 05


5 66


Southern Jr.


54,671 86


359 00


1,079 62


56,110 48


1,283 56


131 25


170 49


108 50


54 25


74 80


40 62


174 76


73 96


10 11


Northern Jr.


40,775 24


161 00


1,079 52


42,015 76


744 81


140 16


47 04


38 50


80 04


8 17


419 41


54 54


5 72


Western Jr


58,808 20


255 00


1,079 62


60,142 82


1,185 55


80 15


17 52


239 85


114 48


80 30


116 75


37 40


639 72


98 32


Boys' Vocational


17,838 00


24 00


17,862 00


Ind. Household Arts


2,329 00


180 50


240 90


11,034 40


167 08


10 80


36 56


48 61


30 97


5 28


$4 52


Hanscom


16,158 75


310 06


$2,650 00


19,289 81


250 84


+2 20


53 81


62 35


5 30


28 86


13 67


40 43


Bennett


16,696 75


471 79


2,409 00


19,988 04


421 66


48 37


65 60


5 48


23 12


14 12


63 19


Baxter


7,010 00


195 10


2,241 00


9,541 10


124 72


1 00


7 20


16 86


18 01


1 83


14 84


4 76


38 69


Knapp


15,584 50


136 00


666 82


16,387 32


224 98


53 33


26 77


7 64


28 52


41 22


18 07


Perry


9,562 75


134 50


308 60


10,005 85


205 85


6 40


18 66


16 74


14 64


6 03


27 28


18,437 00


705 08


19,372 08


1 05


88 66


76 42


8 61


40 13


18 60


35 63


7,457 50


5 00


195 10


7,657 60


60 47


14 39


16 44


1 00


12 55


3 62


24 55


19,582 50


180 00


855 10


20,617 60


370 40


50 05


22 66


102 01


53 64


52 76


13 69


10 70


20,744 00


308 00


724 22


24,201 22


366 97


57 55


77 27


56 08


8 00


50 64


17 06


Forster


45 50


199 38


6,956 13


44 50


35 73


12 28


14 35


3 62


Bingham


24,277 25


196 00


2,476 25


27,727 20


340 37


24 85


4 33


95 27


79 25


5 96


38 22


12 78


Carr


25,064 00


106 00


25,859 54


415 99


11 90


13 20


65 13


64 36


9 83


53 87


36 64


32 42


16,246 00


147 50


2,335 00


19,245 18


207 78


12 60


24 00


51 02


38 42


5 15


32 30


18 23


61 10


13,007 75


30 00


478 30


13,516 05


236 79


8 05


4 33


50 20


27 82


3 98


30 56


8 43


6,603 75


60 50


190 89


6,855 14


104 39


11 56


9 48


1 16


12 01


3 65


8 07


13,484 25


49 50


271 78


13,805 53


139 26


9 20


32 34


49 62


1 50


22 66


9 18


34 59


Brown


16,118 75


151 50


509 10


16,779 35


292 21


17 50


37 11


29 95


5 00


29 30


9 78


32 21


Highland


11,272 00


176 00


733 68


12,181 68


152 07


62 83


33 97


5 81


33 27


11 45


Cutler


30,450 00


440 00


869 22


2,260 00


34,019 22


526 43


148 42


101 90


11 62


68 83


31 07


73 56


Lincoln


6,470 00


91 00


195 14


6,756 14


121 32


19 91


14 56


2 33


17 53


6 12


17 98


Lowe


13,310 00


84 00


271 78


164 32


29 52


20 27


3 50


23 26


10 90


38 06


Continuation


8,171 00


8,171 00


17 31


3 25


3 66


1 16


5 00


6 02


2 36


61 94


Americanization


5,635 00


5,635 00


13,678 58


57 85


58 53


21 06


8 50


Miscellaneous


100 00


100 00


349 25


24 90


7 44


30


89 43


Evening High


4,914 50


4,914 50


140 55


53 13


9 00


18 70


Evening, Bell


1,119 00


1,119 00


85 52


3 54


2 84


3 49


Evening, Cliff


426 00


426 00


18 35


10 61


1 80


3 00


1 54


Evening, Voca. Men


277 50


277 50


Evening, Voca. Women


1,477 00


1,477 00


Dental


1,543 00


1,543 00


3 83


7 35


1 70


4 49


27


75


18 36


Total


$705,794 97


$5,155 00


$17,326 50


$16,796 25


$745,072 72


$13,678 58


$12,903 54


$1,137 96


$168 46


$3,022 01


$1,619 08


$783 62


$1,514 84


$1,482 45


$2,474 41


$565 09


$864 67


$783 64


$44 93


t Credit


Seat Work


Pencils Pens, etc.


Drawing Supplies


Lumber


Hardware


Laboratory Supplies etc. $864 67


and Kgn. Supplies


Domestie Science Supplies


High


$137,495 96


$601 00


$2,632 20


$140,729 16


$3,090 26


2,329 00


6 94


4 31


1 20


2 65


27 57


231 44


600 01


229 71


18 03


Prescott


10,613 00


171 00


Pope


Cummings


Edgerly


9 50


Glines


35 42


6,711 25


777 70


689 54


Morse


Proctor


12 83


Burns


5,450 00


4 00


5,454 00


1 23


2 43


2 50


50


4 17


3 47


18 36


7 19


66 95


3 60


Administration


25 98


108 03


3 79


Sight Saving Class


1,550 00


1,550 00


....


....


13,665 78


Atypical


516 68


2,425 00


2 00


10 92


78 11


Durell


410 50


95 00


230 00


323 23


8 75


Adminis- tration


Substitute


323 00


72


....


6 00


CONTROLLED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1923 Typewriter Supplies and


Piano Tuning


Equipment


Printing


Postage $39 00


Express $39 50


Telephone


Miscella- neous


Bookpg. Blanks


Electric Power $286 70


Auto Maintenance


Catering


Tuition


Metal


Total $12,426 65


High


12 33


$3 00


49 99


201 42


16 15


4 00


6 00


3 35


47 51


28 46


25 72


1,878 60


Eastern Jr.


21 41


9 50


97 16


1,663 91


18 05


19 18


75


67 91


31 67


169 00


8 63


$25 80


4,255 27


Southern Jr.


11 38


64 59


49 75


3 05


13 20


2 20


55 57


18 46


15 60


18 59


2,119 31


Northern Jr.


12 00


96 12


450 63


16 80


6 80


1 25


96 91


83 85


26 00


13 30


100 01


3,551 06


Western Jr.


52


1,143 81


14 00


13 50


11 05


8 24


78 30


44 40


3 81


479 45


3 32


2,897 29


Boys' Vocational


4 56


6 70


26 25


65


1 25


18 64


5 38


343 85


Prescott


6 50


12 72


2 81


10 35


1 50


34 42


17 37


5 58


959 80


Bennett


3 50


15 07


2 50


3 43


7 20


35 21


23 04


9 97


500 45


Knapp


16 40


2 03


88


28 26


16 95


4 92


661 77


Pope


6 67


31


1 10


32 60


28 93


11 88


784 48


Edgerly


8 11


1 88


6 20


25 89


12 37


744 93


Bingham


1 13


2 81


5 70


75


28 61


9 80


14 85


766 99


Carr


6 50


1 90


1 41


1 20


2 25


24 26


10 07


4 98


505 17


Morse


3 14


7 54


422 92


Proctor


67


62


8 11


1 87


23 28


1 23


43 58


7 71


554 08


Brown


10 51


2 50


6 23


25


31 17


9 45


372 88


Highland


35 84


5 62


3 47


10 60


1 35


23 37


29 47


16 11


1,087 66


Cutler


10 37


1 25


25


6 04


4 27


221 93


Lincoln


13 95


1 88


53


93


5 26


340 30


Lowe


3 00


16 19


50 00


8 00


7 36


73


195 68


.Atypical


45 28


16 05


1 50


441 86


281 14


$400 00


$127 70


3,478 93


Administration


10 00


1 42


56 61


27 68


13 59


14 67


$1,006 56


2,012 13


Miscellaneous


31 34


71 88


71 38


10 40


1 00


72


15 45


557 56


Evening High


2 58


5 62


1 85


95


5 63


60


95


.....


3 00


56


9 90


Evening Voca. Women


Dental


75 00


37


.....


$343 93


$47 00


$972 46


$6,781 74


$1,890 31


$338 18


$631 47


$109 81


$1,189 55


$1,005 30


$601 40


$798 58


$766 15


$400 00


$127 70


$1,006 56


៛236 00


$129 13


$44,739 97


Repairs


Expenses $630 16


$2,315 44


$329 50


$10 00


$83 29


$80 86


$364 80


Stationery $253 30


Baths


$241 33


26 00


....


45 10


.. Ind. Household Arts


3 00


10 51


1 25


24 26


14 56


5 79


519 70


Hanscom


9 91


3 13


5 95


2 19


Baxter®


8 76


63


4 43


2 87


321 04


Perry


1 52


3 96


145 48


Cummings


21 20


2 18


58


2 50


1 00


29 78


7 99


9 24


719 50


Glines


7 45


5 35


146 19


Forster


11 78


1 88


94


1 40


4 48


157 49


Durell


5 80


4 95


319 08


Burns


12 72


1 57


1 00


11 00


3 34


04


54


25 16


Americanization


28 16


315 00


898 77


237 32


282 87


4 00


316 17


410 28


60


110 78


Evening Bell


45


42 93


Evening Cliff


.. Evening Voca. Men


5 62


112 12


Sight Saving Class


....


............


176 41


Continuation


7 37


5 00


4 75


28 31


10 65


4 70


$236 00


251 40


60


7 67


9 93


13 37


27 92


19 32


Graduation


Travel


328 53


.....


F


.....


229


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT:


Rent of Armory


250 00


-250 00


Total cost of day and evening schools


889,876 76


934,395 55


+44,518 79


Per capita cost


59 18


65 31


+6 13


Cost of high school instruc- tion


137,088 15


137,061 16


-26 99


Per capita cost


71 54


72 87


+1 33


6 .- MISCELLANEOUS *1922


*1923


Paid for new school build- ings


$7,575 86


588,301 51


+580,725 65


Repairs and permanent


improvements


36,628 82


63,052 43


+26,423 61


Total school expenditures


934,081 44


1,585,749 49


+651,668 05


Number of dollars spent to maintain schools out of every $1,000 of valua- tion


10 09


10 10


+0 01


Valuation of city


88,158,139 27


92,519,400 00 +4,361,260 73


Number of dollars spent


for all school purposes


out of every $1,000 of


valuation


10 59


17 12


+6 53


* 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, 1923, is $934,395.55.


This includes the sums spent for care of school build- ings, including janitors' services, fuel, light, and school tele- phones ; the amount paid for salaries of officers, and the amount spent for school supplies; and the sum paid for sal- aries of teachers.


The expenditure for care for school buildings is wholly in charge of the City Government.


The amount paid for janitors is .


$63,408 44


The cost of fuel is


64,725 67


The cost of light is


9,883 02


Rental of Armory


A total cost of


$138,017 13


The cost per capita


9 65


Cost of repairs . .


63,052 43


The second important expenditure is wholly under the control of the School Committte and is covered by what is known as the "School Contingent" appropriation. The follow- ing is the itemized account :-


230


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DAY SCHOOLS.


EVENING SCHOOLS.


Expenditures.


Total.


High and Vocational


Elementary


High and Vocational


Elementary


CONTINUATION SCHOOLS AND AMERICANIZA- TION WORK


Officers' Sala- ries. Office Expenses Textbooks .. Stationery and Supplies and Other Ex- penses of In- struction ....... Miscellaneous (Tuition, etc.)


$13,525.79 2,467.37 10,815.41


$4,073.97


$6.739.56


$1.88


23,129.41


12,914.69


9,573.88


$448.69


$34.58


157.57


7,693.95


4,914.67


2,482.68


215.62


40.37


40.61


Total


$57,631.93


$21,903.33


$18,796.12


$664.31


$74.95


$200.06


The third, and by far the largest, element of the cost of schools is the sum spent for the salaries of teachers. This expenditure 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 and Vocational


Elementary


High and Vocational


Elementary


Supervisors Principals Teachers


$11,124.25 53,291.00 674.331.24


$1.782.55 13.303.00 207,953.84


$8,341.70 35,464.00 449,931.15


$842.00 5,412.25


$882.00 726.00


$1,000.00 2,800.00 10,308.00


Total


$738,746.49


$223,039.39


$493,736.85


$6,254.25


$1,608.00


$14,108.00


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, 1923, is as follows :-


Care


Contingent


Salaries


$138,017 13 44,106 14 752,272 28


Total for school maintenance


934,395 55


Paid for repairs


63,052 43


Paid for new buildings


588,301 51


Total for all school purposes


$1,585,749 49


Each dollar of the sum spent for the support of schools has been divided in the following proportion :-


CONTINUATION SCHOOLS AND AMERICANIZA- TION WORK


THE PER CAPITA COST OF DAY SCHOOLS FOR 1922 AND 1923


High School.


Junior High Schools.


Elementary Schools.


All Day Schools.


1922.


1923.


Change


1922.


1923.


Change


1922.


1923.


Change


1922.


1923.


Change


$1,000


0.762


0.067


0.017


0.057


$0.097


1919


Instruction Supplies Care.


$72.87 6.97 9.11


$72.92 7.02 9.61


+$0.05 +0.05 ++0.50


$61.29 3.08 6.12


$58.75 3.52 8.75


-$2.54 + 0.44


$41.84 1.67 6.35


$42.37 1.68 9.50


+$0.53 . + 0.01 + 3.15


$50.62 2.73 6.62


$50.19 2.84 9.21


-$0.43 +0.11 +2.59


$1,000


0.790


0.053


0.020


0.063


$0.074


1920


Total


$88.95


$89.55


+$0.60


$70.49


$71.02


+ $0.53


$49.86


$53.55


+$3.69


$59.97


$62.24


- $2.27


tional schools. The following shows :-


tion we exclude the cost of evening schools, and the voca- for each pupil in the average membership. In this computa- the cost of schools year by year is to consider the sum spent.


Per Capita Cost. The proper method of comparison of


$1,000


0.790


0.047


0.015.


0.080


0.015


0.042


$0.070


1922


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


Administration School supplies Teachers'


Janitors' salaries Heat and light


salaries.


$1,000


0.759


0.064


0.017


0.081


$0.079


1918


231


$0.068


1923


$1,000


0.800


0.030


0.015


0.085


$0.070


1921


$1,000


0.825


0.048


...


+ 2.63


232


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Including the cost of maintenance of evening schools, the per capita cost is as follows :-


1919


1920


1921


1922


1923


Cost of Instruction


$31 82


$44 34


$50 07


$50 90


$50 39


Cost of Supplies


2 45


2 80


1 60


77


2 85


Cost of Care


6 43


7 45


9 62


6 73


9 24


Total


$40 70


$54 59


$61 29


$60 40


$62 48


An examination of these tables shows that we have paid 5 cents more for the instruction of each pupil in the High School than in 1922, and 5 cents more per pupil for supplies.


The elementary schools have cost 53 cents more per pu- pil for instruction, and one cent more for supplies.


The amount spent for the school year 1923 was $10.10, or 1 cent more than was spent in 1922. The amount yielded for each child in the average membership of the schools for 1923, not including the vocational schools, was $62.48.


Teachers' Salaries


The salaries paid to teachers in January, 1924, are as follows :-


1 man


$4,100


25 women


$1,750


1 man


3,300


1 man, 4


women.


1,700


5 men


3,100


1 woman


1,675


6 men


3,000


21 women


1,650


1 man, 1 woman.


2,900


84 women


1,600


1 man


2,800


*1 man, 4


women


1,550


3 men


2,700


172 women


1,500


4 men


2,500


19 women


1,400


4 men


2,400


19 women


1,300


4 men,


1 woman


2,200


1 woman


1,250


6 men,


1 woman


2,100


10 women


1,200


7 men


2,000


11 women


1,100


5 men, 6 women


1,900


1 man, 5


women


1,000


5 men, 1 woman


1,800


.


* Part time.


233


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


SIGHT AND HEARING


The following give the results of the eye and ear tests :-


Eyes


1923


Tested


14,271


1922 13,948


Change +323


Defective


1,577


1,567


+10


Per cent. defective


11%


11%


Notices sent to parents


1,137


1,135


+-2


Professionally treated


240


193


+47


Ears


1923


1922


Change


Tested


14,272


13,989


+-283


Defective


148


161


-13


Per cent. defective


1%


1.2%


-. 2%


Notices sent to parents


96


101


-5


Professionally treated


25


20


+5


234


Table 1 .- Schoolhouses, January, 1924


NAME


tNo. 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


174


1,733


Brick Brick


Steam Steam


Fan


*$426,000


1895 1871


8 rooms added 1906 30 rooms added 1913


School


East.


1


13


518


Brick


Steam


Fan


1867


South worth 5


11


356


49,310


Brick


Steam


Fan


139,200


1916


Knapp


#13


464


24,517


Brick


Steam


Gravity


58,500


1889


Pope


12


578


27,236


Brick


Steam


Gravity


88,600


1891


Bell


32


1,115


29,860


Brick


Steam


Fan


242,000


1874


8 rooms added 1923


Edgerly


12


571


24,000


Brick


Steam


Gravity


48,000


1871


4 rooms added 1892


Glines


14


679


28,800


Brick


Steam


Gravity


101,400


1891


Chandler


35


1,365


74,124


Brick


Steam


Fan


628,600


1923


Forster /


13


576


30,632


Brick


Steam


Gravity


112,000


1866


Folsom S


13


293


Bingham


16


771


35,586


Brick


Steam


Gravity


82,000


1886


4 rooms added 1894 8 rooms added 1904


Carr


15


705


20,450


Brick


Steam


Gravity


67,100


1898


Morse


12


503


29,000


Brick


Furnace


Furnace


64,000


1869


Highland ..


$12


355


23,260


Brick


Steam


Gravity


76,600


1880


6 rooms added 1890 4 rooms added 1891


Carried forward.


297


10,582


*Buildings are located on Central Hill Park, which contains 13 1-10 acres.


tIncludes home rooms, laboratories, shops, assembly rooms. etc.


#2 rooms converted into a hall.


$2 rooms not in use.


ANNUAL REPORTS.


4 rooms added 1894


,


S


13 rooms added 1918.


4 rooms added 1882


5 rooms added 1896


1899


$2,134,000


*


Fan


Prescott


Table 1. - (Concluded). - Schoolhouses, January, 1924


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.


297


10,582


Hodgkins


14


568


35,034


Brick Brick


Steam Steam


Gravity Fan


$2,134,000 118,700 +208,000


1896


9 rooms added 1923


Western


24


727 +


Brick


Steam


Fan


128,800


1912


6 rooms added 1915


Bennett


12


508


21,964


Brick


Steam


Gravity Fan


70,500


1897


4 rooms added 1907


Brown


10


487


26,733


Brick


Steam


Gravity Gravity


*44,000


1905


8


387


16,080


Brick


Steam


Gravity


47,000


1886


8


386


21,650


Brick


Steam


Gravity


58,000


1903


6


290


11,000


Brick


Steam


Gravity


40,700


1901


Perry


6


291


46,080


Brick


Steam


Gravity


53,500


1899


Boys' Vocational


Davis 4 Machine Shop 2 Automobile Shop2


8


30,155


Wood


Furnace


Furnace


71,000


1884


Machine shop added 1917 Automobile shop added 1918


Cummings


4


196


11,300


Wood


Furnace


Furnace


19,900


1884


Durell


4


184


13,883


Brick


Steam


Gravity


24,100


1894


Lincoln ..


4


168


17,662


Wood


Steam


Gravity


21,000


1885


Total.


444


16,510


$3,177,800


*State property.


tLand included in Walter Ernest Shaw Playground.


#One room used for Dental Dispensary.


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


1902


Hanscom


10


482


16,767


Brick


Steam


80,600


1901


4 rooms added 1907


Proctor


#9


343


*


Brick


Steam


Burns.


4 rooms added 1899


Lowe.


Baxter


20


911


53,729


Cutler


58,000


1917


235


236


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table 2. - Cost of Maintaining Schools.


FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1922-23.


FROM SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.


SPENT BY CITY GOVERNMENT.


SCHOOLS.


Instruction and Supervision.


Supplies.


Care.


Total


High


$138,819.30


$13,213.42


$18,077.40


$170,110.12


Eastern Jr.


40,442.62


2,332.93


6,234.44


49,009.99


Southern Jr.


56,619.23


2,712.31


8,748.98


68,080.52


Northern Jr.


43,090.25


2,504.58


7,018.22


52,613.05


Western Jr.


61,242,74


4,710.69


7,316.93


73,270.36


Prescott


11,561.21


633.30


2,424.27


14,618.78


Hanscom


19,950.50


732.69


3,807.56


24,490.75


Bennett


20,051.38


997.26


3,887.20


24,935.84


Baxter


9,501.56


266.46


2,736.53


12,504.55


Knapp


17,371.47


816.67


4,009.09


22,197.23


Perry


9,504.79


340.89


2,736.52


12,582.20


Pope


20,004.53


925.57


4,356.07


25,286.17


Cummings


8,080.34


201.52


2,162.03


10,443.89


Edgerly


20,940.95


945.46


4,356.07


26,242.48


Glines


24,303.88


898.27


4,828.94


30,031.09


Forster


6,807.65


393.60


2.085.03


9,286.28


Bingham


28,186.32


968.60


5,422.14


34,577.06


Carr


26,044.52


1,008.27


5,373.83


32,426.62


Morse


19,426.58


749.76


4,331.02


24,507.36


Proctor


13,801.97


543.78


3,520.30


17,866.05


Durell


7,043.78


217.87


2,162.03


9,423.68


Burns


14,253.72


615.05


3,285.04


18,153.81


Brown ..


17,773.36


719.76


3,807.55


22,300.67


Highland


12,606.46


489.91


3,246.66


16,343.03


Cutler


34,692.95


1,208.49


7,538.11


43,439.55


Lincoln


6,911.10


323.08


2,162.03


9,396.21


Lowe


14,049.53


457.96


3,285.04


17,792.53


Atypical.


5,287.85


121.42


1,039.79


6,449.06


Sight Saving


1,558.41


93.30


358.32


2,010.03


Boys' Vocational ..


17,797.71


2,876.48


3,169.62


23,843.81


Independent House-


hold Arts.


2,295.00


45.77


1,030.97


3,371.74


Evening


7,929.51


729.16


1,545.17


10,203.84


Continuation


7,105.55


244.84


1,093.09


8,443.48


Americanization


7,215.56


67.02


861.14


8,143.72


Total


$752,272.28


$44,106.14


$138,017.13


$934,395.55


4


237


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


Table 3. - Per Capita Cost of Maintaining Schools.


FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1922-23.


SCHOOLS.


Instruction and Supervision.


Supplies.


Care.


Total.


High


$72.92


$7.02


$9.61


$89.55


Eastern Jr


64.71


3.73


9.98


78.42


Southern Jr.


56.39


2.70


8.71


67.80


Northern Jr.


61.29


3.56


9.98


74.83


Western Jr.


52.60


4.09


6.35


63.04


Prescott


36.81


2.02


7.72


46.55


Hanscom


41.46


1.51


7.83


50.80


Bennett


42.57


2.12


8.25


52.94


Baxter


53.08


1.48


15.29


69.85


Knapp


41.96


1.97


9.68


53.61


Perry


43.80


1.57


12.61


57.98


Pope


36.84


1.70


8.02


46.56


Cummings


43.44


1.08


11.63


56.15


Edgerly


38.07


1.72


7.92


47.71


Glines


37.97


1.40


7.55


46.92


Forster ..


38.46


2.22


11.78


52.46


Bingham


42.90


1.47


8.25


52.62


Carr.


41.02


1.59


8.46


51.07


Morse


43.36


1.67


9.67


54.70


Proctor


41.82


1.65


10.70


54.17


Durell


44.02


1.36


13.51


58.89


Burns


44.13


1.90


10.17


56.20


Brown


46.77


1.89


10.02


58.68


Highland


43.32


1.68


11.16


56.16


Cutler


43.97


1.53


9.55


55.05


Lincoln


44.59


2.08


13.95


60.62


Lowe


43.10


1.40


10.08


54.58


Atypical


117.51


2.70


23.11


143.32


Sight Saving


173.16


10.37


39.81


223.34


Evening


11.34


1.04


2.21


14.59


Continuation


51.87


1.79


7.98


61.64


Americanization


19.55


.45


2.33


22.33


Elementary


42.37


1.68


9.50


53.55


All schools (without


state-aided schools)


50.39


2.85


9.24


62.48


Boys' Vocational


219.72


35.51


39.13


294.36


Ind. Household Arts.


93.02


.92


20.61


111.55


238


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.


FROM SCHOOL APPRO- PRIATION.


SUM SPENT UNDER DIRECTION OF CITY GOVERNMENT.


Total.


Instruction and Super- vision.


School Supplies.


Light.


Heating.


Janitors.


School Tele- phones.


1912


11,710


$306,709


$30,319


$5,995 $15,676


$30,219


$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


1915


12,903


357,581


29,389


5,755


18,366


32,674


213


443,978


1916


13,191


363,948


26,098


6,233


20,197


34,667


451,143


1917


12,770


376,138


29,221


5,429


25,487


35,718


471,993


1918


12,656


410,589


33,587


6,966


35,839


42,063


18


529,062


1919


12,733


437,730


33,225


8,821


22,960


55,710


*559,328


1920


12,836


613,294


40,079


10,092


37,083


55,381


*757,679


1921


13,396


714,859


26,329


12,163


63,017


61,435


*878,153


1922


14,109


747,905


42,682


10,531


26,521


59,566


*889,877


1923


14,308


752,272


44,106


9.883


64,726


63,408


934,395


+ $92.50 included for rental of church for schoolhouse purposes in Ward 7.


* Includes $882.50, rent of Armory, in 1919.


*


750.00,


, in 1920.


, in 1921.


*


250.00,


, in 1922.


1


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, Heat and Light.


Total.


Assessors' Valuation of City.


Ratio of Cost of School Main- tenance to Valuation.


1912


$23 61


$2 12


$3 99


$29 72


$69,632,540


$


.00556


1913


24 54


1 91


4 18


30 63


71,848,811


.00559


1914


24 55


1 89


4 27


30 71


74,887,800


.00568


1915


24 90


2 03


3 92


30.85


77,153,500


.00575


1916


26 25


1 88


4 41


32 54


79,304,329


.00569


1917


26 72


2 05


4 61


33 38


78,921,472


.00595


1918


29 58


2 40


6 09


38 07


84,639,280


.00625


1919


31 82


: 45


6 43


40 70


87,353,424


.00643


1920


44 34


: 80


7 45


54 59


83,910,855


.00903


1921


50 07


1 60


9 62


61 29


86,718,290


.01012


1922


50 90


2 77


6 73


60 40


88,158,139


.01009


1923


50 39


2 85


9 24


62 48


92,519,400


.01010


350.00,


239


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


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


1912


$35,527


$14,163


$389,431


$439,121


1913


34,866


19,341


402,092


456,299


1914


120,913


19,700


425,165


565,778


1915


9,745


28,212


443,978


481,935


1916


81,184


21,634


451,143


553,961


1917


94,420


27,283


471,993


593,696


1918


100,177


30,126


529,062


659,365


1919


104,067


20,492


559,328


683,887


1920


200


44,286


757,679


802,165


1921


3,285


39,573


878,153


921,011


1922


7,576


36,629


889,877


934,082


1923


588,302


63,052


934,395


1,585,749


For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917.


TABLE 7 .- POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS.


For School Year 1922-1923


1842


1,013




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