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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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