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The work as Inspector of Meat, Provisions and Cattle has been similar to that of last year. As far as I have ob- served no disease has been prevalent among cattle, swine or horses.
I think the destruction of so many diseased animals in the past has had a beneficial influence in our herds by weeding out feeble animals.
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ANNEAAL REPORT.
Two cases of lump jaw (actinoneycosis) have been seen during the year. and at the present time one of which is under- going treatment. as the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry con- siders it curable, although a few years ago it was classed as an incurable fungous disease. Proper precautions have been taken to prevent the spread of the disease among animals. and the attendants have been warned of their danger. as it is con- tagious to the human family.
Five cases of suspected glanders in horses have been brought to the notice of the Inspector. but none proved to be such. as the symptoms disappeared, being due to influenza.
Several complaints were made that cattle were being brought into the State from Rhode Island without regard to the law. but in every case investigated it was found that the animals had been tested and had entered the State at Brighton or Watertown and been driven over the road to South Attle- boro.
Mr. F. A. Cummings has brought many carloads, mm- bering upwards of two hundred and fifty (250). of tested milch cows from New Hampshire and Vermont. As these rattle were tested with the tuberculosis test in their own State. and. fuather. all provisions of the law complied with. we have this large number of healthy animals added to the herds of this vicinity.
Most of the beef, mutton and pork of our markets is brought in as dressed meat from without the State. bearing the inspection stamp of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Many farmers and others have butchered some veal. al- though the majority of butchered animals inspected were hogs. and in most cases were killed on the owner's premises to be consuined by the owner's family.
Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE MACKIE. M. D.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH-1898.
C'HAs. E. Birs. Chairman. HARRY P. KENT, Secretary.
Mrs. Dr. L. V. G. MACKIE.
E. S. CAPRON.
O. P. RICHARDSON.
Miss LEONORA P. BEER -. C'HAs. H. WHEELER. WILLIAM HI. GARNER,
BENJAMIN P. KING.
Regular Meeting. First Monday of each Month. 7.30 r. M.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
COMMITTEE ON INCIDENTALS AND REPAIR ..
E. S. CAPRON. CHAs. 11. WHEELER, O. P. RICHARDSON. WILLIAM H. GARNER. BENJAMIN P. KING.
COMMITTEE ON TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
CHARLES H. WHEELER. MIS. L. P. BEERS.
Mrs. Dr. L. V. G. MAACKIE. BENJAMIN P. KING.
COMMITTEE ON QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS.
CHARLES E. BLISS. Miss L. P. BEERS.
Mrs. Dr. L. V. G. MACKIE, CHARLES II. WHEELER.
HARRY P. KENT, BENJAMIN P. KING.
O. P. RICHARDSON.
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HOOL COMMITTEE.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. J. O. TIFFANY.
Office Hours at High School, from 3.30 to 1.30 p. M .. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of each week.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
WARREN PARKER. JOSEPH V. CURRAN.
REUBIN COFFIN.
AIBERT J. JILLSON.
ANNUAL REPORT Of the School Committee.
TO THE CITIZENS OF ATTLEBOROUGH :
The School Board respectfully submit for your considera- tion their annual report relative to the expenditure of the appropriations made for the support of the Public Schools for the year ending December 31, 1898, with comment on the present condition of the schools and school buildings and rec- ommendations for the coming year.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$25,500 00
Dog Fund, 921 31
Tuition of Non-resident Pupils, 147 00
Paid for Truant, by C. E. Bliss,
26 57
826,894 88
Overdrawn.
284 16
$27.179 04
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EXPENDITURES.
Salaries of Teachers. $22.184 40
Salaries of Janitors. 2.654 33
Fuel Bills. 1.977 45
Bristol County Truant School. 62 86
827.179 04
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriation,
$2.500 00
Books sold. 6 13
$2.506 13
EXPENDITURE -.
Hayward & Sweet. supplies. 1 26
D. C. Heath & Co., books. 121 80
Rand, McNally & Co., books. 65 00
Thompson, Brown & Co., books.
21 00
Win. Ware & Co., books. 223 31
Wadsworth. Howland & Co .. supplies. 3 25
Ginn & Co., books, 235 13
Educational Publishing Co., books. 38 83
Houghton, Mifflin & Co .. books.
51 41
The Morse Co., maps.
19 50
Zeigler Electric Co., supplies. 33 64
American Book Co .. 215 28
E. E. Babb & Co., supplies.
161 38
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies. 269 9×
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Silver, Burdette & Co .. books. $324 76
T. E. McCaffrey, 35
E. M. Perry, 7 20
Allyn & Bacon, books.
35 66
Chas. B. JJenks. 3 95
J. C. Witter & Co ..
3 28
Lee & Shepard, 3 75
Leach. Shewell & Co .. 7 71
Henry Holt & Co.
1 58
T. S. Back. 3 00
Eagle Pencil Co ..
22 10
Samuel Ward & Co ..
3 13
Geo. S. Perry & Co .. supplies.
180 13
Frost, AAdams & Co ..
1 00
Attleboro Press,
1 50
S. P. Clark. 70
Sampson, Murdock & Co ..
2 00
$2.398 90
Balance.
107 23
$2.506 13
INCIDENTALS AND REPAIRS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation. $3,000 00
Insurance from Pine Street School.
20 18
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Sundries.
86 98
$3,027 16
Overdrawn.
338 65
$3.365 81
EXPENDITURES.
Attleboro Gas Co .. $27 78
Warren Parker,
81 28
1. I. Atwell. 6 00
M. S. Mead,
80
.
Pike & Shaw.
88 50
A. G. Slocum. 87
Attleboro Press,
62 65
J. E. Perrin & Son,
31 32
George R. Vanier.
11 29
J. W. Gifford & Co.,
116 92
II. P. Kent, 77 71
6. 1. Sweeney, 10 00
1. E. Walton, 1 00
Reuben Coffin, 7 02
Hebron Stove Co., 2 14
Malcolm Currie, 180 77
L. Z. Carpenter, 3 38
J. V. Curran, 29 00
N. Perry & Co.,
101 72
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.J. (). Tiffany, $101 13
D. G. Rice, 3 25
George S. Perry & Co.,
62 50
D. E. Adams, 1 20
IT. E. White & Co., 30 70
T. G. Hasler, 25 00
E. A. Fuller,
11 45
Attleboro Daily Sun,
9 50
1. J. Clark,
3 95
M. F. Ashley,
922 61
W. H. Garner. 4 20
W. F. Smith, 2 00
E. C. Davis, 19 50
Cook & Smith,
40
George W. Horton,
1 73
George II. Snell,
2 75
D. E. Newell. 2 00
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.,
1 76
J. A. Thayer & Co .. 24 00
J. L. Tobit & Co., 184 61
Darius Briggs,
1 58
Freeman Robbins.
50 76
II. 1. Smith. 3 00
Chas. P. Barnes. 19 34
Chas. B. Jenks.
7 15
Methodist Society.
10 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
O. P. Richardson. insurance.
Bates Opera House. 37 50
E. E. Babb & Co .. 14 00
1. . 1. Jillson. 1 75
A. Wheaton Smith.
John Eden. 21 25
Wm. Webster.
G. T. Holmes. 1 47
Jerome Patterson. 369 61
Gem Bargain Store.
1 50
R. B. Magaveny. 5 70
Willard Merry, 15 00
D. A. Jillson & Son. 1 20
G. H. Herrick & Co .. 3 00
Lysander Taylor. 3 00
John F. Head, 30
O. D. Case & Co .. 3 70
E. O. Dexter.
133 52
B. P. King.
1 75
P. Carley.
5 25
A. H. Tucker.
1. Entwistle. 2 12
Linton Bros. & Co .. 5 00
E. A. Wales,
J. L. Hammett & Co .. 5 10
53.865 81
.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.
Appropriation,
Overdrawn.
$1.160 00 105 30
$1.265 30
EXPENDITURE ..
Win. C. Richardson. $240 00
Reuben Coffin, 297 80
Seneca C'ole. 280 00
T. E. Perrin & Son. 360 00
Norton & Attleboro Railway Co., 87 50
$1.265 30
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Appropriation,
$1.200 00
J. O Tiffany, salary, 1.200 00
SUPERINTENDENT'S CLERK.
Appropriation, Salary, (7 1-2 months), $150 00
$200 00
Balance,
50 00
$200 00
Examined January 20, 1899, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, W. L. ELLIOT, FRED'K G. MASON.
Auditors.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
RECAPITULATION.
RECEIPT -.
Educational. $26. 894 88
Textbooks and supplies. 2.506 13
Incidentals and repairs. 3.027 16
Transportation of pupils. 1.160 00
Superintendent of schools. 1.200 00
Superintendent's clerk,
200 00
$34.988 17
570 8%
Overdrawn.
EXPENDITURE ..
Educational. $27,179 04
Textbooks and supplies. 2,398 90
Incidentals and repairs. 3.365 81
Transportation of pupils.
1,265 30
Superintendent of schools. 1.200 00
Superintendent's clerk. 150 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEE.
Agreeable to the recommendations of the School Com- mittee in their report of 1897, the town, at the annual meeting of 1898, voted to build a two-room school house on the Pleasant Street lot, made an appropriation of $5,500 to pay for the same, and placed whole matter of building in the hands of the School Committee. As soon as possible after the organization of the committee the question of building was taken up, and Mr. Charles E. Bliss was chosen chairman and Mr. Orville P. Richardson, secretary of the building committee. After a full consideration of the question, it was vored to build at two-room house after the same plans as the Capron School House, cor- ner Fourth and Prospect Streets, with a few changes made necessary by the direction of the State authorities, both in matters of construction and the system of heating. The legal requirements Having been attended to by the approval of the plans and specifications by the State Board, the several contractors of the town were requested to present bids for its erection and completion.
Mr. Malcolm Currie being the lowest bidder. the commit- tee voted to place the contract in his hands. At this time Mr. Bliss, chairman, finding that he was not able, by reason of other matters, to attend to the duties, resigned his position. and Benjamin P. King was chosen in his place. Ground was broken April 30th, and the building was completed to the
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extent that school was opened September 6th, and its final completion and acceptance was delayed until October 26th. when the final payment was made. and notwithstanding the opposition made to the recommendations of the committee at the town meeting and the various criticisms offered during the building of the house as to the needs of a house in that locality. it was clearly proven on the day of the opening of the school that the committee were right in their decision as to locality, and to-day the town has in the new building an up-to-date school-house in all of its appointments, with a fully approved system of heating and ventilation that is and will continue to be. if properly cared for. an ornament to the locality where it stands.
The following is the financial statement of appropriation and expenditure in connection with the building of the Pleasant Street School House :
DR.
To amount of appropriation, $5,500 00
To cash received, sale of chairs. 1 50
$5.501 50
By A. F. Remington. Typewriting specifications, $ 3 00
By Karl H. Hyde. plans. 22 25
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CR.
" Malcom Currie, contract, $3,844 98
.. J. W. Gifford Co .. heating, 330 06
·· Insurance. 90 00
" Karl II. Hyde, sidewalk grade. 3 00
.. Geo. II. Snell. flag pole. 16 50
.. Concrete Co., 139 00
.. O. D. Case Co., slate blackboards. 86 25
" Chandler Chair and Desk Co., 329 60
.. John Tobitt, curtains. 16 80
" N. Perry & Co .. supplies. 12 92
. A. G. Sloem, 2 clocks at 84. 8 00
· Malcom Currie, setting up furniture. 25 50
Balance returned unused.
$1.927 86 573 64
$5.501 50
Respectfully submitted.
BENJ. P. KING. Chairman Building Committee. ORVILLE P. RICHARDSON.
Attleboro. Jan. 2. 1899. Secretary. Examined Jan. 20, 1899, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY. W. L. ELLIOT. Auditors.
FRED'K G. MASON.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
GENERAL CONDITION.
Your committee is able to report a continued improvement in the condition of the High School and a change for the better in the spirit of the conduct of the Sanford Street Gram- mar School. With the changes made in the teaching force. We believe the schools will soon attain the desired efficiency. Few changes of importance have occurred in the other school- of the Town aint wo believe that taken as a whole. results are fairly swri-factory. We regret the loss of Mist Stephenson at Dodgeville. and Mis- Briggs of Grammar School. who were takoh alves from his in the rain snammer that many of off most efficient toucher- aty. baconse offer tomi are alde to pay longer slaves than our appropriation will allow. but we t- love that yo Mis- Herold and Miss Goodrich vi Pare worthy
Visitation of the schools by parents and freepois i colori- Is recommended in the committee. as i will promote more ASPhest effost on the part of both tearlier and primul owi lead jo much better muderstanding between parent and teacher. a condition munch to be desiredl.
The marking system introduced last year in- beth call- Tinted with satisfactory results.
The Kindergarten established at Hebronville In 1997 has -o endeared itself to that community that your committee was recently presented with a memorial signed by 180 residents of that village, including all the clergymen. for the retention of
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Miss Cushman, the efficient principal of the school, for another year. The school is a success, and the number of such should be increased as rapidly as means allow.
This year, in addition to the usual financial statement. we are enabled to present in our report an accurate account of the distribution of text-books and supplies among the several schools, thus showing where every dollar of the appropriation has been placed. The list is is as follows :
High School,
$269 49
Sanford Street Grammar.
282 90
" Miss H. M. Pratt's,
86 02
4 6
Mrs. O. C. Chatterton's,
122 04
Miss M. Whitney's,
45 59
.. F. M. Meserve's
42 53
. . M. I. Crawford's,
67 16
. .
. .
A. A. McNerney's,
75 56
66
. .
..
E. S. Pierson's,
92 29
..
..
..
A. E. Carpenter's,
66 94
..
K. I. Sweeney's,
63 38
. .
..
A. B. Fisher's, ..
24 26
Farmers.
M. B. Bartlett's,
24 88
Capron,
. .
B. F. Lewis's.
75 61
Pleasant St ..
. .
P. C. Burdick's,
67 19
.. £ F. E. Newell's,
20 29
S. Main
" E. S. Todd's,
60 81
Pine
66
L. J. Herrick's,
21 93
A. A. Wheeler's,
22 73
66
..
.
..
..
E. M. Perry's.
23 83
..
11
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Carpenter St .. Miss E. E. Cass's.
$44 32
..
.. M. E. McManus's. 17 04
Dodgeville.
. A. M. Harold's. 73 72
..
" F. L. Butterworth's,
35 70
..
. A. J. Smith's,
20 94
Hebronville. J. R. King's.
35 13
..
Miss M. A. Walker's.
31 16
..
S. A. Broomhead's.
23 19.
..
.. E. M. Cushman's.
7 63
City
Mrs. S. K. McIntyre's.
64 15
..
Miss C. F. Bourne's, 56 64
Mendon Road.
W. B. Atwell's,
41 32
Turner Street.
C. E. Kelley's.
8 91
.. C. B. Gibson's.
28 27
Briggs' Corner. "
J. L. Merry's.
60 16
Perry. ".
M. A. Ray's, 41 65
$2.145 36
Supplies on hand.
253 54
$2.398 90
NIGHT SCHOOLS.
We are pleased to state that we have had an application for, and granted the use of. the school buildings at South Attleboro. Dodgeville and Hebronville for the purpose of hold- ing night schools, the people of the respective villages. paying all expenses arising from said schools. This spirit is highly commendable, and your committee would be pleased to do any thing in their power to further more work along this line.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
HIGH SCHOOL.
The committee believes that the one session plan at the Iligh School which was adopted last year. has worked satis- factorily to all concerned, and has voted accordingly to con- tinue the same in operation.
The laboratory at the High School should be placed in good condition. It was the intention of the committee to attend to that matter this year, but the imperative need at the Briggsville and Perry Schools exhausted our appropriation. and we have indeed been obliged to overdraw the account in order to complete the much needed repairs just mentioned. This coming year we hope to place the laboratory in good. practical working condition.
HEBRONVILLE SCHOOL.
Another unexpected call for extensive repairs came from Hebronville, and your committee was obliged to expend some $385.00 on that school house. There has been much trouble with leaks for the last two or three years and we hope that the re-shingling will do away with the difficulty for some time to come.
REPAIRS AT BRIGGSVILLE.
` The committee take pride in the extensive improvements which have been carried into effect at Briggsville. The build- jug has been practically reconstructed. a cellar dug. the house
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raised up some three feet, and a modern system of heating and ventilation introduced. A recitation room 18x20 feet has been added to the building and the interior of the whole build- ing nicely re-finished. Before the repairs and additions the assistant teacher was obliged to take her classes into the vesti- bule, or more properly termed entry, and hear recitations in that cold and cheerless place. Mrs. Merry, the efficient head of the school, tells us that the children seem to appreciate what has been done for their convenience, and since the re-opening of the school have taken exceptional pains to keep the paint. paper and surroundings in the best of condition. In addition to the foregoing, the Committee secured a piece of land 10 feet wide and 112 feet deep, so that now there is a clear way around the building for teams. Coal can now be put into the cellar without basketing, and a way is also afforded for a team to reach the yard in the rear of the school-house. The sum expended in the alteration, addition, heating. ete .. approx- imates $1.200.
PERRY SCHOOL.
This school house had long been neglected, and in the years just past it has been a hard matter to keep it warm in winter. The outside door opened directly into the school- room, and the draughts and cold from that source were very uncomfortable ; and as the children were obliged to hang up their wraps (often wet and snow covered) in the school room,
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the steam arising from the same made the atmosphere of the room very unpleasant and unhealthy. This past summer we have added a roomy vestibule that will remedy the evils just mentioned. the repairs and addition costing approximately $125.
These small outside schools have a hard time of it. As a rule the number of pupils is small and the tendency in the thickly settled portion of the town is to overlook the discour- agements coming to both teacher and pupils in schools of this kind. The true solution of the problem is in transportation to a large school where the scholars can have the facilities of pupils living in districts more thickly settled. This course will in all probability some time be taken in regard to the Perry school, but your committee does not consider it expedient to make such recommendation at the present time.
TURNER STREET SCHOOL.
The residents of the St. Jean Baptiste plat having had what they deemed a grievance on account of lack of transpor- tation facilities, combined to keep their children out of school that they might coerce the committee to action in the matter. The committee, not desiring to add increased hardship to the already unsatisfactory condition of these people, have acted very leniently in this matter, and have provided additional transportation, although as a matter of fact the lack of such facilities was not complained of for over fifteen months, and
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in furt not until the highway mutter had come to an unsatisfac- tory Halt at the regular and special town meetings. It is now costing the town $360 per year of ten monils for transports- tion of the children from the St. Jean Baptiste plat to the Turner Street School. so it would seem a matter of economy to provide some warlor way ont of the Baptiste plat.
We wish in guote Tiere from the Pulilin Statutes of the State of Massachusetts. enacted June 3. 1sts. so that in firme all may be informed a- to the law- in reference to keep- ing children away from seboul.
Chapter 196. Section 26. Every habitual school offender. that is. every childl under 14 years of age who persistently violates the reasonable regulations of the school which it attends. or otherwise persistently misbehaves therein so as to render Itimself a fit sanjeet for exeInsion werefrom. npon com- plaint of a arnaut officer and couviction thereof. ulay be com- trittedl. if a boy. at the discretinn of the court. in a county imate school for a period not exceeding two years of to the Lyman School for boys. dud. if a girl. to the State Industrial School for girls. unless such child is placed on probation as provided in Section 2s of this det.
Charter 496. Section 51. Any person having ander bis vonteol a choll between 7 aud 14 years of age who fails for five day sessions or 10 haif-duy sessions within auy period of six months while maler such control. to cause such chill to attend school as required by sertion 12 of this act. the physical or
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mental condition of such child not being such as to render his attendance at school harmful or impracticable. upon complaint of a truant officer, and conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than $20.00.
Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child to absent himself unlawfully from school, or employs or har- bors while school is in session any child unlawfully absent from school, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than $50.00.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Last year we called attention to the condition of the school property at Dodgeville and we set forth the needs of that village. We recommend the erection of a four-room house on a new location, as the present site is absolutely unfit for a school building.
A fifth and sixth grade school on the east side of the rail- road track is more needed this year than it was last, and last year there were 115 pupils of these grades that were obliged to pass over the dangerous crossings at Park and South Main Streets four times daily. to attend the Sanford Street Schools. All the schools of the East Precinct of the 1st, 2nd. 3rd and 4th grades are crowded, some of the same averaging from 55 to 60 pupils. As the maximum minber of pupils for a teacher to govern successfully is 10, it is plain to see that the children of that section cannot, with the present amount of room.
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receive the attention that they should have. A four-room building is now needed and the erection of the same cannot be delayed longer than the year 1900.
RICHARDSON SCHOOL FUND.
We would gratefully acknowledge again the kindness of the Trustees of the Richardson School Fund in providing reference books and pictures, and for generous assistance in the drawing and other departments of our schools.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The town is growing rapidly in population. and the com- mittee have to ask for more money every year. We are able to say. with consciousness of its truthfulness. that we try to make a dollar go a good way, and some times Too FAR. It would be better for all concerned if we could some times retain teacher- that are in every way desirable, but we are quite often outbid by other towns, and we lose teachers whose services are of more value than the difference in the money.
All of us are desirous that our children should occupy places of respect and prominence in the world. and we all know that desideratum to be impossible without education. The foundation of the education of 98 per cent. of our people must be laid in the public schools. Therefore, when we vote for liberal appropriations for the support of schools. we are legislating in the interests of our children.
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The committee recommend the following appropriations for the ensuing year :
Educational department,
$27,000 00 and dog fund.
Incidental and repairs,
3,000 00
Textbooks and supplies,
2,500 00
Superintendent and clerk, 1,400 00
Transportation, 1.500 00
Improvement of school lots, 250 00
Truant officers. 150 00
$35,800 00
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES E. BLISS, LEONORA P. BEERS, BENJ. P. KING, ORVILLE P. RICHARDSON. W. II. GARNER,
CHAS. HI. WHEELER, LAURA V. GUSTIN MACKIE II. P. KENT, E. S. CAPRON.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF ATTLEBOROUGH :
My eleventh report, the sixteenth in the series of Super- intendents' reports, and the twelfth since the division of the Town, is herewith respectfully submitted.
Your attention is called to the following table of statistics which contains items of interest concerning the schools in the year just closed, and comparisons with items of the previous year :
1895.
Population of the Town,
8.288
Number of children returned by census.
1,627
1.703
"' enrolled on registers,
2,028
2.145
Average membership,
1,582
1,607
attendance,
1,112
1,490
Per cent. of attendance,
92.8
92.2
Number of schools,
35
36
" class rooms,
37
38
66 " school houses,
17
17
4. " teachers,
49
52
1897.
1898.
More detailed statistics and other items of interest may be found in the appendix ..
I introduce the following table for the purpose of showing the growth of our school system in the first ten years after the division of the Town :
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1888.
1898.
Population of Town. about,
7.500
9.600
Children returned by census,
1.105
1,703
.. enrolled on registers,
1.396
2.145
Average membership,
1,068
1.607
attendance,
961
1.490
Per cent. of attendance,
89.9
92.1
Number of schools.
25
36
.. class rooms,
26
38
..
** school houses.
13
17
. .
·· regular teachers,
32
" special
1
Whole number of ..
33
This shows a gain of 54 per cent. in number of children between 5 and 15 years of age as returned by the census, 54 per cent. in enrolment, 50 per cent. in average membership, and 55 per cent., nearly, in average attendance.
As the old Pleasant Street house has been abandoned. we report the same number of houses as last year. As the new house has two rooms, and as both are occupied we gain one class room, one school. and one teacher.
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