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EXPENDITURES ITEMIZED
Educational
Teachers' pay roll. $50,746.67
Janitors' pay roll 7,581.75.
Lewis A. Fales, superintendent 2,199.96
Alice I. Wetherell, clerk. 645.00
Bristol County Union Training
School I 38.30
Attleboro Coal Company, coal 5.169.65
E. V. Carpenter, wood. 113.00
Emma F. Clements, wood. 7.00
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Smith Coal Co., wood 30.00
H. A. Smith, wood .. II.25
$66,642.58
Books
Allyn & Bacon $ 82.45
American Book Co. 69.64
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover 3.25
Edward E. Babb & Co.
407.77
F. J. Barnard & Co., rebinding 391.75
Lewis A. Fales. .
3.00
Funk & Wagnalls Co.
9.00
Ginn & Co. 255.82
J. L. Hammett Co. 144.95
D. C. Heath & Co. 1.50
Phonographic Institute Co 24.00
Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co
17.50
Schoenhof Book Co
25.00
Silver, Burdett & Co
1.OO
$1,436.63
Supplies
Akerman Co.
$ 3.60
Aldrich-Chipman Co., sewing ma-
terial .51
American Book Co.
34.65
M. F. Ashley & Co., wood. 6.00
Edward E. Babb & Co
965.60
A. H. Babcock, boxes.
1.50
C. C. Birchard & Co., music.
7.60
Charles S. Bush Co., acids. 4.05
Carpenter Coal & Lumber Co., lumber
89.67
Chandler & Barber, anvils. 1.26
Combined Tool Co., ink and pad. 1.00
H. C. Dimond & Co., stamp. 2.50
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Lewis A. Fales 11.94
WV. A. Hall, leather 5.73
J. L. Hammett Co. 410.83
D. C. Heath & Co. 1.56
J. B. Hunter & Co, manual training material 8.49
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., labora- tory supplies 62.67
Ledder & Probst, drawing instru- ments 35.57
Macey-Stetson-Morris Co.
.40
A. R. Macomber Co .. sharpening scissors
1.40
D. C. McIntosh, rapid calculation
pads 12.00
Neostyle Co. 1.60
Palmer & Parker, white wood. 8.76
Nahum Perry & Co., manual training material 14.56
Remington Typewriter Co., exchange of typewriters 30.00
San Souci Department Store Co ..
sewing material 7.70
Edward H. Smith. 6.73
Smith Premier Typewriter Co., ex- change of typewriters 39.75
Sun Publishing Co.
.35
A. H. Sweet & Son, boxes 15.75
G. O. Sweet. sewing material 6.56
J. L. Tobitt & Co. .20
Underwood Typewriter Co., type- writers
103.00
Wadsworth, Howland Co. 4.15
Samuel Ward Co. 38.83
$1,946.47
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Furniture
American Seating Co., desks and
chairs 325.40
Ledder & Probst, drawing tables .... 35.00
Macey-Stetson-Morris Co., filing
cabinet 30.00
Underwood Typewriter Co., tables. .
7.00
$397.40
Repairs
American LaFrance Fire Engine Co., hose . $ 1.50
Attleboro Concrete and Roofing Co.,
walks at Carpenter Street School .. 24.79
Attleboro Furniture Co., shades ..... 44.00
Attleboro Street Department, crush- ed stone for Bliss School. 23.00
Raymond Avery, sharpening lawn
mower .75
H. C. Barden
4.25
S. B. Bell 1.00
Claude L. Bowen, topping and clean- ing chimney 14.00
Brownell Hardware Co., labor and material 65.47
John W. Bullock, labor and material 110.48 Charles S. Bush Co., sal ammoniac. . 5.70
Charles Cameron, labor and material. 51.93
F. A. Clark, labor and material. 18.06
Simeon Collins, labor. 9.50
Malcolm Currie, shingling Pleasant Street building, etc. 615.48
H. Cushman, shades for High School 9.15
Charles F. Damon, repairs Washing- ton School, etc. 22.91
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Dickinson Teaming Co., cleaning drain at Bliss School. 26.36
John Eden, retaining wall and repairs
191.65
in cellar, Sanford Street School .... George B. Girard, repairs on halyards J. L. Hammett Co., liquid slating ... . 6.00 Myra Heap, recaning chairs. 2.40
2.00
George H. Herrick, repairing clocks Nelson J. Japson, whitewashing cold
4.25
air chambers, dry well at Briggs Corner, etc. 83.22
A. J. Jillson 5.25
R. H. Jones, walks at Sanford Street School
146.85
J. A. Lapalme, setting glass .53
A. R. Macomber Co., labor and ma- terial 27.04
Mackinnon & Nicholson, labor and material 185.68
Joseph McCra, labor on Sanford Street lot 9.84
Joseph H. Newcomb, repairs on hal- yards 10.00
Fred W. Noyes, labor and material. . 7.97
Nahum Perry & Co., furnaces at Pleasant Street School, etc .. . . 396.05 Pope & Read, repairs on furnaces, etc. 148.59
Reichard Structural Slate Co., black- boards 34.81
Frank G. Rowley Co., repairs on
floors, Washington School 81.65
A. G. Slocum, repairing clock. . .. 1.00 William A. Small, repairing clocks .. 8.50
Edward H. Smith, shelves at High School 10.92
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H. A. Smith, posts for Sanford Street fence 3.60
Stone-Underhill Heating & Ventila- ting Co., grate bar. 8.00
J. L. Tobitt & Co., inside painting, repairing blackboards, etc. 472.66
Herbert E. White & Co., repairing shelf 1.00
Daniel Young & Co., repairs at
Dodgeville 67.84
$2,995.63
Incidentals
Frank E. Allen. rental of Opera
House
$ 70.00
Allyn & Bacon, express. . .45
M. F. Ashley & Co., lumber for ash bins 3.57
Attleboro Gas Light Co. 50.64
Attleboro Press Co., printing. 40.30
Attleboro Steam & Electric Co. 105.30
Albert I. Atwell, caring for organs .. 52.00
Edward E. Babb & Co., flags. 27.40
C. C. Birchard & Co, express
.25
E. A. Briggs Co., fertilizer
1.65
Bristol Motor Car Co.
6.50
Brownell Hardware Co., janitor sup- plies, etc. 118.69
J. W. Bullock Co., drinking fountain Charles S. Bush Co., twine, bags, etc L. Z. Carpenter Co., janitor supplies. Chase Brush Co., floor brushes.
2.96
2.30
14.30
16.50
Fred A. Clark, paint for ash bins ....
9.12
Simeon Collins, setting out shrubs at Bliss School 18.30
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Combined Tool Co .. express. .15
Shirley Culver, programs for High School graduation 10.00
Malcolm Currie, ash bins 31.20
Dickinson Teaming Co .. dressing for lawn 13.45
Lewis A. Fales, expenses and sun- dries 198.18
Thomas Flanagan, painting ash bins. 3.00
IV. N. Goff. janitor supplies. .65
Grant Brothers. screens for office ....
17.36
C. H. Greaton, hedges for Bliss and
Washington Schools I33.50
G. F. Gurney, sanitary supplies. .
6.20
T. L. Hammett Co., janitor supplies. 75.30
D. C. Heath & Co., express. .26
Hebronville Store, janitor supplies. . 3.95
Hicks Brothers, soap. 4.50
Howard Dustless Duster Co., dusters
27.94
A. J. Jillson, janitor supplies. 1.70
James Kelly Monumental Works, cutting slate 1.50
W. H. Kinyon. engrossing diplomas. 35.40
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co .. drinking fountain 9.50
Library Bureau, printed matter. 17.7I
Mackinnon & Nicholson, supplies. . . 3.52
A. R. Macomber Co., rental of fan ... 3.50
R. B. Magaveny, freight and cartage.
63.27
D. C. McIntosh. express.
.90
Lester E. Moore, services at gradua- tions 12.00
New England Towel Supply Co., towels 113.63
E. C. Newman & Co .. freight and cartage 31.95
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W. J. Newman, agent and expenses. . 331.15
Warren Parker, truant officer. . 600.00
E. E. Perrin, delivering supplies. 16.75
F. H. Perry Co., sundries 7.84
Nahum Perry Co., janitors' supplies, etc. 37.82
Mrs. Solomon Perry, towels.
4.76
Providence Telephone Co., tele-
phones
244.85
F. C. Reid, labor on Bliss lot. 15.00
N. Roy & Son, fertilizer
4.00
M. Steinart & Sons Co.
3.00
San Souci Department Store Co., rib- bon for diplomas, etc. 12.71
Frank Shaw, janitor supplies.
.44
Frank E. Shaw, loam and re-seeding lawn, etc. 40.00
William A. Small, census enumerator
60.00
H. A. Smith, cartage
18.II
William E. S. Smith, trimming tree.
.50
Somerville Brush Co., dusters.
16.35
George H. Snell, trespass signs .....
9.00
C. F. Stone, chairs for graduation. .
5.00
Stone & Forsyth, paper
2.51
Stone-Underhill Heating & Ventilat- ing Co., express 1.15
Herbert A. Sullivan, inspecting
boilers 6.00
Sun Publishing Co., printing
130.85
G. A. Sweeney, screen.
3.15
A. H. Sweet & Son, sawdust
1.44
J. A. Thayer, Postmaster, stamped envelopes 10.00
J. L. Tobitt & Co., sundries. .80
West Disinfecting Co., pipe klenzo. . 2.00
Herbert E. White & Co., posts for ash bins 1.40
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Wright & Potter Printing Co., school return blanks 2.00
Daniel Young & Co., platform for graduation 25.18
$2,974.21
Transportation
Horatio Briggs $429.00
Seneca Cole 780.00
Interstate Con. St. Ry. Co. 750.00 -
Edgar E. Mott. 351.00
Norton & Taunton St. Ry. Co. 425.00
E. E. Perrin. .
351.00
Taunton & Pawtucket St. Ry. Co .. 490.00
$3,576.00
Benevolence
Aldrich-Chipman Co. $258.16
$258.16
School Physician.
George E. McPherson, M. D. $350.00
$350.00
Evening Schools
Teachers' pay roll. $889.25
Janitors' pay roll.
52.50
American Book Co., bookkeeping blanks 19.44
Attleboro Gas Light Co.
69.29
Attleboro Steam & Electric Co. ... 54.34
Edward E. Babb & Co., supplies. . .. 24.67
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Lewis A. Fales 1.84
Frost & Adams Co., drawing instru- ments 15.12
A. R. Macomber Co. 29.33
Sun Publishing Co., printed matter. . 6.25
$1, 162.03
Vacation Schools
Teachers' pay roll. $282.00
Lewis A. Fales, supplies. II.77
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies. 29.96
Mrs. Susan K. McIntyre, supplies ...
26.02
Martha J. Roberts, supplies.
5.00
H. A. Smith, sand.
2.00
F. W. Woolworth & Co., supplies ... 3.00
$359.75
Total gross expenditures. ... $82,098.86 Note: Deducting the amount received for reim- bursements, $564.13, would leave the total net expendi- tures for schools, $81,534.73.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
Thacher Street Lot
Dr.
Appropriation
$1,900.00
Cr.
April 3, 1911, E. M. Brigham, land .. $900.00
April 3, 1911, Ashton C. Eddy, land. . 900.00 Jan. 1, 1912, Charles F. Robinson, surveying II.50
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Unexpended balance 88.50
$1,900.00
Examined, January 20, 1912, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FREDERICK L. LeBARON, WM. L. ELLIOT.
Auditors.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Attleborough :
The School Committee herewith submit their report for the year ending December 31, 1911, and without fear of contradiction can say that the schools of Attleborough were never in better condition. The buildings are all in fairly good repair, well ventilated and heated, with the necessary sanitaries, and the corps of teachers the best we can secure with the funds at our disposal. The value of good teachers is becoming more and more recognized by the towns throughout the commonwealth and their salaries are being raised slowly to a point commensurate with their worth. Although we feel that the salaries of the teachers of this town are still below what should be paid to get the best possible results, yet we think they will compare favorably with other towns of our size in the state. At the same time it is becoming more difficult each year to replace teachers without increasing our ap- propriation.
We have endeavored to keep our expenses as low as possible ; yet we find that we are obliged to report a slight overdraw of our appropriation, due mainly to the prices we are obliged to pay for teachers and for the transportation of pupils.
The evening schools this year were more largely at- tended than ever before and exceeded our estimate for their support, but we feel that the money was well spent, and we are planning to make the term sixteen weeks next year instead of twelve as at present.
Since the Town instructed the Committee to pay for the transportation of pupils from the Lona Cut district, our transportation bills have increased very rapidly, and if we are obliged to continue the same for another year, we shall be obliged to ask for nearly $4000.00 for our trans- portation account. We believe that the majority of the
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pupils are well able to walk a greater distance than they are now doing, but while we are compellel to transport them from one section, it would be unfair to compel pupils in other sections to walk a like distance.
During the year it became necessary to install new furnaces in the Pleasant street school, quite a little in- side repairing and painting has been done at the various buildings, and the Pleasant street house has been shingled. We do not know of any very expensive repairs that will be needed in the up-keep of the grounds and buildings during the year 1912. unless the Town desires to drain and grade the balance of the Bliss lot, which we estimate would cost $1000. A part might be done this year and a part next if the Town so desires.
During the last two or three years we have expended a small sum from our incidental account to beautify the school grounds by setting out hedges, etc., and we be- lieve the Committee should continue along that line for several years, or until all the grounds have been put in a more respectable condition.
It is needless for us here to rehearse the needs of the Town in regard to a new building for the High School- the Town having purchased a lot last year and appointed a committee to procure plans and specifications and get estimates. We trust that the Town will make an appro- priation at the March meeting so that the building will be started the coming year.
The need of a school on Thacher street is such that the Committee recommend the erection of a four-room brick building on the lot purchased last year by the Town, the same to be so constructed that it can easily be made into an eight-room building.
We recommend that the Town appropriate the sum of $81,300, with the Dog Fund, for the maintenance of the public schools, the same to include the Educational Ac- count, Incidentals and Repairs, Text-Books and Supplies, Transportation, Benevolence, Evening Schools, Vaca-
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tion Schools, and School Physician. A proposed increase in the maximum salaries of teachers is taken into account in these figures.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER J. NEWMAN, Chairman : ALDRO A. FRENCH, Secretary ; BENJAMIN P. KING, EMILY L. RICHARDSON. FLORENCE B. THEOBALD.
THOMAS G. SADLER,
HAROLD E. SWEET, REGINALD P. DAKIN, MARY C. FORD,
School Committee.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
To the School Committee of the Town of Attleborough :
I am pleased to submit herewith my seventh annual report as Superintendent of Schools, it being the twenty- eighth in the series of superintendents' reports.
STATISTICS
I.
Population of Attleborough, census 1910. . 16,215
II .- School Census
Number of boys between five and fifteen
1,379
Number of girls between five and fifteen 1,313
Total 2,692
Number of boys between seven and fourteen. I,O2I
Number of girls between seven and fourteen. 957
Total
1,978
III .- Attendance
Attendance statistics for the school year from Sep- tember 6, 1910, to June 23, 19II :
Number of different pupils enrolled, boys. . 1,25I Number of different pupils enrolled, girls. . . 1,195
2,446
Average membership
2,317
Average attendance 2,161
Per cent. of attendance. .93
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Table showing average membership and per cent. of attendance since 1899-1900 :
Average membership
Gain over previous year 188
Per cent. of attendance
1899-1900
1834
90
1900-1901
1869
35
92
1901-1902
1948
79
93
1902-1903
2000
52
91
1903-1904
2045
45
92
1904-1905
2070
25
93
1905-1906
2086
16
92
1906-1907
2109
23
93
1907-1908
2207
98
93
1908-1909
235I
144
94
1909-1910
2213
-138
93
19IO-19II
2317
104
93
Fall Term, 191I
September
2295
97
October
2349
96
November
2339
95
December
233I
94
Average for fall term. . 2327
95.6
IV .- School Buildings
Number of school buildings. 18
Number of school rooms (High School To, grades 61) 71
Number of school rooms in use. 69
V .- Teachers
Total number of teachers and supervisors at present employed 82
Number of teachers in High School
Number of teachers in Grades I-VIII. 60 Number of teachers in kindergarten 2
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Number of teachers for individual instruction 4 Number of special teachers and supervisors. 5
VI .- Cost of Tuition
Valuation of Town of Attleborough, May
I, 19II $18,571,395.00
Total raised by taxation 311,134.00
Total raised by taxation for support of
schools 78,400.00
Total net expenditure for support of all schools, excluding vacation and even- ing schools 80,047.70
Total average cost per pupil. based on average membership 34.55
Average cost of books and supplies per pupil based on average membership .. 1.41
High School
Total amount expended for High School. $12,913.96 Total average cost per pupil, based on average membership 49.67
Average cost of books and supplies per pupil 4.03
Schools Below the High School.
Total average cost per pupil. based on average membership 32.64
Average cost of books and supplies per pupil 1.07
.
Table showing the amount yielded for each child in the average membership of the public schools (a) by the local tax for support. and (b) by the local tax plus other contributions. These figures are taken from the reports of the State Board of Education. Support does not in- clude money expended for repairs and permanent im-
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provements. The number shows Attleborough's rank in the list of 354 towns and cities in the state.
1907-8
a.
1905-6 No. 85 b.
a.
1906-7 No. 81 b.
a.
b.
No. 75
Attleborough
. . 27.29
27.60
28.50
28.93
30.17 30.79
County
. 24.90
26.20
25.21
26.67
26.32 28.07
State
28.79
30.08
29.44
30.53
30.15
31.53
a.
1908-9 No. 63
b.
a.
1909-10 No. 73
b.
a. b.
Attleborough
. . 31.18
31.51
31.IO
31.36
34.47 34.84
County
27.84
29.74
27.79
29.49
No data.
State
30.98
32.36
32.07
33.42
32.98 34.36
Table showing the amount expended for all purposes, including repairs, etc., for each pupil in the average mem- bership of all the schools, the High School, and the grades below the High School ; also the amount expended per pupil for books and supplies.
1905-6
1906-7
1907-8
1908-9
1909-10
1910-11 1911
All schools-
Average cost per pupil
29.60
30.02
32.73
33.49
32.35
35.65
34.55
Average cost of books and supplies
1.70
1.66
1.60
1.56
1.70
1.57
1.41
High School-
Average cost per pupil
53.52
42.97
49.61
51.65
55.59
52.49
49.67
Average cost of books and supplies
5.11
3.37
2.59
3.65
4.37
3.53
4.03
Schools below High School-
Average cost per pupil
26.90
28.44
30.80
31.56
29.99
33.63
32.64
.
Average cost of books and supplies
1.34
1.46
1.47
1.33
1.43
1.34
1.07
1910-11
No. 55
Table showing the proportion of taxable property ap- propriated for the support of the public schools by the Town, County and State since 1904-5. The number shows Attleborough's rank in the list of 354 towns and cities in the State. According to this table Attleborough raised less money for schools in proportion to her valua-
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tion in 1910-11 than in 1904-5. although the expenditure per pupil has steadily increased.
1904-5 1905-6
1906-7
19029 1.4/9-10 1910-11
No. 16 No. 162 No. 172 No. 169
No. 1si No. 194 No. 234
Attleborough
5.39
5.24
5.14
5.05
5.08 4.90 4.51
County
4.42
4.38
4.44
4.50
4.61 4.54 No data
State
3.87
3.92
3.95
4.00
4.08
4.23 4.09
The most important educational accomplishment of the year was the action of the Committee. May 15. 191I. raising the age at which children may enter grade one from five years to six. but allowing those whose sixth birthday occurs before January first of the following year to enter school in September. Careful investigation disclosed the fact that very few towns in Massachusetts having an elementary school course of eight years be- low the high school. and a high school course of four years. allowed children five years old to enter the first grade. In practically all the towns having such a course. the entering age was from five and one-half to six years. In towns where the children were allowed to enter at five. there was usually an elementary course of nine years or a high school course of five years.
Pupils in other towns had the advantage over our pupils of entering school a year older and thus being bet- ter able physically and mentally to do school work. or of remaining in school a year longer and thus having the advantage of a year's extra study. Inasmuch as we al- ready have an elementary course of eight years. and in view of the fact that a course of such length is fast be- coming general throughout New England, it was thought best not to change the length of the elementary course. but to raise the school age.
This vote was put in effect for the fall term this year. It practically raised the entering age eight months. As a result some of our first grade classes. at present. are much smaller than they have been for years. This is a
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decided advantage for the pupils, as they receive so much more of the teacher's attention and will consequently be much better prepared for second grade work next year. And there can be no doubt that as these pupils move along through the grades they will be able to do better work on the average than the pupils are doing now.
Notwithstanding the fact that the number of pupils entering grade one this year was about one hundred less than last year, our total average membership for Septem- ber, 19II, was only 55 less than for September, 1910, and for December, 1911, it was 24 more than for De- cember, 1911. This means that we actually have in school more pupils in December this year than we had at the same time last year, although we would naturally expect the number would be less. This shows that the school population is steadily increasing. Twenty rooms out of twenty-nine in the Sanford Street, Richardson and Bliss Schools show an average membership of forty or more for the month of December, seventeen showing an average of more than forty, and twelve a membership of forty-four or more. If we consider forty as the number of pupils that a teacher can instruct efficiently, it will be seen that nearly two-thirds of the rooms in these schools have more pupils than they should have. Another year will probably see conditions much worse than they are now. The erection of a school building on Thacher street will relieve the situation somewhat for a time, but at the rate the Town is growing it will be only a short time before another building will be needed. If the Town votes to erect a new high school building, it can hardly be ready for occupancy before September, 1913, and I have no doubt that by September, 1914. part of the old high school building will be needed for a grade school. The Town is growing so rapidly and in so many different directions that it is hard to foresee just where the need for a new building will next show itself, but judging
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from the number of pupils now receiving transportation I should say that it would be in the Pleasant street sec- tion. When the Bliss School was built it was thought that all the pupils from the Pleasant street section could attend that school. This plan was carried out only one year. After that it was found necessary to assign pupils promoted from the Pleasant Street School to the Sanford Street School, there being pupils enough in the imme- diate vicinity of the Bliss School to fill that building. The erection of a new building for the High School would leave the old building, situated as conveniently for that section as either the Bliss or Sanford Street School, for the pupils coming from Pleasant street, and would probably defer the erection of a new grade building for a number of years.
Some attempt has been made each year to emphasize some particular subject or to interest teachers in some special phase of educational effort. For several years we paid special attention to reading from the primary grade through the eighth. In many of our schools the pupil seldom stands at his desk and reads to the teacher, but advances to the front of the room, faces the class and reads to his classmates. He tries to express to them the thought he gets from the book. As a result of this con- tinued effort pupils read with much better expression than they did a few years ago. Silent reading is not ne- glected and pupils are frequently tested on their ability to reproduce the story they have read. Last year we en- deavored to stimulate the pupils to greater self-activity, with the thought that the more a pupil did for himself the stronger character he would develop.
This year we are giving special attention to oral arith- metic, spelling and writing.
Teachers are instructed to spend one-third the time given to arithmetic on oral work, with the recommenda- tion that if possible ten minutes per day be allowed. The oral work for the four upper grades is to consist largely of fractions. Accuracy and speed are our aims.
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In spelling, tests by the superintendent have been given in the grades above the third, each month, the papers ranked for writing as well as spelling, and each teacher notified of the three schools having the highest rank in her grade. The papers also are sent from school to school so that each teacher may see the work done by the other teachers in her grade. As a result of this work there has been a marked improvement in the writing and in the averages of spelling, and it is our ambition to make this improvement permanent.
Teachers' Salaries
Five years ago, in 1907, in addition to the amount asked for by the School Committee for school expenses, the Town voted an additional appropriation of $2,500, to be used to increase teachers' salaries. This sum enabled the Committee to raise the maximum salary of grade teachers from $500 to $600, and of High School teachers from $700 to $800. Previous to this increase the salaries paid in Attleborough were low compared with towns of corresponding size. This increase simply raised our sala- ries on a level with other towns of our size. In considera- tion of the higher cost of living, the increasing demand for teachers, and the fact that more is expected of teach- ers today than ever before, it would seem as if, as a mat- ter of justice, the salaries of the teachers should again be increased.
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