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I have inspected the following animals and the conditions under which they are kept on 164 premises.
Pure Bred Grade
Cows 705 Cows. . 94
Oxen 2
Young cattle 125
Young cattle. 18 Swine 524
Bulls . 22
Bulls 5 Sheep 31
Goats. 16
All cattle in the City have now been tested for Tuberculosis under State and Federal Supervision.
I have made 170 calls to various sections of the city to examine, quarantine or release dogs that had bitten people as a preventative measure against Rabies in Humans.
Respectfully submitted, (Signed) Frederick L. Briggs, D. V. M., Inspector of Animals.
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Dr. R. P. Kent, Health Officer, Attleboro, Mass.
December 31, 1935
Dear Doctor:
I herewith submit my sixth annual report as Inspector of Slaughtering for the year ending December 15, 1935.
Slaughter House and Field Inspections
Carcasses stamped and passed for food. Hogs . 8 Cattle. 1
9
No condemnations as unfit for food.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) Frederick L. Briggs, D. V. M., Inspector of Slaughtering.
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
Dr. Ralph Kent, Health Officer, Attleboro, Mass.
Sir:
The following is a report of work performed by the Inspector of plumbing during the year 1935:
There were 89 permits granted.
Number of permits for plumbing granted. 89
Number of new buildings. . 18
Number of water closets installed. 62
Number of sinks installed 32
Number of wash trays installed. 14
Number of lavatories installed 46
Number of bath tubs installed 41
Number of slop sinks installed .
3
Number of shower baths installed. 15
Number of urinals installed. 4
Number of sewer connections 22
Number of work changed by inspector
12
Consultations with owners. 73
Number of inspections in plumbing. 89
Respectfully submitted, By: Arthur B. Read
NUISANCES INVESTIGATED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Unsanitary yards. 9
Referred to other departments. 7
Unjustifiable cause for complaint 1
Unsanitary hen yard. 1
Unsanitary sewerage disposal 1
Overflowing cesspools.
2
Dumping of rubbish . 28
21 "No Dumping" signs erected
Unsanitary plumbing
1
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of the Dog Officer
Attleboro, Mass., January 6, 1936
To the Honorable Mayor and Municipal Council:
I herewith submit my annual report as Dog Officer for the year of 1935.
During the last year I have traveled 1,645 miles as Dog Officer and have occupied 1,203 hours in that pursuit. I have been called upon to destroy 145 dogs, owners unknown, within the city limits.
The City Clerk presented me with a list of 455 delinquent Dog Tax Payers. I found it necessary to prosecute 16 owners, who had failed to comply with the chapter relating to dogs. There are at present 1,490 dogs licensed in the city, exclusive of kennel licenses.
The appropriation for this department I have found very inadequate. I have expended $800.00 from January 1, 1935 to August 15, 1935 of the current year. In view of the present conditions wherein it is compulsory on the dog officer to keep stray dogs for a period of six days before disposing of them, I respectfully recommend that the sum of $200.00 be added to the appropriation for this department for the year of 1936, whether it is to be expended by myself or my successor.
Respectfully submitted,
Peter J. Cosgrove, Dog Officer.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
CITY OF ATTLEBORO
FOR THE YEAR 1935
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ANNUAL REPORT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1935
Term Expires January
Leland B. Smith, 149 South Main Street 1937
Edwin F. Thayer, 17 Mechanic Street 1937
Mrs. Margaret Conro, 26 Dean Street.
1937
George E. Nerney, 204 North Main Street.
1937
Dr. Reginald P. Dakin, 30 South Main Street.
1939
Mrs. Lida M. Holbrook, 28 Peck Street. 1939
Leonard I. Lamb, 191 South Main Street 1939
Mrs. Alice Stobbs, 63 Bank Street 1939
Mrs. Rena Rounseville, 141 South Main Street 1939
Organization
Edwin F. Thayer Chairman
Dr. Reginald P. Dakin. . Secretary
Edwin F. Thayer Representative before Municipal Council
STANDING COMMITTEES
Teachers and Course of Study
Mr. Thayer
Mrs. Holbrook Mrs. Conro
Textbooks and Supplies
Dr. Dakin
Mr. Smith Mrs. Stobbs
Buildings
Mr. Lamb
Mr. Nerney Mrs. Rounseville
Finance
Mr. Thayer Mr. Lamb Dr. Dakin
Regular meetings, first and third Mondays of each month at 7:30 o'clock P. M.
Bills are paid on the fifteenth of each month.
All bills to be acted on must be submitted in duplicate, and be in the hands of the clerk of the committee, Superintendent's office, on the 26th of each month.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Superintendent of Schools LEWIS A. FALES
Office, Sanford Street School. Telephone 12 Residence, 22 Mechanic Street. Telephone 22
The Superintendent's office is open on school days from 8:30 to 5:00; Satur- day, 8:30 to 11:30. The Superintendent's office hours on school days are from 8:30 to 9:00; 4:00 to 5:00 Monday and Wednesday; Monday evening by appoint- ment.
Superintendent's Secretary
Alice I. Wetherell, Telephone 1235-J
32 Sanford Street
Clerks
Hilda R. LaPalme. 61 Hebron Avenue Edna I. Langley (Mrs.) 155 Pleasant Street
School Physician
Dr. Jesse W. Battershall, Telephone 284 18 North Main Street
School Nurse
Mrs. Dorothy B. Wendell, R. N., Telephone 940-W . . . . . . .90 Locust Street Office hours : Sanford Street School, 8:30 to 9:00; 3:30 to 4:00 on school days.
Attendance Officer
Charles T. Crossman. 32 Benefit Street Telephones: Home 670-M; Office 670-R
Office hours on school days: 8:45 to 9:30 A. M. daily at the office of the Superintendent.
School Calendar
Fall Term-Wednesday, September 4 to Friday, December 20, 1935. Winter Term-Thursday, January 2 to Thursday, April 9, 1936. The February recess to consist of February 20 and 21.
Spring Term-Tuesday, April 21 to Friday, June 19, 1936.
School Sessions
High School-One session, from 8:15 to 1:40, with a recess of fifteen minutes. Bank Street-One session, from 8:15 to 1:15.
Briggs Corner, 8:45 to 11:45 and 12:30 to 2:30.
Lincoln and South Attleboro-8:45 to 11:45 and 1:00 to 3:00.
Washington and I lat-9:00 to 11:45 and 1:00 to 3:15.
Grammar and Primary Schools-Morning session from 9:00 to 11:45. Afternoon session from 1:15 to 3:30. Grade I closes fifteen minutes earlier than the other grades.
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No School Signals Adopted March 5, 1928 Four double strokes on the Fire Alarm 2-2-2-2
7:15 A. M. Postponement of the opening of the High and Bank Street Schools till 9 o'clock.
8:00 A. M. No morning session except for the High and Bank Street Schools. If signal has sounded at 7:15, no session for the High and Bank Street Schools.
8:15 A. M. No morning session for grades one, two and three. Afternoon session for all grades unless the signal is repeated at 12:15 or 12:30.
11:15 A. M. One session. Grades one, two and three will close for the day at 12M. All higher grades then in session, except the High and Bank Street Schools, will close for the day at 1:00 P. M.
12:15 P. M. No afternoon session for all grades below the High School.
12:30 P. M. No afternoon session for grades one, two and three.
The signal will be given at 8:00 A. M. and 12:15 P. M. only in very severe weather.
WEAN will broadcast no school announcements: mornings at 7:15, 7:30, 7:45 and 7:58; afternoons at approximately 12 M and 12:30.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 1935
Receipts Appropriations
1935
$248,255.44
April 10, Salaries.
April 10, Other Expenses 40,180.00
July 3, Other Expenses. 4,200.00
September 25, Other Expenses 2,261.64
2,000.00
November 9, Rent-Jewelry Trades School.
916.63
Total regular appropriations . $297,813.71
1936
January 24, Special Appropriation to cover 1935 bills
1,783.73
1935
July 24, Insurance.
13.30
Smith-Hughes Fund for Continuation School.
250.55
November 9, Other Expenses
Total available for schools $299,861.29
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ANNUAL REPORT
RECEIVED by the City on account of schools but not credited to the School Department:
1. State Reimbursements
General School Fund, Teachers' Salaries $ 27.832.95
Vocational and Continuation Schools. 1.096.53
2. Tuition of State Wards
7 9.72
3 . Tuition Jewelry Trades School.
146.88
4. Tuition, Other Schools.
173.26
5. Use of School Buildings.
$5.00
6. Sale of Books and Supplies
338.00
7. Sale of Supplies, Vocational School.
8. Miscellaneous.
Total received but not available for schools .
$ 30,513.10
Expenditures
High and Elementary Schools
$238,964.15
Other Expenses
46,773.84
Total.
$285,737.99
$285,737.99
Vocational and Continuation Schools
Salaries
Regular Appropriation.
7,355.12
Smith-Hughes Fund.
250.55
Total Salaries
7,605.67
Other Expenses
1,612.03
Total
$ 9,217.70
9,217.70
Jewelry Trades School
Other Expenses
$ 1,393.15
Rent, 11 months
916.63
Total
$ 2,303.78
2,300.78
E. R. A. Projects
Grading
$ 195.39
Painting
457.51
Total
$ 652.90
652.90
Total Expended .
$297,918.37
Balance Unexpended
1,942.92
Net Cost of Operation
Total Expended, including Smith-Hughes Fund.
$297,918.37
Amount received but not available for schools .
$ 30,513.10
Smith-Hughes Fund.
250.55
$ 30,743.65
30,743.65
Net cost of the schools to the city
$267,174.72
On a valuation of $25,281,165, this expenditure represents a tax of $10.57 on a thousand dollars, or a little more than 30% of the tax rate of $34.40.
13.16
17.60
Salaries .
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EXPENDITURES 1935
Including special appropriation of $1,783.73 made January, 1936 to cover 1935 bills
General Account
High School
Elem. School
Total
1. General Control
Clerks
$ 3,478.46
$ 3,478.46
Telephones
82.84
52.52
456.28
591.64
Office Expenses .
121.68
121.68
Superintendence
Superintendent.
3,822.70
3,822.70
Attendance Officer and
Custodian of Bldgs ..
1,364.93
1,364.93
Office Expenses
151.00
151.00
Expenses Out of Town . .
4.15
4.15
Automobiles
603.02
603.02
2. Instruction
Teachers
53,095.46
147,583.75
200,679.21
Supervisors
2,638.96
4,474.50
7,113.46
Books
1,609.08
2,043.39
3,652.47
Supplies
1,337.40
3,399.39
4,736.79
Cooking
174.44
222.61
397.05
Manual Training
310.71
767.36
1,078.07
Sewing
18.44
20.43
38.87
3. Operating School Plant
Janitors
3,281.60
16,714.45
19,996.05
Fuel.
995.50
10,097.44
11,092.94
Water
107.01
714.41
821.42
Janitors' Supplies
83.24
531.76
615.00
Lights-Electricity
617.36
983.29
1,600.65
Power
155.80
147.42
303.22
Towels
19.40
131.55
150.95
4. Maintaining School Plant
Repairs
697.39
5,287.96
5,985.35
Equipment, repairs and replacement .
421.76
365.54
787.30
Flags
14.30
99.90
114.20
Care of grounds.
.98
278.25
279.23
5. Auxiliary Agencies
Health-Salaries
67.50
2,441.84
2,509.34
Auto
2,391.10
6,523.20
8,914.30
6. Miscellaneous
Tuition.
310.26
500.57
810.83
Graduation
115.89
51.50
167.39
Sundries
17.53
76.06
93.59
Express
.50
15.51
16.01
Insurance.
387.20
3,191.60
3,578.80
$ 9,628.78 $ 68,921.33
$207,187.88
$285,737.99
67.92
67.92
Transportation .
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Gen. Voc. and Cont. School
Jewelry Trades School
Total
7. Vocational and Continuation School
Salaries
$
7,355.12
Salaries from Smith-Hughes Fund.
250.55
Telephones.
16.16
Books and Supplies
46.33
506.04
Cooking, sewing and Manual training.
337.48
Fuel
341.43
Janitor service and supplies
7.17
Gas
18.85
46.69
Electric lights
59.27
50.36
Power
232.50
Maintenance and replacement of equip- ment.
12.32
222.64
Transportation.
776.92
Sundries.
3.27
45.31
Equipment.
282.44
9,217.70
1,393.15
Rent.
916.63
$ 9,217.70
$ 2,309.78
11,527.48
Total expended.
$297,265.47
E. R. A. Grading Project.
195.39
E. R. A. Painting Project
457.51
Balance.
1,942.92
$299,861.29
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
General Control
School Committee
$ 4,191.78
Superintendence.
5,945.80
Instruction.
217,695.92
Operating School Plant.
34,580.23
Maintenance
7,166.08
Auxiliary Agencies.
11,491.56
Miscellaneous
4,666.62
$285,737.99
E. R. A. Grading Project.
$ 195.39
E. R. A. Painting Project
457.51
Vocational School Expense.
9,217.70
Jewelry Trades School Expense
1,393.15
Jewelry Trades School Rent.
916.63
Total
$297,918.37
Balance
1,942.92
$299,861.29
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ANNUAL REPORT
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS
Salaries
$246,319.27 49,564.82
Smith-Hughes Fund
250.55
Special Appropriation
1,783.73
Total
$297,918.37
Balance
1,942.92
$299,861.29
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS New Hebronville School (Finberg School)
January 1, 1935, Balance
$2,749.98
Expenditures
W. R. Park & Sons.
$ 91.90
Capitol Theatre Supply Co.
55.25
January 1, 1936, Balance.
2,602.83
$2,749.98
ERA Granolithic Project
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Expenditures by schools :
Bliss.
$ 189.27
Briggs Corner
255.23
Capron
148.57
Carpenter Street .
183.32
Dodgeville.
277.58
Farmers
137.46
Material on hand
7.65
1,199.08
Balance
.92
$1,200.00
ERA Granolithic Project No. 2
Appropriation .
$1,125.00
Expenditures by schools :
Bliss.
$ 134.46
Lincoln
105.93
Plat.
143.31
South Attleboro.
159.58
Tiffany
190.85
Washington
187.62
Tools, etc.
65.33
Transferred to Painting Project No. 1216-E4-64
987.08
137.92
$1,125.00
Other Expenses.
$296,134.64
147.15
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ANNUAL REPORT
Schocl Painting Project No. 1216-E-4-64
Appropriation
$1,444.04
Expenditures by schools :
Second Painting Project
Figh
$
14.45
Tiffany
94.84
Tiffany portable
28.19
Briggs Corner
47.16
Farmers.
50.49
Washington
167.46
Equipment.
435.34
837.93
Third Painting Project
Fliss
S 115.47
Finberg
46.57
Finberg cottage.
65.87
Lincoln
61.36
Richardson
105.87
South Attleboro
38.74
Washington
37.17
471.05
Balance
135.06
$1444.04
George-Ellzey Fund
January 1, 1935, Balance. $ 290.00
State Department of Education, Federal funds.
10,190.00
$10,480.00
Expenditures
Salaries of teachers in the Attleboro Jewelry Trades School $ 8,149.88
Balance 2,330.12
$10,480.00
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee of Attleboro:
I submit herewith my thirty-first annual report, it being the fifty-first in the series of Superintendent's Reports.
STATISTICS
I. Population
Census, 1930 21,777
1935. 21,835
II. School Census, October 1935
Number of children between the ages of 5 and 7 585
Number of children between the ages of 7 and 14. 2,761
Number of children between the ages of 14 and 16.
788
1,308.98
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III. Attendance
September, 1934 to June, 1935
4,293
Average daily membership
4,069
Average daily attendance.
3,888
Percent of attendance
96
Table showing average membership of the High and the elementary schools for the last ten years. High Elem. Schools
All Schools
Av. Memb.
Gain over preceding
Av
Gain
Av. Memb.
Gain
1924-1925
646
46
3136
44
3782
03
1925-1926
676
30
3115
-21
3791
9
1926-1927
697
21
3164
49
3861
70
1927-1928
706
9
3171
7
3877
16
1928-1929.
679
-27
3194
23
3873
-4
1929-1930
665
-14
3241
47
3906
33
1930-1931
693
28
3333
92
4026
120
1931-1932
823
130
3302
-31
4125
99
1932-1933.
920
97
3356
54
4276
151
1933-1934
893
-27
3263
-93
4156
-120
1934-1935.
918
25
3192
-71
4110
-46
Fall Term, September- December, 1935
High
Elem. Schools
All Schools
Av.
Memb.
year
Av. Memb.
year
Memb.
year
September
941
3049
-179
3990
-179
October
933
-6
3077
-165
4010
-171
November
912
-24
3053
-175
3965
-199
December
882
-48
3054
-155
3936
-203
Average for four months
917
3058
3975
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Number of School Buildings (3 portables) .
22
Number of Class Rooms (H. S. 25; Grades 105).
130
Number of Rooms in Use
124
TEACHERS
Number of Teachers and Supervisors, Dec., 1935. 155
Number of Teachers in Pigh School .
31
Number of Teachers in Grades I-VIII
105
Number of Teachers in Kindergarten
3
Number of Special Teachers
6
Number of Teachers in Vocational School
4
Number of Teachers in Jewelry Trades School
6
Av.
Loss this
Loss this
Loss
this
year
Memb.
Total number of different pupils enrolled.
81
ANNUAL REPORT
COST OF INSTRUCTION-1935
Valuation of Attleboro, 1935
$25,281,165.00 $34.40 Tax rate per $1,000, 1935
Expended for support of schools, excluding Vocational Schools. . $285,737.99
Average membership of day schools, Sept. 1934-June, 1935. 4110
Expended per pupil based on average membership $69.52
Cost of books and supplies per pupil. $2.04
High School
Total expended for High School, including High School share of general expense.
$71,068.55
Average membership of High School, 1934-1935
918
Cost per pupil.
$77.42
Cost of books and supplies per pupil.
$3.21
Elementary Schools
Total expended .
$214,669.44 3192
Average membership, 1934-1935.
Cost per pupil ..
$67.25
Cost of books and supplies per pupil.
$1.71
In the school year September, '1932 to June, 1933, the enrollment and mem- bership figures were the highest in the history of the schools.
At the end of the second week of school in September, 1932, the enrollment was,
High School.
966
Elementary Schools 3366
Total.
4332
In September, 1935, at the end of the second week of school, the enrollment was,
High School
934
Elementary Schools .
3059
3993
Loss since 1932
339
Loss in High School.
32
Loss in Elementary Schools
307
A comparison of the enrollment by grades for 1932 and 1935 shows that the greatest loss in the elementary schools is in the first three grades.
Enrollment
Ung. Kg. I II III IV
V
VI VII VIII Total
1932
20
93 445 438 420 417 419 418 384 312 3366
1935
17
73 338 364 328 427 419 375 381 337 3059
Loss
3 20 107
74
92
43
3
307
Gain
10
25
The loss in the kindergarten is explained by the fact that the kindergarten in the Washington School was closed in June, 1933. The loss in the first three grades is 273, the fourth grade shows a gain of 10, the fifth grades show no change, and the sixth grade shows a net loss of 43. The first six grades show a net loss of 306 with the heaviest loss in grades I, II and III. According to a report issued by the department of education in Washington this drop in enrollment in the primary grades is general all over the country. Unless business improves and causes a large number of families to move into Attleboro, it would seem that the school enrollment will gradually decrease.
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TABLE SHOWING ENROLLMENT BY GRADES AT THE END OF THE SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER, SINCE 1915
ELEMENTARY GRADES
HIGH SCHOOL
Year
Open-Air Ung.
Kg.
1
11
=
IV
V
VI
VII VIII Total
Fr.
So.
Ju.
Sen. High Sch. Total
1915
9-17
26
392
344
329
296
269
282
264
216
2418
172
110
77
433
2851
1916
PG 6
9-28
26
383
363
336
315
306
242
243
197
2411
150
135
77
58
426
2837
1917
PG4
9-14
19
438
355
372
349
321
275
199
188
2516
165
112
87
62
430
2946
1918
9-13
19
395
421
369
373
344
288
237
146
2592
152
108
86
75
421
3013
1919
9-12
46
412
396
394
370
390
324
256
198
2786
148
121
98
70
437
3223
1920
9-17
62
427
425
405
405
387
369
305
226
3011
163
108
96
84
451
3462
1921
9-16
61
467
393
410
392
424
379
343
270
3139
219
153
109
90
571
3710
1922
PG 6
9-15
63
409
413
373
398
382
399
315
289
3041
225
157
141
90
619
3660
1923
PG 2
9-14
58
452
391
406
378
387
403
349
268
3092
250
166
128
117
663
3755
PG 7 67
ANNUAL REPORT
1924 9-12
48
458
423
402
395
382
405
365
292
3170
223
192
129
660
3830
1925 9-18
105
438
427
405
368
391
361
364
308
3167
236
210
142
707
3874
1926 9-17
19
14
95
453
409
401
416
367
355
330
322
3181
242
182
153
PG 5 141
723
3904
1927
9-16
15
16
84
427
440
387
391
422
368
338
288
3176
236
197
151
PG 13 131
728
3904
1928 9-14
18
16
97
424
443
407
382
407
399
340
308
3241
241
190
163
738
3979
1929
9-13
20
18
95
443
399
428
396
376
391
391
282
3239
253
172
131
PG 6 130
692
3931
1930 9-12
18
16
96
479
431
416
420
387
377
368
344
3352
245
202
144
PG 8 118
717
4069
1931 9-18
26
88
460
444
409
421
407
387
362
327
3321
346
250
158
98
864
4185
1932
PG 25
9-16
20
93
445
438
420
417
419
418
384
312
3366
300
326
179
136
966
4332
1933
PG 21
9-15
19
75
376
442
422
404
434
392
395
351
3310
286
267
233
138
924
4234
1934 9-14
16
76
381
353
435
424
415
411
369
358
3238
310
248
197
182
937
4175
1935
9-13
17
73
338
364
328
427
419
375
381
337
3059
302
278
188
166
934
3993
ANNUAL REPORT
83
PG 12 104
PG 8 111
PG 12 132
PG 12
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In the High School, the membership has dropped this year from 941 in September, 1935, to 882 in December, 1935, a loss of 59. The following table shows, so far as we know, why these pupils left school.
Class
Reason for leaving School
Fr.
So.
Ju.
Sen. P.G. Total
Employment Certificate
2
1
3
Home Permit. .
4
3
7
Vocational or Continuation School.
1
1
1
3
Jewelry Trades School
2
1
3
To work .
3
3
3
2
11
C. C. C. Camp
1
1
2
Moved from city
2
1
3
6
Illness
1
1
Illness at home.
9
6
4
1
4
24
Left.
22
18
14
4
4
62
It is likely that the High School enrollment will drop slightly next year. I estimate the enrollment in September, 1936, will be about 915 pupils.
This decrease in enrollment will gradually result in a decrease in expenditures, although the cost per pupil in Attleboro is still very low. In 1933, according to the State Report, the cost per pupil was $75.41, and Attleboro's rank in the 355 towns and cities of the State was No. 293. Only 62 towns and cities had a lower cost. In 1934, the cost per pupil in Attleboro was $65.69, and Attleboro's rank was No. 326. Only 29 towns and cities had a lower cost. In 1935, the cost per pupil in Attleboro was $70.20, and Attleboro's rank in the 39 cities of the State was No. 326, and in the 355 cities and towns of the State No. 311. Only 3 cities and 41 towns had a lower cost.
Attleboro.
70.20
These 41 cities and towns having a lower cost per pupil are as follows:
Group 1
3 Cities
Fall River
69.50
Woburn.
69.17
Leominster .
68.77
Average cost per pupil for 39 cities in Group I-90.76
Group II
18 Towns
Westboro
.69.39
Grafton
65.67
Mansfield.
68.71
Randolph
64.14
Millbury
68.58
Chelmsford
63.16
Shrewsbury
68.50
Maynard. .62.72
Dartmouth
68.11
Athol
62.29
Easthampton
67.49
Clinton 61.67
Franklin.
67.36
Dracut.
.60.01
Foxboro
66.08
Saugus.
.60.00
Stoughton
66.03
Winchendon 54.85
1
1
2
Average cost per pupil for 83 towns in Group II-83.47
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Group III
16 Towns
Wrentham.
70.17
Merrimac
65.80
Hadley
70.07
Medway
65.57
Upton
.69.28
Oxford .
.65.11
Avon
69.16
Tisbury
63.88
Holliston
69.13
Templeton
63.13
Douglas
68.63
Wilmington
62.68
Northboro
67.81
Pepperell
61.52
Leicester
66.89
Sutton
60.43
Average cost per pupil for 108 towns in Group III-87.64
Group IV
7 Towns
Acushnet
69.56
Cheshire.
63.32
Millville .
.66.42
Bellingham
62.52
Seekonk
65.62
Rehoboth
50.10
Burlington.
63.88
Average cost per pupil for 125 towns in Group IV-100.49.
Average cost per pupil for 355 cities and towns in State-89.20.
The cost per pupil in Attleboro is below the average cost of each group and below the average cost of the entire state. The cost in North Attleboro was $71.53 and in Taunton $81.12.
I believe parents should realize that a low cost per pupil may be attained at the expense of the children's education. Certainly, only the barest necessities can be provided at the present low cost.
The accompanying graph shows our standing in the State.
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ATTLEBORO'S RANK IN THE STATE STATE REPORT FOR 1935
Population No. 36
Valuation No. 41
Valuation per Pupil No. 187
Cost per Pupil No. 311
5 15 25 35
45 55 65 75 85 95 105 115 125 135 145 155 165 175 185 195 205 215 225 235 245 255 265 275 285 295 305 315 325 335 345 355
355 Towns and Cities in the State
Population 21,769 Rank is 36 in
Cities in the State
Valuation $25,292,225 Rank is 41 in 355 Towns and 355 Towns and Rank is 187 Cities in the State
Valuation per Pupil $6,225 in the State
Cost per Pupil $70.20 Rank in State is 311 Only 44 Cities and Towns lower in Cost
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TEACHERS' SALARIES
A statement should be made at this time regarding teachers' salaries. Be- ginning April 18, 1932, teachers contributed 5% of their salaries for the rest of the year. January 14, 1933, the salaries of all city employees were cut 10%- and this was followed by a second cut of 10% April 24, 1933. With the old salaries restored January 1, 1934, a cut of 10% was made January 8, 1934, and a similar cut was made February 5, 1935. Beginning January 1, 1936, all salaries were returned to the basis of January 1, 1933.
The situation regarding the teachers is somewhat different from that of th other departments. Teachers have been hired for years on a minimum and maximum salary basis. Teachers with limited experience have been engaged at a minimum salary, with the understanding that as they gained experience and increased in efficiency, their salaries would be raised each year till they reached the maximum. When the 10% cuts were put into effect all teachers receiving $1000 or more had their salaries reduced. A teacher who was engaged at a salary of $1000, received $900, thus establishing a new minimum. This would not be so bad if the teacher had received the increase toward the maximum to which she was entitled, and which she expected to receive. But no step increases have been granted since September, 1930. The result is that there are teachers working year after year for the minimum salary with no prospects of any step upward toward the maximum. For the lower paid teachers this is a serious situation, and some salary adjustments should be made.
I understand that in some city departments, a new man added to the force receives the same pay as a man of long experience. This has never been the rule in the school department, and consequently places the teachers at a dis- advantage in comparison with other departments. There are at present 23 teachers who are receiving, with the cut, less than $1000 per year. Some of these are beginners, some have had several years experience. Step increases would mean much, not only to these teachers in the lower salary scale, but also to all the teachers in the school department. We cannot go on year after year as we have been doing, and expect to maintain the efficiency of our schools.
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