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The figures for Fire Alarm Maintenance are slightly higher than the prices of January, 1937, because of the following needs of this department, namely:
Item No. 1. One Excelsior Punch register to be installed in the Hebron- ville Fire Station. This instrument is used to record the number of the fire alarm boxes being used. The old indicator in use in this station is in the neighbor- hood of 45 years old, being one of the first recording instruments to be placed in use in the Attleboro Fire Alarm System and it has now reached the absolute stage where repair parts can no longer be obtained. The National Board of Fire Underwriters no longer give credit for this type of instrument for the purpose of recording alarms of fire over the system and furthermore strongly recommend they they should not be used because of the reason that they are not reliable and in no way can compare with the modern punch register both in accuracy and speed in receiving alarm signals. This station is the only one in the city not equipped with a register. The cost of the register is $175.00.
Item No. 2. Barton Utility Ditch Pump to be mounted on the present fire alarm maintenance truck for the purpose of clearing the water from manholes when it is necessary to work in them. It is the type of pump in every day use by the utilities for this purpose. The idea of being able to clear the water from the manholes thru the use of this pump is a large factor in the continued continuity of fire alarm service in time of trouble. The regular fire department pumps cannot be used for this type of work. Fully 90% of the manholes in the city in which our cables are placed are half full of water at all times of the year. In citing a case of need for this pump, I recall having a cable go bad on Washington Street in a very deep manhole where the water was eight or nine feet deep. This break occurred about four o'clock in the morning and we had to ask help of the Telephone Company in aiding us get the hole clear of water. The company responded from Providence with a truck equipped with one of these units, the hole being cleared out in no time and the necessary repairs made. The cable break in this location severed the fire alarm service for the whole South end for a period of 4 to 5 hours which loss of time could have been overcome if we were equipped with the necessary equipment and the whole job completed in an hour's time. A pump of this type would also be of great assistance in time of flood in getting water pumped out of cellars of residents where sickness might prevail. This pump is known as A B-1A type with 22 inch discharge and 3 inch suction. It will pump 400 gallons of water per minute with a 5 feet head at an engine speed of 1600 R. P. M. The cost of the pump is $200.00.
Item No. 3. Fire Alarm Pedestals, these pedestals are used on the under- ground system to house the fire alarm boxes and terminals for the various cables and wires where needed. In their exposed positions along the highways they are very liable to become broken and damaged by the skidding of autos and the overhang of trucks. In the past we have always managed to have one or more of these units on hand to use in case of accident. The last one we had was used on North Main Street to support Box No. 33 at the new bridge and to date has not been replaced.
On January 15, a truck completely demolished the pedestal housing Box No. 52 at the junction of Wall and County Streets. Five of our main line cir- cuits feed thru this pedestal and it was necessary to replace it at once. The whole afternoon was spent trying to locate one in the nearby cities and finally one was obtained from the Fire Alarm Department of the City of Waltham, brought back to Attleboro and placed in service at once. Operating a fire alarm system without having at least one pedestal in reserve is similar to driving a motor car without a spare tire. A pedestal is badly needed for the support of
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Box No. 7 on Pleasant Street. The cable to feed this box has been in the ducts for the past five years and certainly should be placed in use. Placing this box on a pedestal will eliminate a large number of sections of overhead construction which should be taken down. Pedestals cost from $75.00 to $ 118.00 each depend ing on the size required.
Item No. 4. Lead-covered cable. 1000 feet of 2 conductor No. 14 cable is required to replace the rubber covered wire in North Main Street at the site of the new bridge. The wire was the only material available at the time and had to be used because of the abandoment of the overhead construction at this point by the utility companies, thereby leaving this department with only one choice and we had to get our line thru in any possible way temporarily. The life of this type of wire placed in underground ducts is very short. It should be replaced with lead covered cable as soon as possible as it is already giving trouble. Many boxes depend on this for a feed. The latest quotation on this cable is $73.70 per M feet. 1000 feet of 10 No. 14 conductor cable is required to replace the present aerial service entering fire alarm headquarters. By placing these circuits underground greater reliability and continuity of service is assured to the system and also will do away with a very unsightly mass of wires in the area around the station. Only today we escaped losing 90% of the fire alarm service of the city because of a large truck breaking off the hydrant in front of the station and barely missing our main feeder riser. The chance of this kind of trouble at this point will be entirely eliminated if the plan above is carried out. The cost of this cable is $239.00 per M feet.
Item No. 5. 33 inch Creosoted wood duct. This wood duct is necessary in the change over of the station service. We had this amount of wood duct on hand last year to start this job but were forced to make use of it on the North Main Street job, the entire 500 feet that we had being used. This wood duct measures 32 inches internal diameter, costing approximately $200.00 per M feet. $100.00 therefor being the amount necessary for this work.
New Boxes for School Buildings
I wish to recommend at this time that fire alarm boxes be installed in the five small wooden buildings which are the only ones not protected in this manner in the city. Four of them can be connected very reasonably because in all four instances our lines pass all of them within a distance of not over 100 feet.
No. 1. Briggs Corner School, located Oak Hill Ave. and Handy Street $135.00
1 Fire Alarm box and installation cost .
10 Poles @ $1.60 each. (Cross arms and hardware). 16.00
¿ Mile wire @ $56.00 per mile. 28.00
$179.00
No. 2. Capron School, located corner Fourth and Prospect Streets. 1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost. $135.00
No. 3. Carpenter School, Corner Carpenter and Parker Streets
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost. 135.00
No. 4. Pleasant Street School, 436 Pleasant Street.
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation Cost. 135.00
No. 5. Farmers School, West Street and Ashton Road
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost. 135.00
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STREET BOXES
No. 1. CLIFTON STREET AND DEANTOWN ROAD
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost.
$135.00
23 Poles @@ $1.60 each 35.20
1 Mile wire @ $56.00 56.00
$226.20
No. 2. BROWN STREET AND ALLEN AVENUE
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost. .
$135.00
12 Poles
19.20
1 Mile wire
28.00
$182.20 1
No. 3. WASHINGTON STREET (Opposite Lees' Pond)
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost. (This is an underground connection)
$200.00
No. 4. CLIFTON AND MECHANIC STREETS
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost
$135.00
23 Poles.
35.20
1 Mile wire
56.00
$226.20
No. 5. GEORGE STREET (Between Park and Maple)
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost
$135.00
11 Poles 17.60
1 Mile wire 28.00
$180.60
No. 6. LINCOLN AVENUE AND BLACKBURN ROAD
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost. .
$135.00
6 Poles 9.60
¿ Mile wire 28.00
$712.60
No. 7. BISHOP STREET AND PIKE AVENUE
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost
$135.00
44 Poles. . 70.40
1} Miles wire 84.00
$289.40
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No. 8. PLEASANT STREET AND PIKE AVENUE
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost $135.00
22 Poles. 35.20
1 Mile wire 56.00
$226.20
No. 9. CUMBERLAND AVENUE
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost $135.00
15 Poles. 24.00
1 Mile wire 28.00
$187.00
No. 10. NEWPORT AND RANDOLPH AVENUES
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost. $135.00
38 Poles. 60.80
12 Miles wire 84.00
$279.80
No. 11. COUNTY AND READ STREETS
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost. $135.00
54 Poles. 86.40
3 Miles wire 168.00
$389.40
No. 12. PARK AND HANDY STREETS
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost $135.00
(Existing Line)
No. 13. LINDEN AND PALM STREETS
1 Fire Alarm Box and Installation cost (Existing Line)
$135.00
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
CITY OF ATTLEBORO
FOR THE YEAR 1937
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1937
Dr. Reginald P. Dakin, 30 South Main Street
Term Expires January 1939
Mrs. Lida M. Holbrook, 45 Holden 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
Leland B. Smith, 149 South Main Street 1941
Edwin F. Thayer, 17 Mechanic Street 1941
H. Dean Baker, 16 Upland Road. 1941
Mrs. Dorothy R. Worman, 23 Third Street
1941
Organization
Edwin F. Thayer. Chairman
Dr. Reginald P. Dakin Secretary
Edwin F. Thayer. Representative before Municipal Council
STANDING COMMITTEES
Mr. Thayer
Teachers and Course of Study Mrs. Holbrook Mrs. Stobbs
Textbooks and Supplies
Dr. Dakin
Mr. Baker Mrs. Worman
Buildings
Mr. Lamb
Mr. Smith Mrs. Rounseville
Finance
Mr. Thayer Mr. Lamb 1 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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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 84 Knight Avenue
Edna I. Langley (Mrs.)
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, 8:00-9:00 on school days.
Dental Hygienist
Barbara H. Greene 24 Park Avenue
School Dentists
Dr. Anderson S. Briggs Suite 26, Bates Block
Dr. W. Earl Turner .59 1-2 Park Street
Attendance Officer
W. Wesley Young (Temporary Appointment) . 27 Jewel Avenue Office hours on school days: 8:45 to 9:30 A. M. daily at the office of the Superintendent.
School Calendar
Fall Term-Wednesday, Sept. 8 to Thursday, Dec. 23, 1937.
Winter Term-Monday, Jan. 3 to Thursday, April 14, 1938.
The February recess to consist of Feb. 18 to 22.
Spring Term-Monday, April 25 to Wednesday, June 22, 1938.
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-8:45 to 11:45 and 1:00 to 3:00.
South Attleboro-8:45 to 11:30 and 12:45 to 3:00.
Washington-9:00 to 11:45 and 1:00 to 3:15. Plat-9:00 to 12:00 and 1:00 to 3:00.
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 12M and 12:30.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 1937 Receipts Appropriations
April, Salaries
$272,000.00
April, Other Expenses.
45,810.00
March 11, Insurance. 12.77
July 12, Other Expenses
1,000.00
Total regular appropriations. $318,822.77
Smith-Hughes Fund for Continuation School. 1,041.76
Total available for schools
$319,864.53
RECEIVED by the City on account of schools but not credited to the School Department :
1. State Reimbursements
General School Fund, Teachers' Salaries. $ 27,741.74
Vocational and Continuation Schools. 4,973.18
2. Tuition and transportation of State Wards. 573.62
3. Tuition in other schools 421.16
4. Use of school buildings
135.00
5. Sale of books and supplies
414.52
6. Sale of supplies, Vocational School
8.48
7. Miscellaneous 21.93 . . .
$ 34,289.63
8. Jewelry Trades School
State Reimbursement for maintenance $ 9.92
Tuition for non-resident pupils for 1936 214.20
Tuition for non-resident pupils for 1937 634.44
S S58.56
Total received but not available for schools
$ 35,148.19
Tuition for non-resident pupils in Jewelry Trades School for 1937, received after January 1, 1938. $ 567.12
Tuition still due. 16.32
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EXPENDITURES, 1937
General Account
High School
Elem. Schools
Total
1. General Control
Clerks
$
4,095.08
$ 4,095.08
Telephones
84.29
56.59
$ 504.53
645.41
Office Expenses
339.96
339.96
Superintendence
Superintendent .
4,200.00
4,200.00
Attendance Officer and
Cust. of Bldgs.
1,110.68
1,110.68
Office Expenses
145.51
145.51
Expenses Out of Town
19.40
19.40
Automobiles
329.60
329.60
2. Instruction
Teachers.
60,163.63
158,563.98
218,727.61
Supervisors
2,543.00
5,107.00
7,650.00
Books
2,050.31
3,274.50
5,324.81
Supplies
1,903.81
3,658.56
5,562.37
Cooking
297.06
174.91
471.97
Manual Training.
510.28
516.51
1,026.79
Sewing
13.78
11.26
25.04
3. Operating School Plant
Janitors.
3,782.30
18,132.15
21,914.45
Fuel
1,134.27
8,006.64
9,140.91
Water
104.10
574.29
678.39
Janitors' Supplies.
77.09
599.47
676.56
Lights-electricity
756.14
1,246.47
2,002.61
Power
266.60
178.14
444.74
Towels
19.85
129.80
149.65
4. Maintaining School Plant
Repairs.
658.90
5,654.78
6,313.68
Equipment, repairs and replacement .
244.67
386.28
630.95
Flags.
6.70
65.99
72.69
Care of grounds
4.50
27.35
31.85
5. Auxiliary Agencies
Health-Salaries
75.00
2,675.00
2,750.00
Auto
67.02
67.02
Transportation
2,647.01
6,316.80
8,963.81
6. Miscellaneous
Tuition .
130.28
130.28
Graduation.
181.80
46.25
228.05
Sundries .
30.50
108.40
138.90
Express
2.75
15.65
18.40
Insurance
74.00
74.00
Band
869.97
869.97
. . .
$ 10,324.52
$ 78,400.61
$216,246.01
$304,971.14
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7. Vocational and Continuation School
Salaries. $ 7,413.43
Salaries from Smith-Hughes Fund.
1,041.76
Telephones.
16.10
Books and Supplies.
17.10
Cooking, sewing and manual training.
305.47
Fuel
232.72
Gas.
17.11
Electric lights.
50.45
Maintenance and replacement of equipment.
46.08
Transportation
614.73
Sundries
3.53
9,758.48 $ 9,758.48
8. Parochial School Transportation
544.68
9. Tuition to Trade School. 219.80
Total expended
$315,494.10
Balance
4,370.43
$319,864.53
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
General Control
School Committee
$ 5,080.45
Superintendence
5,805.19
Instruction
238,788.59
Operating School Plant
35,007.31
Maintenance
7,049.17
Auxiliary Agencies
11,780.83
Miscellaneous
1,459.60
General Vocational and Continuation School
9,758.48
$314,729.62
Parochial School Transportation
544.68
Tuition to Trade School
219.80
Total
$315,494.10
Balance
4,370.43
$319,864.53
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS
Receipts
Expenditures
Balance
Salaries
$272,000.00
$267,861.25
$4,138.75
Other Expenses.
46,822.77
46,591.09
231.68
Smith-Hughes Fund
1,041.76
1,041.76
$319,864.53
$315,494.10 8 4,370.43
$304,971.14
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SEPARATE APPROPRIATION-JEWELRY TRADES SCHOOL
Appropriation.
$
5,000.00
Expenditures
Telephone
$ 42.29
Gas.
68.27
Electric lights.
66.08
Power
341.74
Supplies
1,350.69
Equipment, new .
1,317.40
Maintenance and replacements
311.82
Miscellaneous .
29.93
Rent
999.96
Teachers' salaries
402.38
Total expended
4,930.56 $
Balance.
69.44
$ 5,000.00
George-Ellzey Fund
January 1, 1937, Balance
$ 3,421.29
State Department of Education, Federal Funds.
5,544.08
Expenditures
Salaries of teachers in the Attleboro Jewelry Trades School. $8,965.37
George-Deen Fund
State Department of Education, Federal Funds. .$ 584.69
Expenditures
Salaries of teachers in the Attleboro Jewelry Trades School. .. . $ 584.69
Special Appropriations New Hebronville School (Finberg School)
January 1, 1937, Balance
.$1,872.65
Expenditures
Combustion Control Corp ...
$ 195.00
Edward E. Babb & Company.
316.50
Balance.
511.50 1,361. 15
Trade School Tuition
January 1, 1937, Balance
$ 2.70
Expenditures
City of Boston.
$ 1,872.65
$ 2.70
$ 3,528.22
$8,965.37
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee of Attleboro:
I submit herewith my thirty-third annual report, it being the fifty-third in the series of Superintendents' Reports.
STATISTICS
Census, 1930
.21,777
1935. .21,835
II. School Census, October 1937
Number of children between the ages of 5 and 7.
582
Number of children between the ages of 7 and 14.
2,527
Number of children between the ages of 14 and 16.
732
III. Attendance September, 1936 to June, 1937
Total number of different pupils enrolled.
4,036
Average daily membership
3,824
Average daily attendance
3,604
Per cent of attendance.
94
Table showing average membership of the High and Elementary Schools from 1927-1937
High Elem. Schools All Schools Gain Gain
Gain
Av. or
Av. or
Av.
or
Memb. Loss Memb. Loss Memb. Loss
1926-1927
697
21
3164
49
3861
70
1927-1928
706
9
3171
7
3877
16
1928-1929
670
-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
1935-1936
895
-23
3036
-156
3931
-179
1936-1937
875
-20
2949
-87
3824
·107
Fall Term, September-December, 1937
Av Av. Gain or Memb. Loss Memb. Loss
Gain or
Av.
Memb. Loss
September
950
2830
3780
October.
947
-3
2854
24
3S01
21
November
943
-- 4
2824
-30
3767
-34
December.
933
-10
2820
-4
3753
-14
Av. for 4 months.
943
2832
3775
Gain or
I. Population
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In September, this year, the High School had the second largest enrollment in the history of the school.
The schools had their highest enrollment in October, 1932. At that time the enrollment was as follows:
High School
966
Elementary Schools.
3366
Total enrollment.
4332
The enrollment in October, 1937, was
High School.
947
Elementary Schools.
2831
Total enrollment
3778
Loss in High School
19
Loss in Elementary Schools.
535
The following table will show in what grades this loss has occurred:
Enrollment of the Elementary Schools at the end of the second week of school
Ung.
Kg.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VIII
Total
1932-9-16
20
93
445
438 420
417
419
418
VII 384
312
3366
1937-9-17.
17
62
357
322 316
327
374
372
369
315
2831
Gains
3
Losses .
3
31
88
116
104 90
45
46
15
Net loss
535
Enrollment of the High School at the end of the second week of school
Fresh. Soph. Jun.
Sen.
P.G. Total
1932-9-16
300
326
179
136
25
966
1937-9-17
338
279
168
157
5
947
Gains
38
21
Losses
47
11
20
Net loss
19
To meet this drop in enrollment in the elementary schools, rooms have been closed, and grades combined as much as possible. One room was closed in each of the following schools: Dodgeville, Richardson, South Attleboro, Washington and Plat. Two other teachers were dropped, but two were added when the Vocational School was expanded to take in unemployed boys and girls between the ages of fourteen and sixteen. The number of teachers employed in October, 1932, was 151. The number of teachers employed in October, 1937, was 146. If the school buildings were not so scattered, it would be possible to reduce the number of teachers still further. So long as we have a graded system, however, the grades must be considered as well as the number of pupils. If the number of pupils continues to decrease, the number of teachers will be decreased as much as it can be without lessening any educational opportunity for the child.
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I estimate the enrollment for the High School for September, 1938, at about 925 pupils.
In my report for 1932, I presented a table showing the growth of the High School and the elementary schools over a thirty year period. In showing the growth of the elementary schools, I divided the city into districts and showed the gain by districts:
District Number 1, the center of the city.
District Number 2, Briggs Corner, Dodgeville and Hebronville.
District No. 3, South Attleboro.
In the last five years, however, the schools have been losing pupils instead of gaining them. The above table shows the loss by grades. It will perhaps be interesting to note in what sections the losses have occurred, and what the out- look is for the future.
To make the comparison easy, divide the city into three districts as was done in 1932:
District No. 1, The Center of the City.
District No. 2, Briggs Corner, Dodgeville, and Hebronville.
District No. 3, South Attleboro.
Compare the enrollment at end of second week of school in September.
District No. 1, Center of the City
Spec. Class Kg.
I
II
III
IV 258
V
VI
VII 268
234 2143
1937
17
49
245
202
214
204
222
236
254
232 1875
Losses
3
2
25
53
36
54
39
40
14
2
268
The loss for District No. 1 is 268 pupils.
District No. 2 Briggs Corner, Dodgeville and Hebronville
Kg.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII Total
1932
13
72
71
63
68
64
51
30
432
1937
13
16
43
42
51
56
55
31
27
364
Losses
26
28
21
17
8
68
Gains
1
1
27
The net loss for District No. 2 is 68 pupils.
District No. 3, South Attleboro
Kg.
I
1I
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII Total
1932
29
103
112
107
91
94
91
86
78
791
1937
66
77
60
72
96
81
84
56
592
Losses
29
37
35
47
19
10
2
22
199
Gains.
The net loss for District No. 3 is 199 pupils.
Loss by Districts
Spec. Class Kg.
I
II
III
V
VI
VII
VIII Tota]
No. 1
3
2
25
53
36
54
39
40
14
: 2=268
No. 2.
26
28
21
17
8
+4
+1
+27= 68
No. 3.
29
37
35
47
19
+2
10
2
22=199
Total
3 31
88 116 104
90
45
46 15
+3=535
51
270
255
250
261
276
VIII Total
1932
20
61
ANNUAL REPORT
The Total loss for entire city is 535 pupils.
The Loss in District No. 1, Center of City, is 268=50% of entire loss.
The Loss in District No. 2, B. C., D., and H. is 68= 12.7% of entire loss. The Loss in District No. 3, South Attleboro, is 199=37.3% of entire loss. The Loss in Districts No. 2 and 3 combined=267=50% of entire loss.
In other words, the loss in the outlying sections, with 1223 pupils enrolled in 1932, is as large as it is for the center of the city with 2143 pupils enrolled.
On the basis of pupils enrolled in 1932, the percentage of loss is as follows:
1932 Enroll.
Loss
% of Loss
District No. 1, Center of City
.2143
268
12.5%
District No. 2, B. C., D. and H.
432
68
15.8%
District No. 3, South Attleboro.
791
199
25
%
Total
3366
535
16 %
A further study of the loss of 535 pupils since 1932 reveals the fact that 80% of this loss, amounting to 429 pupils is in the grades below the fifth, as follows:
Grade Loss
Kg. 31 88 116 I II
III 104
90 429
Where this loss of 429 pupils has occurred may be seen by a glance at the above tables. There the loss by districts is indicated:
District No. 1, Center of the City
170, 40%
District No. 2, B. C., D. and H
92, 22%
District No. 3, South Attleboro
167, 38%
Total.
429
The loss in South Attleboro is only 3 less than in the center of the city. The percentage of loss on the pupils enrolled is much greater.
Kg. to Grade IV
1932 Enroll.
Loss
% of Loss
District No. 1, Center of City
1084
170
16%
District No. 2, B. C., D. and H.
287
92
32%
District No. 3, South Attleboro
442
167
38%
Total, Entire City
1813
429
23%
60% of the loss in these grades is in the outlying sections.
From 1918 to 1932 South Attleboro had a very rapid growth. In the five years since 1932, the loss 199 has been only 9 less than was the gain 208 in the seven years previous to 1932. In September, 1937, South Attleboro had only 9 more pupils than were enrolled in September, 1925.
It may be of interest also to note how steady the enrollment in the center of the city has been for the last twelve years:
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