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8,200.00
Machinery Rentals
8,200.00
8,186.89
13.11
Workmen's Compensation Account
1,000.00
656.35
W. C. Insurance Fund
1,656.35
1,656.35
Bridges
500.00
500.00
496.27
3.75
Railings
500.00
500.00
499.87
.13
Street Lighting
3,750.00
3,750.00
3,744.00
6.00
Equipment Insurance
500.00
87.96
Reserve Fund
587.96
587.96
Sidewalks
300.00
300.00
298.53
1.47
D. C. Sidewalks
300.00
300.00
296.80
3.20
Main St. C. St. and North St.
Drainage
579.77
579.77
574.69
5.08
Northeast Main St. Drainage
98.79
98.79
92.13
6.66
Special Grader Account
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,498.25
1.75
Unpaid Bills: 1956-
Snow Roads
182.18
182.18
To
12,000.00
PUBLIC WELFARE: Welfare Salaries
400.00
400.00
400.00
Welfare Relief Expense
4,000.00
725.00
Surplus Revenue
4,725.00
4,208.63
516.37
Clerk-Welfare
Aid to Dependent Children
100.00
a425.00
Federal Grants
Old Age Asistance
200.00
b1,600.00
Federal Grants
Welfare
500.00
Disability Assistance
100.00
c75.00
Federal Grants
3,000.00
3,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,000.00
1,000.00
946.45
53.55
Disability Assistance
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,982.25
17.75
Old Age Assistance
25,000.00
25,000.00
24,771.76
228.24
Federal Grants:
A. D. C. Aid
2,128.87
1,319.60
Federal Grants
3.448.47
1,378.75
2,069.72
Disability Assistance
87.52
1,219.95
Federal Grants
1,307.47
1,169.49
137.98
Old Age Assistance
2,565.28
18.611.15
Federal Grants
21,176.43
16,167.26
5,009.17
A.D.C. Administration
187.65
320.00
Federal Grants
507.65
a425.00
82.65
Disability Assistance Adm.
8.56
82.76
Federal Grants
91.32
c75.00
16.32
O. A. A. Administration
837.92
1,071.21
1,909.13
b1,600.00
309.13
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
Veterans' Agent
750.00
750.00
750.00
Veterans' Service Dept. Expense ..
200.00
200.00
183.65
16.35
Veterans' Benefits
1,000.00
1,000.00
946.56
53.44
Unpaid Bills:
Veterans' Service Dept. Exp.
13.65
13.65
13.65
SCHOOL AND LIBRARY:
School Committee
215.00
215.00
215.00
School-General Expense
128,588.64
128,588.64 128,588.64
Jan. 1, 1957 Balance
Appropriations
1957
Income
Source
Total
1957
Expended
1957
Transferred
Unexpended
Dec. 31, 1957
School-Unpaid Bills 1956
296.02
296.02
296.02
School-Special Account
691.54
Surplus Revenue
691.54
378.54
313.00
Industrial Schools .
1,000.00
600.00
Surplus Revenue
1,600.00
1,600.00
High School Addition
1,000.00
12,000.00
Surplus Revenue
250,000.00
Bond Issue
20,000.00
Surplus Revenue
1,731.00
Interest 90 Day Notes
247.50
Bond Premium
4.000.00
Servicemen's Fund Inc. 288,978.50 237,831.61
51,146.89
Industrial Schools
Unpaid Bills 1956
214.33
214.33
214.33
Library
4,200.00
617.16
Dog Fund
4,817.16
4,817.16
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED:
Group Insurance for Town
Employees
2,000.00
Revenue 1957
1,718.60
281.40
Blanket Insurance
2,400.00
2,400.00
1,830.29
569.71
Memorial Day
500.00
500.00
500.00
Printing Town Reports
600.00
600.00
551.45
48.55
Recreation Program
300.00
300.00
187.22
112.78
To
..
Care of Town Clock ... 60.00
.
60.00
55.00
5.00
Memorial Day-Unpaid Bills 1956
6.00
6.00
6.00
.
ENTERPRISE AND CEMETERIES:
Water Commissioners Salaries
300.00
300.00
300.00
Water-General Expense
10.427.75
1,425.00 Surplus Revenue
11,852.75
11,832.11
20.64
Water-Special Wixtead Court Water Pipe Replacement
793.52
1,500.00
2,293.52
2,281.88
11.64
Water-Unpaid Bill 1956
460.21
460.21
460.21
Cemetery-Douglas Center
350.00
149.00
Sale Lots and Graves
58.63
Reserve Fund
557.63
557.63
Cemetery-Pine Grove
150.00
150.00
150.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT:
Interest
1,500.00
51.40
4,625.00
1957 Revenue
221.18
Reserve Fund
6,397.58
6,397.58
Debts
8,500.00
8,500.00
8,500.00
MISCELLANEOUS:
Overlay Surplus
Reserve Fund
1,500.00
1,500.00 Overlay Surplus 3,000.00
c1,841.60
1,158.40
c Transfer to Sundry Accounts
Respectfully submitted,
JOAN S. VIROSTEK Town Accountant
.
.
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ANNUAL REPORT
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING
Monday, February 10, 1958 10:00 A.M.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
WORCESTER, SS.
To any Constable of the Town of Douglas in said County.
GREETING :
In the name of said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Douglas who are qualified to vote in elections and Town Affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Douglas on MONDAY the tenth day of February, 1958, A.D. at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, to wit:
Article 1. To elect a Moderator, a Town Treasurer, a Town Clerk, two Constables, an Agent of the Moses Wallis Devise, a Tree Warden each for a term of one year; one Selectman, one Assessor, one Member of the Board of Public Welfare, one Trustee of the Public Library, one Recreation Commissioner, one Water Commis- sioner, one Cemetery Commissioner, two members of the School Committee, each for a term of three years.
Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers for a term of one year.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury. a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury or from funds available under the provisions of Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Construction or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and
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compensation of all elective officers of the Town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws as amended, and including that of: The Moderator, Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, three Select- men, three members of the Board of Public Welfare, three Assessors, Collector of Taxes, Agent Moses Wallis Devise, three Trustees of the Public Library, Tree Warden, three Cemetery Commissioners, six members of the School Committee, three Water Commissioners, two Constables, three members of the Recreation Commission and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 7. To consider the report and recommendations of the Finance Committee and to see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several departments of the Town including appropriations for Selectmen's Clerical hire, Treasurer's Clerical hire, Town Clerk's hire, Police-Church Detail, Police-Summer Detail, Fire Department Equipment, Insurance on Fire Department and Personnel, Civilian Defense, Police Lock-up, Fire Department Ambulance, Workmen's Compensation Insurance Account, Street Lighting, Equipment In- surance, Veterans' Benefits, Library, Blanket Insurance, for the observance of Memorial Day, for the upkeep of the Town Clock (so called), Maintenance of Highway Machinery, for the care of Cemeteries, and for Group Insurance for Town Employees.
Article 8. To see what disposition the Town will make of the Dog Fund.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue for the financial year beginning January 1, 1958, to issue a note or notes therefore, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General laws as amended.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay unpaid 1957 bills in the following Depart- ments or Accounts: Schools and Industrial Schools.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Teletype Service for the Police Department to be operated in conjunction with the Northbridge and Uxbridge Police Departments or to take any action in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a new Police Cruiser for the Police Department, and to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell the present Police Cruiser and to apply the proceeds from said sale towards the purchase price of the New Cruiser, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for installation of a new heatnig unit at the Fire Station and for the erection of an addition suitable for housing said heating Unit, or to take any action in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars for the exten- sion of the sidewalk in Douglas Center along Route 16, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars for the purchase of a used Snow Loader for the Highway Department or to take any action in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Special Repairs at the Public Library, or to take any action in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the extension of the existing Water Main on Oxford Street, so-called, with a water main of at least six (6) inches in diameter, or to take any action in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of Three Thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars from Overlay Surplus to the Reserve Fund or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to make any increase in salaries of Town Employees (elective or appointive) retroactive to January 1, current.
Article 20. To see if the Town will authorize the Assessors to use Thirty Thousand ($30,000.00) Dollars from Free Cash in the hands of the Treasurer to reduce the Tax Levy for the year 1958, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of Four Hundred ($400.00) Dollars from the Machinery Rentals Fund to the Machinery Account or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars from the Workmen's Compensation Insurance Fund to the Workmen's Compensation Insurance Account, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to dispose of any Real Estate held by the Town by foreclosure of Tax Titles and authorize and empower its Treasurer to give a deed for the same in the name and behalf of the Town, or to take any other action pertaining thereto.
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Article 24. To see if the Town of Douglas will vote to accept an additional gift from the Town of Douglas Servicemen's Fund, Inc., or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 25. To see if the Town of Douglas will vote to transfer the funds accepted under Article 24 above from the Town of Douglas Servicemen's Fund, Inc. to the Addition to the Douglas Memorial High School Building Fund, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to transfer all the remaining Funds in the Post War Rehabilitation Fund to the Addi- tion to the Douglas Memorial High School Building Fund, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift from the Hayward Schuster Woolen Mills, Inc. to cover the expenses of installing the interior finish and panelling, as well as the furniture and fixtures, in the School Library located in the South Wing of the Douglas Memorial High School Addition, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 28. To see if the Town of Douglas will vote to transfer the Funds accepted under Article 27 above from the Hayward- Schuster Woolen Mills, Inc. to the Addition to the Douglas Memorial High School Building Fund, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 29. To transact any other business that may legally come before the said meeting.
THE POLLS WILL CLOSE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK P.M.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED to serve this warrant by post- ing attested copies thereof at the Post Office at East Douglas and at the Insurance Office, formerly the Post Office at Douglas, SEVEN days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk. at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this thirtieth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight.
ROBERT J. FROST, Chairman WILLIAM J. WALLIS LOUIS A. CALLAHAN Selectmen of Douglas
Douglas, Massachusetts January 30, 1958
A true Copy, Attest: JOSEPH M. KOSTKA Constable of Douglas
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
LA.
100
S
746
D
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1957
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Member
Term Expires
WILLIAM J. DUNLEAVY, Chairman
1960
MRS. FRANK I. PENDLETON, Secretary
1959
MRS. FELIX VECCHIONE
1958
JOSEPH T. ROCHE
1958
JOSEPH VIROSTEK
1959
HAROLD BUXTON
1960
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS - H. DEANE HOYT
Office at the Douglas Memorial High School Office Hours: 8:45 A.M .- 12 P.M .; 1:00 P.M .- 3:15 P.M. When School is in Session
Other Hours by Appointment
Telephone: East Douglas 6-3332
Secretary to the School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools Mrs. Clifford Ballou Dr. Raymond H. Spooner Mrs. Mabel Brown, R.N. Victor Nelson
HOURS OF SCHOOL SESSIONS
Douglas Memorial High School
8:45 A.M .- 2:30 P.M.
East Douglas Elementary School
8:45 A.M .- 11:45 A.M.
Douglas Center School
12:45 P.M .- 2:45 P.M. 8:45 A.M .- 12 Noon
1:00 P.M .- 2:45 P.M.
The School Committee submits the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1957:
The appropriation for the Schools amounted to $128,588.64
The expenditures amounted to 128,588.64
We have been informed that these reimbursements to the town have been authorized:
General School Fund $22,577.89
Union Superintendent's Salary
1,861.82
School Transportation 10,746.00
Tuition and transportation-State Wards 483.36
School Aid-Special classes
3,243.78
School Physician
School Nurse
Supervisor of Attendance
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Receipts :
Sale of School Furniture
69.00
Supplies
6.84
Tuition from other towns
721.60
Total Receipts
39,710.29
This reduces the Net Cost of the Schools to
$88,878.35
EXPENDITURES OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
For the Period Ending December 31, 1957
1957
1957
1958
EXPEND-
BUDGET
ITURES
BUDGET
GENERAL EXPENSES:
School Committee,
Superintendent's and
Secretary's Salaries
$6,125.00
$6,352.20
$6,408.33
EXPENSES FOR INSTRUCTION :
Supervising Teachers
2,700.00
2,730.64
2,775.00
Teachers, High Salary
26,299.99
26,888.56
31,000.00
Teachers, Elem. Salary
45,216.65
44,909.59
48,333.32
Substitute Teachers
600.00
680.00
800.00
Home Instruction-
Special Class
2,600.00
2,076.10
2,600.00
Text Books
2,500.00
2,211.03
2,500.00
Proposed Increases
2,100.00
Supplies
2,500.00
2,265.17
2,500.00
Visual Education
300.00
20.23
300.00
$82,716.64
$81,781.32
$92,908.32
EXPENSES FOR OPERATION:
Janitors
$7,796.00
$8,138.06
$9,232.00
Fuel
3,400.00
3,838.08
5,000.00
Lights and Power
700.00
920.22
1,000.00
Telephone
450.00
611.90
500.00
Janitor's Supplies
800.00
557.46
800.00
Water Department
36.00
36.00
36.00
$13,182.00
$14,101,72
$16,568.00
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
4,000.00
3,713.37
5,000.00
AUXILIARY AGENCIES:
Health
$2,165.00
$2,376.99
$2,765.00
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Transportation
15,200.00
14,141.75
15,000.00
Tuition
1,300.00
1,148.31
1,300.00
Athletics
1,000.00
1,824.22
1,000.00
Miscellaneous
500.00
531.30
500.00
Mowry Fund Assistance
300.00
300.00
300.00
Cafeteria and Home Economics
1,000.00
Driver Training
300.00
$20,465.00
$20,322.57
$22,165.00
INSURANCE
100.00
101.60
100.00
NEW EQUIPMENT
2,000.00
2,215.86
3,000.00
TOTAL
$128,588.64 $128,588.64 $146,149.65
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
1958-1959
Days
September
19 School opens Sept. 4
October
23
17 Nov. 1-Teachers' Convention
November
Nov. 11-Veterans' Day
Nov. 28 and 29-Thanksgiving Recess
December
16
Dec. 24 through Jan. 1-Christmas Recess
January
22
February
15
February 24-28-Mid-Winter Vacation
March
21
April
16 April 4-Good Friday
April 21-25-Spring Vacation
May
21
May 30-Memorial Day
June
15 June 11-Graduation
School closes-Elementary June 13
High School and 7th and 8th grades- June 20
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NO SCHOOL SIGNALS
7:15 A.M .- 3 blasts of the Hayward Mill whistle, repeated- No school in all schools-All day.
11:30 A.M .- 3 blasts of the Hayward Mill whistle, repeated-One sessions, in which case schools will close at 12:15 P.M. 7:00 A.M .- 7:28 A.M .- 7:45 A.M .- 8:15 A.M .- WTAG broadcast of "no school" bulletins.
Since weather reports are not always reliable, and because the school department wishes to render maximum educational service by having schools open the greatest number of days, storm signals will not be used when there is reasonable doubt. Weather condi- tions may warrant the non-attendance of certain pupils who at the moment lack normal health. This would tend to make it advisable for parents to keep the child at home.
Good health is essential to sound education. Care for your child's health by keeping him at home when in your opinion as a parent his health interest would be best served.
For admission to the first grade in the schools of Douglas, the parent or guardian must present a birth certificate showing that the pupil is at least five years, nine months old on September 1st of the current year.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
January 2, 1958
To the Members of the School Committee:
I submit my second annual report as Superintendent of the Douglas Public Schools.
As in my report of a year ago the major problem facing the administration of the Douglas School System is putting into opera- tion a modern Junior-Senior High School program now that the addition is nearing completion.
We now have a school plant that is modern in its physical lay out so that the students of the Junior-Senior High School may have all the educational offerings which are traditional to Massa- chusetts High Schools. For this I wish to thank the citizens of Douglas in behalf of the present students and those who will go through this school in the future.
EDUCATIONAL CHANGES
Many changes or additions to the curriculum of the High School should take place during 1958. These are:
Home Economics, which will be required of all seventh and eighth grade girls. There will be four progressive years of Clothing, Foods and Household Management available to girls of the Senior High.
Shop-The course in general shop training, will parallel those of home economics for boys of grades seven through twelve.
Physical Education-Is planned to be a required course for all students, with intra-mural basketball as a supplementary part. Basketball teams on an inter-school basis are being organized for both boys and girls of both the Junior and Senior High.
Cafeteria-With the completion of the South wing of the High School it is planned to offer hot lunches to all students un- der the direction of the Massachusetts School Lunch Program at a cost of 25c per day. This, I feel, will be a great addition to the health and well-being of the student body. Plans are also being con- sidered to make this service available to students of the East Doug- las Elementary School.
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ARE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS SATISFACTORY?
By this I mean are our schools, in general, and not Douglas (or Sutton) in particular, doing the task asked of them. Many hor- rendous charges have been made against public school education. We have all heard them, are they true?
Perhaps the most significant evidence, however, is revealed in the results of College Board examinations. The purpose of these tests, given by a large group of colleges, is to test the applicant's ability. Achievement tests are based on the knowledge of facts plus the ability to reason with them.
College Board scores run from 200 to 800. The large majority of students who take the tests are public school pupils. However, the percentage of all public school enrollees, who elect to take the College Boards, is smaller than the percentage of all private school enrollees who elect to take them. The apparent reason for this con- dition is the seemingly lack of money keeping many of the public school students from planning on college.
In the most recently tabulated complete results of College Board scores, the figures, noting the comparative grades of public school and private school boys and girls are as follows. These are based on 45,000 students.
Public
Private
Scholastic Aptitude Test
( Verbal)
484
482
Scholastic Aptitude Test
(Mathematical)
514
492
Achievement Tests
English Composition
521
523
Social Studies
525
511
French
506
526
German
509
492
Latin
557
530
Spanish
486
500
Biology
508
491
Chemistry
540
522
Physics
549
518
Intermediate Math
530
495
Advanced Math
582
575
The public-school student thus outscored the private-school stu- dent in both aptitude tests and in all subjects except English compo- sition, French and Spanish.
A Director of Admissions of one of the leading colleges in New England had these general comments to make on this matter.
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"Since 1949 we have had a gradual increase in enrollments from the public schools. This has not been by design, but simply has evolved from the nature of the qualifications of the individuals who have applied and, obviously, from the relative growth in public- school population."
"We have, however, kept some data on the academic work of the public-school groups and the independent-groups on succeed- ing classes with the same results discovered in an earlier study; namely, that on the average, graduates of public schools perform academically better than do the boys from the private schools."
We will agree that in some places a particular private school may be noticeably better than the local public school and the re- verse then would hold in other communities. In towns where the public school is inferior drastic steps should be taken to remedy this situation both as to the quality of teaching, professional training level of the staff, housing and equipment of Public education.
Many parents favor private schools because of family tradition. There are still other parents who prefer that their children be in an environment in which all students have a common goal, that is, col- lege preparatory training.
In summarization may I repeat it is up to the local community as a whole to insist on the quality of instruction which they deem proper for their sons and daughters.
SCHOOL COSTS
In the face of rising school costs in Douglas and all cities and towns of Massachusetts, I feel that the taxpayer is entitled to a detailed breakdown of these costs and a comparison to some other towns of comparable size in the State.
In an analysis of this chart it is apparent that all our costs are below the average except in the matter of transportation. Whether it is a good thing is a debatable point depending on the view point of each person who studies this chart.
SCHOOL COST COMPARISON July 1, 1956-June 30, 1957
Population
Average
Membership
General
Control
Teachers'
Salaries
Text
Books
Supplies
Service Janitor
Fuel
Promotion
of Health
Transportation
Elem. Pupil to
Teacher Ratio
High Pupils to
Teacher Ratio
Cost per
Student
Total
Support
Northborough
4943
1097
$8,617
$200,504
$8,470
$10.417
$15,745
$8,855
$3,610
$22,344
28.1 19.9
$271
$296,955
Medway
4169
865
7,104
121,524
3,192
3,851
10,325
8,191
1,992
6,456
30.6
20.1
202
174,890
Lancaster
3835
506
5,514
86,709
2,603
4,777
7,388
6,012
1,767
10,759
33.3
13.1
264
133,529
Hopedale
3773
745
11,901
161,343
4,688
9,288
13,549
8,068
2,065
6,031
21.8
13.5
329
244,864
No. Brookfield
3455
537
6,841
83,825
1,882
3,987
6,745
8,492
2,658
8,749
27.2
10.4
243
130,602
Sutton
3423
763
9,256
111,030
4,607
3,865
12,351
7,395
1,760
29,736
26.8
20.6
253
193,407
Southborough
3173
670
6,767
128,773
4,695
7,857
14,364
6,618
2,890
16,991
23.9
24.2
298
199,575
Douglas
2666
501
6,222
73,431
2,164
3,203
7,793
3,552
2,259
12,227
28,5
18.6
247
123,633
Mendon
1905
369
4,394
39,311
1,322
1,318
3,417
1,930
918
13,220
39.6
23.0
195
72,040
1955
11
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
I wish to thank the members of the School Committee and faculty of the School Department for their very fine cooperation, without which little could be accomplished. I also desire to acknowl- edge the support and help of the Town officials, parents, commun- ity organizations and custodial staff which are gratefully received.
Respectfully submitted,
H. DEANE HOYT, Superintendent of Schools
Age-Grade Table BOYS-OCTOBER 1, 1957
Age
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Total
Grade
1
21
3
24
2
5
15
3
1
22
3
3
14
3
2
.
37
4
5
24
8
5
4
16
4
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