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Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twelve Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1250.00) said amount to be spent for control work on Dutch Elm Disease.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for rental of quarters for the use of the Ameri- can Legion Post.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($17,000.00) to pay notes due for School Construction in the year 1952.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, said sum of money to be placed at the disposal of the School Building Com- mittee to be used on the building or grounds around the new elementary school.
Article 27 On petition of Wilfred A. Flanders and
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others to see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Road, Pleasant View Avenue, so called, Lake Attitash, Merrimac, Mass.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for salary of Dog Officer.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of Three Thousand Five Hundred Thirteen dollars and Sixty Nine Cents ($3,513.69), which is interest on income of the Post War Rehabilitation Fund, from the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund to the School Building Fund, for expenditures under the direction of the School Building Committee.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to accept the contributions of various individuals and organizations made toward the School Building Fund, all of which are on deposit in Merrimac Savings Bank in Account No. 11676, to be added to the School Building Fund, for ex- penditure under the direction of the School Building Com- mittee.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase a two ton truck to be used by the highway department.
Article 32. On petition of Norman P. Bartlett and others to see if the Town will vote to accept Hillside Ave. beginning at the property of Victor D. Martel and ending at the property of Unabelle Cammett Bartlett or take action thereon.
Article 33. On petition of Norman P. Bartlett and others to see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500.00) to build a road,
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Hillside Avenue, Merrimac, Mass. from the property of Victor D. Martel and ending at property of Unabelle Cammett Bartlett. To include 2 catch basins and proper drains.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty five hundred dollars ($2500.00) to establish a School Lunch Fund under Chap- ter 417, Acts of 1950.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thous- and Dollars ($120,000.00) for the construction of six rooms to be added to the new elementary school building, and to determine whether the money shall be provided for by borrowing, by taxation, or otherwise; or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 36. On petition of Robert C. Young and others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Five Hundred Fifty Dollars ($550.00) for water extension Northerly on Birch Meadow Road ap- proximately eight hundred (800) feet from a point op- posite property of Russell B. Kelly going north.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) to purchase a set of cadmium batteries for the Fire Alarm system or take any action relative thereto.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to reinforce floor and replacement of doors at the Central Fire Station or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 39. On petition of John A. Hutchins and others to see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court to enact legis- lation whereby the voters at the next annual Town Meet- ing shall vote upon the question as to whether the pro- visions of Civil Service laws and rules shall no longer apply to the office of Chief of Police of the Town of Merrimac.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase a plow to be installed on the new highway truck described in article 31 above.
And you are hereby required to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in seven public places in said Town of Merrimac at least seven days before said time of 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 meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Merrimac this Twenty- Eighth day of January, 1952.
KENNETH E. HASKELL
ROBERT E. FRYER
RALPH L. BUZZELL
Selectmen
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A true copy : Attest:
MAURICE CAREY,
Constable.
By virtue of the above warrant to me directed. I hereby notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Merrimac to meet at the time and place and for the pur- pose therein expressed.
MAURICE CAREY, Constable.
Merrimac, Mass., January 28, 1952.
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In Memoriam
ISAAC ALLEN WILLIAMS
1868 - 1951 Born in West Newbury, Mass. November 3, 1868 Resident of Merrimac for 80 years
Registrar of Voters for Town of Merrimac many years
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
For The Year Ending December 31
1951
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SCHOOL REPORT
In accordance with custom and with the Acts of the General Court, 1859, Chapter 57, we herewith submit to you the 81st annual printed school report.
HOWARD L. DeLONG, Chairman ALFRED E. LAMBERT, Jr., Secretary RUSSELL B. KELLY
School Committee
SCHOOL OFFICERS
John C. Page, Ed. D., Superintendent of Schools Address: West Newbury Telephone W. N. 52
Margaret R. Sawyer, Secretary Address: Rye, N. H.
Alexander M. Sullivan, Supervisor of Attendance Address: Locust Street
Howard L. DeLong, Working Certificates Address: 7 Pine Street
A. Frances Davis, M. D., School Physician Address: 16 Main Street
Annie L. Gleed, R. N., School Nurse Address: West Main Street
J. A. Hawes, D. M. D., School Dental Examiner Address: 113 Main Street, Amesbury
Clara Anderson, R. N., School Dental Nurse Address: 15 Nichols Street
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
(Continued from 1950 Town Report)
Winter term: January 2 to February 21, 1952 (H.S.)
8 weeks
January 7 to February 21, 1952 (Elem.) 7 weeks
Third term: March 3 to April 25, 1952 8 Weeks
Spring term: May 5 to June 13, 1952 (Elem.) 6 weeks Grade 8 graduation, - June 17, 1952 High School graduation, - June 19, 1952
Fall term: September 2, 1952 - Registration Day September 3 to December 19, 1952 (Elem.) 16 weeks
September 3 to December 23, 1952 (H.S.) 17 weeks
Winter term: January 5, 1953 to February 20, 1953 7 weeks
Schools also close on Memorial Day, May 30; Colum- bus Day, (observed), October 13; Essex County Teachers' Convention; Armistice Day, November 11; Thanksgiving recess, November 27 and 28.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
7:15 A.M. 11-11 long pause 1. No school in grades only
7:15 A.M. 11-11-11. No school in all schools
11:20 A.M. Same signal .. One session.
12:30 A.M. Same signal. No school in afternoon.
NO SCHOOL announcements will also be made over Stations WHAV and WLAW after 7:00 o'clock in the morning.
DIRECTORY OF SCHOOL STAFF, OCTOBER, 1951
Total Yrs.
Training
Experience
Years in Merrimac
Position High School
Prin., Science
Ashlyn M. Huyck Isabelle M. Phelan
A.B., 1926, Syracuse University
14.7
0.7
English
B.S.E. 1941, Tufts
8.6
8.6
French & Latin
Joan M. Gullage
A.B., 1950, Siena Heights College
0.7
0.7
Social Studies.
Edward S. Morrow
B.S. 1943, Univ. of N. H.
4.
4.
Science
Richard H. Norton
A.B. 1950, Bowdoin; M.A.1951, George
0.
0.
Commercial Studies
F. Antoinette Salerno
B.S.E., 1948, Salem Teachers
3.
3.
Prospect Street School Prin., Grade 8
Grade 7
Helen R. Donaghue Cornelia E. Wolfe
Bridgewater Normal, 1929 A. B. 1931, Boston Univ.
11.
6.
Merrimacport School
Prin. Grade 6
Newburyport Training, 1909
13.
3.
Grades 5 and 6
Fitchburg Normal, 1926
3.
1.
Grade 5
B.A. 1914, Union; M.A. 1926, Clark
30.
20
Centre School
Howard G. Patchett Miriam M. Felch
B. S. 1936, Kutztown, Pa., State Tea. Col.
5.
5.
Grade 4-Lancaster Ct. Gertrude A. Dowd
B.S.E. 1935, Lowell
2.
2.
Grade 3
Frances H. O'Connor
Lowell Normal, 1928
14.
3.
Grade 3
Mae Ethel Davis
Salem Normal
23.5
18.5
Grade 2
Caroline M. Verrette
Salem Normal, 1917
11.
3.
Grade 1
Helen K. Manning
Bridgewater Normal, 1918
26.7
24.7
Grade 1
Ethel B. Whiting
A.B. 1913, Bates
6.
6.
Drawing Teacher
Richard J. Herman
B.S.E. 1949, Mass. School of Art
2.
2.
Music Teacher
Doris M. Currier
Institute of Music Pedagogy
29.5
20.
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Prin., Grade 4
Margaret W. Hume Grace M. Smith
13.5
6.8
Peabody Teachers College
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1951 FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Regular school appropriation
$70,470.00
Refunded dog tax
313.63
Total available for schools
$70,783.63
Total expenditures
70,778.74
Balance
$
4.89
Reimbursements :
Supt. Schools
$ 933.34
Chap. 70 G.L. (Ch. 643 of '48)
18,636.54
Chap. 70, still due
778.75
Transportation (Ch. 679 of '47)
1,160.64
Tuition, Transp. State Wards, still due
2,207.87
Tuition local schools
55.00
Sale school property
10.00
Returned checks
14.40
Telephone-rate refunds
13.50
$23,810.04
Total expenditures
Total reimbursements
$70,778.74 23,810.04
Net cost to town
$46,968.70
Summary of Expenditures
General Control
School committee expenses
$
34.20
Supt. Schools' salary 1,450.00
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Secretary's salary
575.00
Travel expenses & office costs
265.80
Law enforcement
489.70
2,814.70
Cost of Instruction
Full-time teachers & subs
44,301.38
Part-time teachers (art, etc.)
2,110.00
Text books
1,477.83
School supplies
2,378.14
50,267.35
Cost of Operation
Janitors' salaries
3,046.82
Fuel
3,004.30
Janitor's supplies, etc.
471.54
6,522.66
Maintenance
4,921.90
Athletics
298.42
Libraries
189.50
Health
1,036.12
Transportation
3,451.78
Tuition
122.40
Equipment
816.13
Telephone, miscellaneous
337.78
$70,778.74
1952 FINANCIAL ESTIMATES
General Control
School committee expenses
$ 25.00
Supt. Schools' salary
1,550.00
Secretary's salary
625.00
Travel expenses & office costs
275.00
Law enforcement
500.00
2,975.00
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Cost of Instruction
Full-time teachers & subs
53,985.00
Part-time teachers (art, etc.)
2,280.00
Text books
2,500.00
School supplies
2,000.00
Audio-visual equip. & supplies
150.00
60,915.00
School Lunch salaries
2,000.00
Cost of Operation
Janitors' salaries
3,025.00
Fuel
3,800.00
Janitors' supplies, etc.
800.00
7,625.00
Maintenance
3,500.00
Athletics
300.00
Libraries
200.00
Health
1,200.00
Transportation
3,400.00
Equipment
3,000.00
Telephone, miscellaneous
300.00
$85,415.00
Estimated reimbursements:
Supt. Schools $ 933.34
Chap. 70 G.L. (Ch. 643 of '48)
20,304.04
Transportation (Ch. 679 of '47) 1,106.78
$22,344.16
Total estimated expenditures
$85,415.00
Total estimated reimbursements 22,344.16
Estimated net cost to town $63,070.84
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION STATEMENT
Vocational education appropriation
$2,000.00
Vocational education expenditures
1,226.33
Balance
$ 773.67
Vocational education expenditures
$1,226.33
Vocational education reimbursements
505.07
Net cost to town
$ 721.26
1951 SCHOOL FUND (Athletics)-Chap. 658, Acts of 1950.
Total receipts (from game admissions, etc.) $ 472.32
Total expenditures (federal taxes, referees,
transportation etc.) 429.13
Balance
$ 43.19
1951 SCHOOL LUNCH (Milk Program)-Chap. 417, Acts of 1950.
January 1 balance
$124.50
Collections from sale of milk
329.12
Total receipts
$453.62
Expenditures
361.65
Balance
$ 91.97
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SCHOOL BUILDINGS
The year 1951 was featured by the cornerstone lay- ing and erection of the new twelve classroom elementary school building on Union Street, by the closer union of the elementary grade sections in their four separate tempor- ary quarters, and by the improvement of the lighting in the high school building which must continue to serve for the present.
The cornerstone laying exercises of the new twelve classroom elementary school were held on Sunday after- noon, September 9, at four o'clock. Dr. Frederick N. Sweetsir, Chairman of the Building Committee, was the master of ceremonies. There were remarks by Mr. Ken- neth E. Haskell, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, by Mrs. Frank N. Rand who deeded the land to the town, by former principal Isaiah Chase of Westwood, and a brief history of events leading up to the project by the super- intendent of schools. An estimated three hundred were present. Other speakers were Mr. Howard L. DeLong, Chairman of the School Committee, Mr. Clinton F. Good- win, architect, Mr. Maurice Rand of the J. F. Rand & Sons, contractors, and Mr. John E. Marshall, administrator of the Massachusetts School Building Assistance Commis- sion. The cornerstone box, made of copper and sealed hermetically, was donated by Mr. William H. Franklin. The box contains documents of interest to posterity in understanding the school and the events that led up to its erection. Pupils representing the various grades join- ed the members of the building committee and others on the platform in contributing a trowel of motar to help set the cornerstone. Pupils who participated for their grades were: Grade II Allan Galinis; Grade III John Pease; Grade IV Dorothy Arcisz; Grade V Richard Keller; Grade VI Frederick Heath; Grade VII Caleb Wolfe, Jr .; Grade
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VIII Leonard O'Brien; Grade IX Lynne Hayward; Grade X Dorothy Reynolds; Grade XI Robert Kimbrell; Grade XII Richard Emery. At year-end the work on the inter- ior of the building is progressing. There are many prob- lems, but everybody is looking forward to the opening of a functioning new school in 1952.
In the meanwhile, in 1951 the Prospect, Merrimac- port, Lancaster Court, and Centre buildings are being used to capacity as temporary quarters. These buildings con- tain twelve classrooms altogether,-two, three, one and six respectively. The three rooms at the Port include two downstairs rooms that are makeshift and inadequate in size; these were produced in 1948 by putting a part- ition in the downstairs room. The smallest of the first six grades in the fall was the second, with an enrollment of forty-one. This entire grade was given to Mrs. Verrette, in the large downstairs front room in the Centre School. Grades one, three, and four needed two classrooms and two teachers each. Thus seven classrooms and seven teachers were needed for the first four grades. Since the Centre School contains only six classrooms, the extra room was obtained at the Lancaster Court School, in back of the Fire Station. This room had been used as a Craft's Class for the two school years ending in June, 1951, but fortunately it was not needed for this purpose in September. The returns from the spring visit of the annual state travelling clinic held under Chapter 71, Section 46, had not shown a sufficient number of cases to mandate a special class in the fall of 1951.
This released the room for other purposes. The floor space is only five-ninths the size of a modern class room, but it was used in the emergency for a small section of the fourth grade which was assigned to Mrs. Dowd. During the summer the workbenches were removed and the room was renovated and remodeled. With the entire first four grades housed for September in closer grade
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union at Centre and Lancaster Court Schools, the entire fifth and sixth grades were likewise assigned to the three classrooms at Merrimacport School. Mrs. Hume was made principal and sixth grade teacher in this building. Mr. Patchett, who had been at the Crafts Class at Lancaster Court, was given a fifth grade section, and Mrs. Smith was given the overflow sections of both fifth and sixth grades. Prospect Street School, with Mrs. Donaghue and Mrs. Wolfe, continued in September with grades seven and eight.
At the High School the painting and decorating, fol- lowed by the installation of fluorescent lighting, which was started in 1950 on the first floor, was continued in the summer of 1951 on the second floor. New Cellotex ceil- ings were installed, and the walls and woodwork were redecorated. Downstairs the principal's office was equip- ped with the fluorescent lighting, and new blackboards were installed in the English room. Chalk trays were in- stalled throughout. Further details concerning the high school will be found in the principal's report.
Unfortunately in 1951 there were considerable emer- gency plumbing repairs. At the end of October the sew- age at the Port was blocked by the growing of roots in the disposal pipes. School had to be dismissed for a short period. At the Prospect Street School there were general plumbing repairs; at the Centre School there were re- pairs on furnaces as well as general plumbing repairs.
ENROLLMENTS
On the first of October the enrollment of Merrimac public schools was 504, distributed as follows: At Centre 188, at Lancaster Court 27, at Port 101, at Prospect 78, at High 110. Further distribution was-At Centre : Grade I, 57, Mrs. Manning and Mrs. Whiting; Grade II, 41,
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Mr. Verrette; Grade III, 56, Mrs. Davis and Mrs. O'Con- nor; Grade IV (one section), 34, Mrs. Felch, principal. At Lancaster Court: Grade IV (the other section), 27, Mrs. Dowd. At Port: Grade V, 51, Mr. Patchett and Mrs. Smith; Grade VI, 50, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Hume, princi- pal. At Prospect Street School: Grade VII, 44, Mrs. Wolfe; Grade VIII, 34, Mrs. Donaghue, principal. At High School: Grades IX, 33; X, 31; XI, 23; XII, 23, Mr. Huyck (principal), Miss Phelan, Mr. Morrow, Mrs. Sal- erno, Miss Gullage, Mr. Norton.
TEACHING STAFF
Throughout 1951 the regular teaching personnel in Merrimac remained the same as it was at the end of 1950, with the exception that one new teacher, Mr. Richard H. Norton of Winter Harbor, Maine, was added at the high school. Mr. Norton has the batchelor's degree from Bow- doin College, 1950, and the Master's degree from the George Peabody College for Teachers in 1951. In the service he was a drill sergeant in U. S. Army. He has been in Europe. His father is the Principal of Winter Harbor High School. Mr. Norton's main subjects at Mer- rimac High School are the natural sciences.
Among teachers of special subjects, Mr. Emmet Cleveland was new in September. Under the auspices of the Massachusetts Audubon Society Mr. Cleveland teaches Nature Study and Conservation to the fifth grade every other Tuesday morning. He replaces Miss Dorothy Snyder, who taught through the spring.
Much has been done by the school committee in 1951, by conference, survey, and otherwise, to stimulate the teaching staff to professional advancement in service. Fourteen Merrimac teachers registered for the Institute
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on Modern Education and Guidance held Tuesday after- noons, by a roster of speakers, at Haverhill High School from 4 to 5:30 p. m. beginning on October 9 and extend- ing through the following January. A new salary scale was set up in which the prominent feature for further increment is the successful completion of education courses which are approved in advance as helpful to the teacher in question in her work in Merrimac. The superintendent called conferences of high and junior high school teachers with other teachers of the district as well as with high school teachers and department heads of Newburyport and Amesbury (through the courtesy of their respective principals). "The object of the conference" to quote from the superintendent's mimeographed bulletin to the teach- ers concerned "is to coordinate the work from grades sev- en through twelve so that overlappings and gaps can be avoided".
Beginning in the fall of 1951, new teachers in Mass- achusetts public schools can be elected only pending cer- tification by the State Department of Education. Above the fifth grade a bachelor's degree is generally required (Chapter 278 of the Acts of 1951). A certificate of free- dom from tuberculosis (official X-ray examination) is re- quired of all teachers, janitors, bus drivers, school lunch staff, nurses, doctors, -in fact of all who come in contact with the pupils (Chapter 732 of the Acts of 1950).
GRADUATIONS 1
On Monday evening, June 18, at Sargent Hall, a class of thirty-five pupils, consisting of fifteen boys and twenty girls, graduated from the eighth grade. Sixteen were hon- or pupils: Martha Barber, Nancy Boetti, Marie Colomy, Raymond Crossman, Peter Donaghue, Patrica Flynn, Marie Fowle, Lynne Hayward, Barbara Howe, Virginia Knee-
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land, Joyce McLeod, Alfred Sampson, Frances Smith, Car- ol St. Jean, Marilyn Trenholm, and Sandra Turner. The class gift, a set of six classics, was presented by Marie Fowle and accepted by Jane Sweetsir, who was also mar- shall. The six classics were Swiss Family Robinson, Heidi, Kidnapped, Robinson Crusoe, Black Beauty, and King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. The class song (words a cooperative class creation; music Bach's Chorale) was sung by the class. Patricia Flynn delivered the opening words, after a medley of negro spirituals by the school. The class motto "Knowledge is Power" was the title of the closing talk by Virginia Kneeland. Diplo- mas were presented by Mr. Russell Kelly.
On Thursday evening, June 21, at Sargent Hall, a class of fourteen pupils, consisting of six boys and eight girls, graduated from the Merrimac High School. The valedictory was by Phyllis Wechezak, and the salut- atory by Richard Taylor. The award for excellence in history went to Charlotte Powers and the D. A. R. Good Citizenship Award to Juanita Hardy. The Varsity Club award for sportsmanship and athletic ability went to Earl Brooks. Diplomas were presented by Mr. Alfred E. Lambert, Jr.
NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM, TYPE "A"
If a National School Lunch Program of Type "A" is to be started in the new school, as is planned, it will be necessary to set up a special appropriation to start, or "prime," the School Lunch Fund. Such fund would be used for the purchase of food, fuel, and other necessary materials or equipment pertaining to the school lunch. If the salaries of the school lunch personnel are carried on the general school appropriation, the lunch fund itself should be fully self-sustaining in the foreseeable future,
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after the first appropriation, if the lunch room is equipped at the start. The school lunch incomes which, under Chap- ter 417 of the Acts of 1950, are revolving, irrevertible at year-end, and not subject to appropriation, consist of (1) proceeds from sale of school lunch tickets, (b) a subsidy from the government (now guaranteed by the state under Chapter 538 of the Acts of 1951) of approximately nine cents a pupil a day, and (c) any gifts or benefit proceeds. All school lunch monies are turned over to the town treas- urer, and bills are payable only after approval by the school committee. Much detail is involved in the execu- tion of a school lunch program. This includes (1) keeping of books, filing of claims, and helping the school lunch manager to buy wisely and to obtain all possible govern- ment surplus food available for school lunches, (2) sort- ing out worthy pupil hardship cases and assuring that they have lunch tickets just like other children only pur- chased from some helping source, and (3) cooperating with the state agency and overseeing the factors of bal- anced diet, nutrition, and sanitation. It is highly desirable that three interested citizens, appointed by the school committee, serve as a School Lunch Advisory Committee, each with one of the three special responsibilities herein itemized. Such school lunch advisory committees have in this district stimulated summer projects of securing and storing or canning local surplus farm products to aid in keeping the cost of each full meal down to twenty cents, although twenty-five is the usual present price. Such school lunch advisory committee should also function in advising the school committee on the needs and the im- provement of the school lunch, and in particular should O. K. the bills and thereby recommend them for legal approval by the school committee. A good school lunch manager will have ample duties in buying, preparing, and serving; he will need all the help that such an ad- visory committee can give if the school lunch is to be an eminently satistfactory one.
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STANDARDIZED ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
The annual standardized achievement tests for all pupils in grades one to eight were given in the spring. The results indicated that the total average medians for classes graduating from eighth grade to enter high school, as well as those getting through the six-year elementary, were an acceleration of nine school months each. The highest acceleration among the ten subjects tested in the eighth grade was literature, with honorable mention go- ing to spelling. The highest acceleration of the ten sub- jects tested in the six-year elementary school was arith- metic problems in the sixth grade, with honorable men- tion going to Mrs. Dowd's fifth-grade section of grammar and correct use of English.
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