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MERRIMAC SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 1960 BUDGET
Appropriated
1959
Expended 1959
Requested 1960
GENERAL CONTROL
$
100.00
$ 74.31
School Committee Expense $ 100.00
1,666.66
1,666.66
Supt. of Schools Salary
1,800.00
200.00
200.00
Transportation & Expense
200.00
1,000.00
698.14
Secretary & Office Expense
1,000.00
200.00
185.00
Law Enforcement
200.00
COST OF INSTRUCTION
73,257.77
71,054.72
Teachers' Salaries
80,900.00
2,160.00
2,420.18
Textbooks
1,700.00
2,310.00
3,923.17
Supplies
2,450.00
Sight-saying Tuition
150.00
COST OF OPERATION
5,500.00
4,211.80
Janitors' Salaries
5,500.00
2,500.00
2,024.98
Fuel
2,500.00
600.00
775.71
Janitorial Supplies
600.00
4,000.00
1,803.89
Maintenance
2,500.00
400.00
403.42
Libraries
400.00
1,650.00
1,622.88
Health
1,750.00
14,235.00
14,963.65
Transportation
14,659.00
400.00
843.91
New Equipment
100.00
275.00
266.39
Telephone & all other
275.00
$110,454.43
$107,138.72
TOTALS
$116,784.00
$
4,500.00
$ 4,500.00
Vocational Appropriation
$ 4,900.00
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REPORT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
In analyzing the objectives of the Elementary School as it operates today, I find that there are several basic goals for which we strive. To state them briefly, we are trying to help children to develop into well-adjusted members of society; to become emotionally mature citi- zens; to find pleasure in serving rather than to be served ; to make wise use of leisure time and to develop the use of their own talents to the best of their abilities.
We are trying to teach for today's living and to create a desire to learn. With this in mind, we are teaching reading, writing, arithmetic and other basic fields of knowledge in ways which we believe will create greater efficiency and greater retention in the minds of the pupils. To do this a teacher must have the proper tools with which to work, such as audio-visual equipment, many resource books, etc .; the time to teach without unnecessary interrup- tions and an enrollment not too large to prevent individual attention.
To better prepare themselves to fulfill this function our teachers have made visits to other schools to study the different curriculums and teaching techniques; attended conferences on Educational T. V., Reading, Testing, and The Exceptional Child; participated in workshops on Curriculum and Courses of study, and have taken courses. During the past year the following courses have been taken by one or more teachers; Teaching in the Primary Grades, Laboratory in Team Learning, Psychological Foundations of Education, Philosophical Foundations of Education, Psychology of Education, Administration of the Elementary School, Curriculum Development in the Elementary School, Contemporary Social Problems, and Music in the Elementary School.
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Pupils too, take extra-curricular courses in the form of field trips to such places as a museum, a zoo, a farm, a bakery, etc. where they learn by SEEING. After return- ing to school learning is further pursued by DOING various activities, such as baking bread in the classroom. Many skills are strengthened by this method of teaching. This not only results in real learning but the desire to learn is increased beyond question. Motivation such as this demands preparation and financing. Individual rooms often use the profits of the school drives and sales to lesson the amount the child must pay. At present these field trips are not financed by the school department.
We are teaching today through greater understand- ing. A careful, scientific presentation of the skills, coupled with the understanding of, and a planned association with, the world at hand is bringing better results than were ever possible without the association of the two.
Tests aid administrators and teachers in their study of a child and his progress. We use tests to check readi- ness at various grade levels, mental ability, reading abili- ties and disabilities, and general achievement. Test results are an indication of a child's strengths or weakness- es in various subjects. These results guide teachers in providing for individual needs and differences. They also provide us with data that enables us to check our standing in relation to national standards.
It was once believed that citizenship could be develop- ed through reading and talking about it. We now believe that a child must learn good citizenship by living it and that it grows by experience. We try through school experiences to bring into focus the great values of sharing ideas, assuming responsibilities and making decisions. Never has there been a greater need for the schools to develop citizens able to live, take part in, and improve society.
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There is almost universal agreement that a concept of set educational standards, alike for all individuals, is unrealistic. We attempt to adjust our program to the children of various abilities who make up our school com- munity. We try to give special attention to those children who are handicapped in any way ; physically, mentally, or emotionally. Conferences are held with the parents and doctor of the physically handicapped to help us to better understand the child and to receive information that will assist the classroom teacher in her technique with the child. Such conferences have been held for two children at the Childrens' Hospital during the last year, for example. Until we have better facilities to take care of the mentally retarded child it will be unfair to the child, to the other children in the classroom and to the teacher. Those children need a great deal of individual attention and have every right to expect it, but will be unable to receive it as long as they must attend the classroom not set up specifically for them. The emotionally upset child is a difficult one as he also needs trained assistance far beyond that which can be given to him by the classroom teacher.
Educational T. V. is now part of our curriculum. This is an enrichment for the classroom course of study with one exception, which is the introduction of conversational French. French is being introduced in this manner in some 800 classrooms in eastern New England.
To better prepare our children for their courses at the Pentucket Junior-Senior High School our teachers are working closely with the teachers of the other two towns of our Union. Workshops have been conducted to pre- pare courses of study in the Language Arts, Social Studies, and Penmanship.
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These are some of the fundamental goals in teaching children today and some of the ways in which we work to achieve these goals. Back of them all is one purpose - a quality education for our children.
Looking to the future of the children now in school, we make these wishes for them as coming citizens:
May they learn to profit from their mistakes as well as their successes. May they be relatively free from the fears, anxieties and tensions that beset the world. May they possess the qualities of emotional stability so needed in today's society.
Respectfully submitted, HELEN R. DONAGHUE
Principal
THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
The students of the Merrimac Elementary School are taking full advantage of the opportunity to avail them- selves of the Cafeteria at the school.
From January through December 1959, we served 51,058 Type A lunches with milk, and 26,462 bottles of milk to children who bring their lunches and for recess milk. We also served 1,346 free lunches to needy cases brought to our attention by Mrs. Bigelow, Mrs. Gleed and Mrs. Donaghue.
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We in the cafeteria would like a one hundred percent participation in the hot lunch program. The big question is, does the home packed lunch always contain the meat and essential vegetables and fruit to insure a vitamin A or C rich food ? Can you pack a sack lunch for less than the cost of a Type A School lunch? True, we do not always have everything a child likes, but we believe we can teach basic nutrition education to our students through the avenue of everyday living so that their motivation will be geared to today; to their interests and to their needs, with the knowledge that one is eating both for his health's sake and for enjoyment.
We have the knowledge, and we have the food. Nutrition education will determine whether our children will choose well today so that they may live fully for the many tomorrows.
It has been proven beyond a doubt that the serving of health-giving foods tends to increase the learning potential and helps to reduce behavior and disciplinary problems. The cafeteria serves as a learning laboratory for acquiring new health habits. Therefore, we of the cafeteria staff feel that we have a vital part in the educa- tion of our students.
Respectfully submitted,
ZELMA JACKMAN
Supervisor of School Lunch
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REPORT OF THE PENTUCKET REGIONAL DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEE for the Year ending December 31, 1959
In accordance with Chapter 71, Section 16K, the Pentucket Regional District School Committee submits its sixth annual report to each of the member towns.
SCHOOL OFFICERS
JOHN C. JAKOBEK, Superintendent of Schools Office: Pentucket Regional High School, West
Newbury, Mass. Telephone : FOrest 3-2280 DOROTHY M. PEIRCE, Secretary Superintendent's Office Address: 52 West Main Street, Merrimac, Mass. DOUGLAS V. CROOK, M. D., School Physician Address: 121 Keeley Street, Haverhill, Mass. MRS. MARIE BLAISDELL, R. N., School Nurse Address: 253 School Street, Groveland, Mass. PAUL H. FARRIS, Supervising Principal
Address : Office - Pentucket Regional School, West Newbury, Mass.
Home: 30 Church Street, Merrimac, Mass.
JAMES L. TOPHAM, Assistant Principal
Address: 1 Olde Town Way, Newbury, Mass. ATTENDANCE OFFICERS :
James Shanahan, 11 Broad Street, Groveland, Mass. to June 30, 1959 John W. Cheney, 49 Washington St., S. Groveland, Mass., from Sept. 1, 1959
Kenneth Haskell, Bear Hill Road, Merrimac, Mass. Norman L. Brown, 375 Main St., West Newbury, Mass.
DIRECTORY OF SCHOOL STAFF PENTUCKET REGIONAL JUNIOR - SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Position
Name
Training
Total Yrs. Experience 16
Principal
Paul H. Farris
B. A. Bates College 1942 M. A. Boston University 1950
Assistant Principal
James L. Topham
B. S. Ed. Bridgewater Teachers College 1951
8
Guidance
Robert J. Collier
B. Ed. Cortland State Teachers College 1947 M. Ed. Boston University 1957
12
Guidance
Martha L. Hansen
M. Ed. Tufts University 1959
Began 9/1/59
B. A. Jackson College 1955
Resigned 12/31/59
Girls' Phys. Ed.
Marion C. Wilson
B. Ed. Bridgewater State Teachers College
7
Boys' Phys. Ed.
Roger Bryant
B. S. Springfield College 1950
9
English, Dept. Head
Ray E. Franklin
A. B. Notre Dame
12
English (Sr. H. S.)
Robert M. Imray
B. A. Harvard University
1
English (Sr. H. S.)
Enid Burns
B. S. Simmons College 1938
11
Reading & Remedial Reading
Barbara Whitehead
B. Ed. Keene Teachers College 1956
3
English (Jr. H. S.)
B. S. Boston University
2
English (Jr. H. S.)
B. A. Boston University .. 19
English Social Studies (Jr. H. S.)
Charles E. Gallivan
B. S. Boston University 1959
Began 9/1/59
Latin & English
Mary E. Doherty
P. A. Regis College 1953 5
6
French
John P. Nionakis
B. A. University of Massachusetts
Spanish
M. A. French - Middlebury Grad. School, Paris M. A. Spanish - Middlebury Grad. School, Madrid
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Robert C. Gardner Cornelia E. Wolfe
M. A. Breadloaf School of English 1939
Position
French & English
German
Faith B. Palmer George Chambers Charlene Heald
A. B. Ohio State University 1942 B. A. Boston University, Colby College
Began 9/1/59 Resigned 6/30/59 Began 9/1/59
German
A. B. Boston University 1959
Chemistry
Robert E. Knights
12
Physics
A. B. Brown University M. Ed. Harvard
Biology
B. Ed. Tufts University
1
General Science
B. S. North Carolina State College 1954
1
Business Ed.
Science (Jr. H. S.) Harry E. Ryerson Melvin H. Pollack
B. S. Boston University
1
Social Studies
Daniel' S. Gulezian
B. A. Bowdoin College 1954 5
A. B. Boston University 1957 1
A. B. Harvard University 1951
Began 9/1/59
M. Ed. Boston University 1952
Ph. D. University of Vienna, Austria 1956
Soc. Studies & Guid.
Malcolm J. Hart
B. A. Merrimack College Resigned 6/30/59 1
Soc. Studies (Jr. H.S.)
Louis A. Porcelli
B. S. Ed. Boston University
Soc. Studies (Jr. H.S.)
Joseph F. Darsinos
B. S. Ed. Keene Teachers College 1959 Began 9/1/59 1
Mathematics
Norman J. Landry
B. S. Ed. Bridgewater Teachers College
1
Math. (Jr. H. S.)
Walter B. Drescher James C. Burns, Jr. Thomas R. DeLuca, Jr.B. S. Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1953
B. S. Ed. Salem Teachers College Resigned 6/30/59
Math. (Jr. H. S.)
Math. (Jr. H. S.)
Ronald P. Courtney B. A. University of New Hampshire Resigned 6/30/59
Math. (Jr. H. S.)
Robert P. Belliveau B. A. St. Michael's College 1952
Began 9/1/59
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B. Ed. Defiance College 1952 4
Science (Jr. H. S.)
Social Studies
John Coggin, Jr.
Carl R. Marshall
Social Studies
Name
Training
Total Yrs. Experience
Mathematics
B. S. Ed. Salem Teachers College
Began 9/1/59
Linda Long Joseph Derro, Jr.
Commercial, Dept. Head Commercial Industrial Arts
Louise E. Mills
Ralph E. Hull
Howard M. Faulkner
B. Ed. Fitchburg State Teachers College 1957
Industrial Arts
Charles H. Russell Arthur Foss
R. S. University of New Hampshire 25 School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Began 9/1/59
B. A. Regis College 1
5
Home Economics
Rosemary Currier
B. M. Boston University School of Music
5
Instrumental & Vocal
Vocal Music Joanne C. Eckner
Vocal Music
Fred W. Hilse, Jr.
B. M. Boston University School of Music 1956 Began
M. M. Boston University School of Music 1958 P. R. S. 9/1/59
Art
Gretchen Sanderson
B. S. Mass. School of Art Resigned 6/30/59
Art
Joseph F. Aliquo, Jr. B. S. Ed. Tufts. Boston Museum School 1955 Began
P. R. S. 9/1/59
Librarian
Ruth N. Parker
A. B. Coker College 1942 2
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B. S. Ed. Salem Teachers College M. Ed. Boston University P. S. Boston University 1956 Wentworth Institute 1952 3 1
Industrial Arts
Home Economics
Carol Ann Leary
B. S. Boston University
Richard McLoon
M. Mus. Ed., B. U. College of Music
Resigned 6/30/59
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REPORT OF THE PENTUCKET REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1959
To the Selectmen and the Citizens of Groveland, Merrimac and West Newbury :
The Pentucket Regional School Committee submits its annual report for 1959. In previous years the educational philosophy which guides your representatives on this com- mittee were stated. For these principles we refer you to our previous Annual Reports. This report will deal with what you are receiving for your investment in children and includes a brief study of budgets.
SERVICES AT THE SCHOOL
1. Quality Education: - In the final analysis, the reason we send our children to school is to educate them. The school's task is to provide experiences which encour- age and facilitate individual students in the intelligent adoption of better standards and patterns of behavior than otherwise might be expected. This has been done.
These experiences have been provided within a curriculum developed and adapted, insofar as possible, to individual pupil needs. These experiences have been provided either within the regular school day or what is sometimes called extra-curricular experience. These have been provided because either the community has demanded them or they fulfill individual pupil needs as recognized by prominent people.
The quality of instruction has been made possible by a staff versed in content and method. It has been made possible by dedicated staff members who are impelled by their own desires to unfold knowledge of the past and present as a preparation for the future. The educational program often seems too general to appreciate and there- fore let us review the educational services which are pro- vided for our children.
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GUIDANCE
1. Individual and group testing of abilities, aptitudes and achievement.
2. Competent interpretation of test results and their usefulness.
3. Individual counseling -
a) Educational
b) Vocational
c) Psychological
d) Social
4. Assistance in educational placement -
a) Placement in preferred colleges
b) Scholarship assistance
5. Assistance in vocational placement -
a) Placement related to educational goals
b) Placement in field of study
c) Rehabilitation placements
HEALTH
1. Physical education and athletics
2. Nutrition and personal well-being -
a) Classroom instruction
b) School Lunch participation
3. Home Economics
4. Physical examinations, eye and ear testing, clinics and, when necessary, home visits.
5. Health consultation; first aid. ..
6. Sanitation
7. Knowledge of personal health
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VOCATIONAL EXPLORATIONS & SKILLS
1. Art
a) Exploration of aptitudes and interests
b) Improvement of skills and techniques
c) Aesthetic needs
2. Music
a) Vocal skills and interest
b) Instrumental skills
c) Appreciation
3. Business Education
a) Common needs of all people
b) Skills and attitudes for employment
c) Typewriting for all
4. Industrial Arts
a) Exploration of interests and aptitudes
b) Improvement and fixing of skills
RELATED EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS
1. Reading: - Development of skill within regular classes plus specialized instruction for slow, average, and talented persons.
2. Library : - Intellectual growth and ability to locate and use information. Recreational reading.
3. Effective Speaking: - For personal and social usage.
4. Dramatics: - Improvement of interests and skills.
5. Citizenship: -
a) Opportunity to develop responsibilities within classroom activities and out-of-class activities such as the Student Council.
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b) The value and dignity of work.
c) Adequate concepts of work or education.
d) Respect for others.
6. Acceleration of Study: - Talented pupils can en- roll in advance study rather than continue in lock- step sequence of study suited to average pupils.
BUDGET FOR 1960
The circle graphs show how your 1960 budget is divided. The first graph shows a breakdown of the total budget for the coming year. The graph clearly shows that 331/2 % of the budget is earmarked for payment of amor- tization costs - principal and interest.
GENERAL CONTROL
2.4 %
OPERATION OF PLANT
AMORTIZATION 33.5%
8.1%
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
3.7%
2.2%
ALL OTHER
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
50.1 %
TOTAL BUDGET
$ 494,889.45
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The second graph shows the breakdown of the Main- tenance and Operation portion of the budget. It is this portion of the total budget which provides personnel to cperate your school, keeps it in operation, and provides the tools of learning for your children.
GENERAL CONTROL
OPERATION OF PLANT
:
3.6%
ALL OTHER
12.2%
3.2%
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
5.5%
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
75.5%
MAINTENANCE & OPERATION BUDGET
$ 328,917. 45
The educational costs shown in the preceding graphs and detailed in the complete budget shown elsewhere represent the educational services you are providing for your children in terms of dollars. It cannot be emphasized too strongly that this budget or any budget is nothing more than what is being provided in terms of program and
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services. This committee is not so naive as to suppose that all individual pupil needs are met by the program set for 1960, but we have faith that the common needs are being met.
This committee would like to review with the citizens the reasons for the increasing costs. Although it is not our purpose at this time to detail these items, let us review them together:
1. Increasing enrollments
2. Increasing prices of materials
3. Improved educational programs
4. Increased personnel demands
5. Changing enrollments and demands
Let us illustrate in detail what is happening with our enrollments :
October First - Pentucket Regional School Enrollments
7 8
9 132
10
11
12 Totals
1958
131
120
114
101
60
658
1959
174
129
117
121
106
91 738
1960 est. 9/1/60
154
174
129
117
121
106
801
This committee submits its report with the firm con- viction that it has carried out the expressed and implied wishes of the people of Groveland, Merrimac and West Newbury. Every attempt has been made to fulfill the dictates of the community and the needs of the pupils. Public schools belong to the people, your children go to them, and your sacrifices prepare your children for a better life. It is your and our cherished hope to teach these children to relish the rarest of all gifts, - intellectual capacity.
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REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Groveland :
Douglas V. Crook, M. D.
Mr. Paul B. Condon
Mr. Harold A. Bilodeau
Mr. Sydney A. O'Neill
to March 31, 1959 April 1, 1959 on
Chairman April 1, 1959 on
Merrimac :
Mr. Kenneth G. Fowle Chairman to March 31, 1959 Mr. Carl G. Olson Frederick N. Sweetsir, M. D.
West Newbury :
Mr. Allan Jarvis
Mr. T. Tait Bender
Mr. John F. Cole
Mrs. Ruth Moore
Mrs. Barbara Gove
to March 31, 1959 April 1, 1959 on to June 30, 1959 July 6, 1959 on
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD A. BILODEAU, Chairman
JOHN F. COLE
PAUL B. CONDON
KENNETH G. FOWLE
BARBARA GOVE
ALLAN P. JARVIS
CARL G. OLSON
SYDNEY A. O'NEILL
FREDERICK N. SWEETSIR
Pentucket Regional School Committee
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PENTUCKET REGIONAL SCHOOL BUDGET FOR 1960
Appropriated
1959
Expended 1959
Requested 1960
GENERAL CONTROL
$
200.00
$ 331.34
School Committee Expense $ 200.00
5,000.00
4,871.59
Superintendent's Salary
5,400.00
700.00
700.00
Treasurer's Salary
700.00
150.00
59.60
Treasurer's Expense
100.00
600.00
600.00
Accountant's Salary
600.00
50.00
24.65
Accountant's Expense
50.00
3,100.00
3,015.34
Secretarial Services
3,333.00
250.00
250.00
Supervisor of Attendance
250.00
500.00
620.28
Postage, Office Supplies, Printing
500.00
150.00
188.36
Telephone
150.00
300.00
188.52
Travel (Including out-of-state)
200.00
State Audit
150.00
600.00
294.61
Other Expenses
200.00
$ 11,600.00
$ 11,144.29
General Control Total
$ 11,833.00
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Salaries :
$ 14,541.67
$ 14,447.35
Administrators
$ 16,200.00
775.00
602.63
Admin. & Instruct. Travel
600.00
174,100.00
171,176.83
Teachers
203,916.67
1,500.00
756.00
Substitutes
1,200.00
300.00
33.65
In-Service Education
200.00
100.00
78.25
Association Memberships
75.00
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Instructional Expenses:
4,800.00
4,821.71
Clerical
5,300.00
600.00
2,189.85
Postage, Forms, Printing and Supplies
900.00
7,908.00
5,928.06
Textbooks
4,500.00
5,341.00
6,573.54
General Supplies
6,800.00
Specific Supplies
500.00
670.49
Homemaking
1,000.00
650.00
748.91
Science
950.00
550.00
1,238.33
Guidance
1,000.00
600.00
183.36
Physical Education
200.00
700.00
4,726.87
Industrial Arts
3,200.00
315.00
320.41
Driver Education
800.00
1,274.49
Audio-Visual Aids
800.00
300.00
1,270.08
Art
1,000.00
300.00
396.49
Music
300.00
$214,680.67
$217,437.30
Instruction Total
$248,141.67
OPERATION OF SCHOOL PLANT
$ 19,866.66
$ 18,569.36
Janitorial Salaries
$ 20,200.00
600.00
1,191.05
Telephone Service
1,000.00
2,200.00
2,369.98
Janitorial Supplies
2,400.00
8,000.00
6,673.12
Fuel
7,500.00
9,000.00
8,335.51
Water, Gas, Electricity
9,000.00
600.00
777.33
Insurance, Workmen's Comp.
3,500.00
2,204.40
Building Insurance
$ 43,766.66
$ 40,120.75
Operation School Plant Total $ 40,100.00
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MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOL PLANT
$
1,200.00
986.05
Upkeep of Grounds $ 1,300.00 Upkeep of Building 800.00
1,000.00
1,083.23
Mowing - Athletic Fields and Lawn
1,000.00
600.00
394.00
Snow Removal
600.00
200.00
189.00
Upkeep of Track
300.00
300.00
630.27
Other (Unclassified)
$ 3,300.00
$ 3,282.55
Maint. of School Plant Total $ 4,000.00
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
$
850.00 $ 1,087.15
Library
1,700.00
2,100.00
1,447.10
Extra Transportation 2,200.00
Health :
1,000.00
1,000.00
School Physician
1,000.00
2,500.00
2,474.12
School Nurse
2,733.33
100.00
58.40
Travel, School Nurse
50.00
300.00
279.52
Supplies
300.00
Adult Education
1,500.00
Summer School
1,200.00
Essex County Retire. Fund
3,300.00
Insurance
4,253.45
$ 6,850.00 $ 6,346.29
Auxiliary Agencies Total
$ 18,236.78
CAPITAL OUTLAY
Business Education
$ 210.00
Industrial Arts
60.00
Music
90.00
General Equipment
1,800.00
Capital Outlay Total
$ 2,160.00
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DEBT SERVICE
$ 69,785.00
$ 69,785.00
Interest on Bonds
$ 65,972.00
100,000.00
100,000.00
Payment on Principal 100,000.00
$169,785.00
$169,785.00 Debt Service Total
$165,972.00
INTEREST ON BORROWED MONEY 300.00
NON-CLASSIFIED (Miscellaneous)
$ 7,178.00
$ 8,523.27
Athletics
$ 2,496.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
School Lunch Program Assembly Programs
1,500.00
150.00
$ 8,178.00
$ 9,523.27
Non-Classified Total
$ 4,146.00
$458,160.33
$457,639.45
GRAND TOTAL
$494,889.45
3,149.43*
3,149.43
Essex County Retire. Fund
$461,309.76
$460,788.88
* Transferred in from Surplus Revenue Account
PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
The Pentucket Regional School opened its doors to students for the second year in September, 1959. Some changes had taken place since the previous opening. The staff had changed somewhat. Six teachers had left our system and were replaced. In addition to that, five new teachers were added to the staff. This was due primarily to the increased enrollment in September. Our enrollment stood at about 750 pupils, an increase of approximately 100 over the previous year. The largest group was the seventh grade, consisting of 175 pupils. In June, 1959, we graduated 54 seniors.
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