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In brief, the effect in general was as follows :- New principals occupy principalships in the High School. Thorn- dike Street School, Bondsville School, and Wenimisset School. Changes were effected also in Instructors in Draw- ing and Household Arts. The usual number of grade va- cancies also occurred.
Health Work
One of the many duties taken over, in a large part, at least, by the schools is health work. This is one of the most important functions that the schools can perform. One of the first essentials to any successful life is good health. Much preventive and remedial work. if done in the early years of childhood, will make possible good health for many boys and girls.
Palmer can take especial pride in the effectiveness of this work as done in her schools. This work is quietly and unostentatiously performed. Were it broadcasted through- out the state, as is done by some school systems, it would rank among the very highest. Bald statements are not arguments. Statements, to be arguments, must be sub- stantiated by something real. Nothing more real can be offered in the way of proof than statistics carefully and.
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honestly compiled. We present figures for 1923, 1924, 1925, and 1926. These figures are presented for these four (4) years because of the fact that complete physical examina- tions have been made and carefully tabulated during these years only, in accordance with the laws of the State of Massachusetts. They speak for themselves.
1923
1924
1925
1926
No. Examined,
2,014
1,902
2,299
2,290
Defects Found :
Appearance,
154
72
30
23
Nutrition,
211
80
80
71
Posture,
438
160
113
98
Scalp,
329
200
105
77
Skin,
119
52
34
18
Teeth,
745
457
362
347
Throat,
867
561
395
345
Nose,
55
15
5
Glands,
137
64
36
32
Heart,
9
80
24
22
67
Lungs
13
3
0
0
Feet,
10
11
6
0
Spine,
17
16
18
21
Total,
3,175
1,715
1,206
1,106
The decreases in practically every defect that have taken place since 1923 speak volumes. A careful com- parison, of these defects in all four (4) years ought to con- vince the most-doubting that something vastly beneficial, from the standpoint of health, has occurred.
The same excellent work has been done in the matter of tubercularly-inclined children. Three (3) clinics have been held within the past year and one hundred seventy (170) examinations have been made. All of these clinics
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were held in the schools under the joint auspices of the Hampden County Tuberculosis and Public Health Asso- ciation and the School Department. Many adults were examined and are included in these one hundred seventy (170) examinations. In this connection, it is interesting to know that within the past five (5) years, 1922-1926, thirteen (13) clinics have been held under these joint aus- pices and six hundred twenty-nine (629) examinations have been made. All these examinations have been made by ex- perts from the State Sanatorium at Westfield. Were
regular charges made for these examinations, each exam- ination would cost at least five dollars ($5) and if, as has been the case in many of them, an X-Ray were taken, this would cost an additional ten dollars ($10). The amount of free service, under these circumstances, can be very readily understood.
Within the past three (3) years, forty-two (42) school children have been cared for at the Preventorium of the Hampden County Tuberculosis and Public Health Asso- ciation at Provin Mountain during the summer, for a total of eight hundred sixty-six (866) camp days. Increases in poundage have run as high as eight and three-fourths (83/4) pounds in individual cases. All of these children are pre- tubercularly inclined.
Diphtheria
The Palmer School Committee has definitely decided, after very careful consideration, to attempt to immunize all school children against the possibility of contraction of Diphtheria.
Diphtheria is a dreadful disease, one that is especially prevalent among, and dangerous to, children. It is easily contracted by personal contact with one who has the
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disease. It may be caught, however, from those who have recently had, or have been exposed to, it, provided they still carry the germs in their nose or throat. More than one-half of the cases occur in children of school age. Eight (8) out of ten (10) deaths occur in children under sixteen (16) years of age, and half of all the deaths occur in chil- dren under five (5) years of age. In this state alone, in the years of 1921-25, there have been some thirty-eight thou- sand (38,000) cases of Diphtheria, with over two thousand ยท six hundred (2,600) resultant deaths.
Diphtheria is a preventable disease. It can be pre- vented by the use of the Diphtheria Toxin Anti-Toxin treatment. This method has been well tried and is a safe and sure means of protecting children against the con- traction of Diphtheria.
Medical statistics tell us that children between the ages of six (6) months and six (6) years are susceptible to this disease to a degree of ninety-five per cent (95%) ; between six (6) and ten (10) years, eighty-five per cent. (85%) ; and ten (10) years and over, twenty-five per cent. (25%).
The School Committee has decided to give three (3) doses of Toxin Anti-Toxin, one week apart, to all children ten (10) years or under who bring Request Cards from their parents to have this done. Six (6) months later, the children will be given the Shick Test. This test is pain- less ; harmless ; requires no after-care ; and leaves no scar. It simply tells whether or not a person can catch Diphtheria. To children ten (10) years or over, the Shick Test will be given first; then those susceptible will be given the Toxin Anti-Toxin treatment and six (6) months later again Shicked to determine immunity.
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It is hoped that all parents will see the benefit of this immunization and will return request cards, favorably signed, to the schools. These Diphtheria clinics will pro- bably be held in February or March, after full publicity has been given-so full, we hope, that each parent will have complete and definite knowledge upon which to base his judgment in making, or not making, the request that his children receive this treatment.
After the school children have been taken care of, clinics, in co-operation with the Board of Health, will be held in the various schools whereby children of pre-school age may receive the same immunization. It is hoped that all of the school children, public and private, and many of the pre-school children, will be immunized.
After this year's immunization, the School Depart- ment intends to offer this same treatment to all children entering its schools for the first time each year. If this program can be carried out in its entirety, practically com- plete immunization vill be secured, and Diphtheria in Pal- mer will be almost an unknown thing.
Penny Savings
The Penny Savings report from November 1, 1921, to July 1, 1926, which covers the entire period of the opera- tion of the present scheme since its renewal aiter the war, shows the following :-
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No. of Deposits
Park Street
)
22,431)
Amount $6,599.99) 932.32)
Thorndike Street
)
3,363)
Palmer Center
354
82.81
Forest Lake
719
223.76
Wire Mill
1,907
1,569.97
Thorndike
11,580
4,802.90
Bondsville
14,238
4,495.95
Three Rivers
11,183
4,901.45
Wenimisset
1,801
647.67
61,576
$24,256.82
The report from September, 1925, to July, 1926, which covers the last school year, is as follows :-
No. of Deposits
Amount
Park Street
9,856
$2,130.41
Thorndike Street
3,363
932.32
Palmer Center
131
23.74
Forest Lake
286
68.61
Wire Mill
751
372.47
Thorndike
2,528
702.72
Bondsville
5,258
1,226.58
Three Rivers
4,678
1,752.73
Wenimisset
882
235.34
2,733
$7.444.92
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Promotions
The promotion statistics for the last school year are here given :
No. of Promoted
Conditionally Promoted
Not Promoted
Pupils No. Percent No. Percent No. Percent
(irade 9
91
83
91.11
2.69
1 1.09
8
108
81
75.
22
20.37
5
4.63
183
114
62.21
49
26.78
20
10.92
6
199
141
74.71
45
22.61
13
6.03
5
241
193
80.37
36
14.93
12
6.21
1
220
160
22.12
46
20.91
14
6.36
3
238
181
75.84
27
11.34
30
12.60
2
281
241
85.76
19
6.76
21
7.47
1
300
250
83.33
11
3.67
39
13.00
Total & Av. 1861
1444
22.50
262
14.07
155
8.32
Seventy-seven and five tenths per cent. (77.5%) were cleanly promoted without any conditions; fourteen and seven hundredths per cent (14.07%) were conditionally promoted; and eight and thirty-two hundredths per cent. (8.32%) failed of promotion. The heavy failure percen- tages occurred in Grades 7, 3, and 1.
As a rule, the failure to be promoted is greater in Grades ? and 1. In some systems, the failure in Grade 1 runs as high as twenty-five per cent. (25%). This large percentage of failure is due to the broken attendance of many children who enter first grade because of the many childhood diseases. It is also due to mental immaturity. Grade ? is one of our difficult grades; possibly, excepting the first, the most difficult. This is due largely to three (3) factors-the real beginning of formal history, technical grammar, and percentage.
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The percentage of failure for all grades-eight and thirty-two hundredths per cent. (8.32%)-is not bad. It is impossible to secure a much smaller percentage where grading is definite and close. The variable factor of in- dividual mentality enters in markedly. All children can not do the same work, even though there may be a great latitude exercised in the quality of the work regarded as sufficient to warrant promotion. Human nature will al- ways enter into the success of a child in school. Uniformity of ability never has been, and never can be, secured.
Examinations
A table showing the results obtained in the mid-year and final tests since the time of their inception is given :-
Mid-year
Finals
Mid-year
Finals
Mid-year
Finals
Mid-year
Finals
Mid-year
Finals
1922
1922
1923
19 23
1924
1924
1925
1925
1926
1926 Total
No. Taking Tests
984
961
877
290
893
846
1000
982
1045
1008
9386
No. Averaging Better than 70%
361
521
558
649
722
754
901
915
959
952
7292
Percent
36.69
54.21
63.63
82. 15
80.85
89.11
90.10 93.18 91.77
94.44 77.68
No. Averaging Less than 70% 623
440
319
141
171
92
99
67
86
56
2096.
Percent
63.31
45.79 36.37 17.85 19.15
10.89
9.90
6.82
8.23
5.55 22.34
No. Averaging Between 60% and 70%
200
172
174
80
103
59
66
39
57
35
985
Percent
20.32 17.90
19.84 10.13 11.54 6.99
No. Averaging Between 50% and 60%
188
111
82
36
50
21
25
16
22
19
570
Percent
19.11
11.55
9.35
4.56
5.60
2.48
2.50
1.62
2.11
1.88
6.07
No. Averaging Less than 50% 235
157
63
25
18
12
8
12
2
539
Percent
23.88
16 34
7.18
3.16
2.01
1.42
.8
1.22
.67
.19
5.74
.
6.60
3.98
5.45
3.47 10.49
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A careful study of these figures show that there has been a general improvement in every respect. The marks obtained in the mid-years during 1926 were the highest of any mid-year marks. The same is true of the marks obtained in the finals for 1926. The increase in percen- tage attained is, of course, not as large as it has been in some of the previous years. This is due to the fact that we have nearly reached a stage of as high attainment as can be expected of pupils taking examinations. When, in finals, ninety-four and forty-four hundredths per cent. (94.44%) average better than seventy per cent. (70%) in all subjects, it would seem that we had almost reached reasonable expectation.
Extension Work
Extension work along lines pursued during the last few years has been effectively carried on this past year. Rather than attempting a great variety of work, we have focused our efforts and attention upon a few major undertakings. Reasonably good results have been at- tained in all these projects.
About one hundred (100) pupils were Americanization. enrolled in the various Americanization classes. At the end of the year, sixty- four (64) certificates were presented to pupils who had been present at sixty per cent. (60%) or more of the ses- sions. Exercises were conducted by the pupils themselves, which showed the marked strides that had been made in many cases in the attainment of a reasonable use of the English language.
Americanization is a form of insurance carried by the Town' of Palmer on the people who have come to her from foreign shores. The insurance policy can not be bettered.
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The premium is small in cost. A community which is not willing to pay the small premium may well be likened to a business man who does not insure his stock against loss by fire because it costs him a few dollars each year. Many projects with adults have been car- Home Bureau ried on in co-operation with the Hampden County Improvement League. Classes in Home Nursing, Millinery, Clothing. Foods, etc., have been conducted. Many of the women in Palmer have been much interested in this work and have attended these classes faithfully. Work of an excellent nature has been afforded them.
Successful work has been carried on the Boys' and Girls' Club Work. past year in conjunction with the Hamp- den County Improvement League along these lines. The quality of work com- pared with that attained in other towns and cities in Hamp- den County stood high. Many prizes were won at the Eastern. States Exposition. A few county championships came to Palmer-Agnes Sullivan was chosen county champion in Canning ; the Hillcrest Garden Club of Bonds- ville was selected as champion gardening club in the county for the third consecutive year, an honor never be- fore attained by any organization in the county.
Opportunity Class
The enrollment in the Opportunity Class in the Wen- imisset School, during the past year, was nearly sixty (60). Excellent results were obtained throughout the entire vear, as was evidenced to anyone who attended the ex- hibition of their work last spring. The sort of work offered these boys and girls is suited to their abilities. Work of a social, as well as an educational, value is given these people. To my mind, it is one of Palmer's finest offerings to its boys and girls who need this kind of training.
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Continuation School
The Continuation School had a total enrollment during the last school year of two hundred five (205)-eighty- one (81) boys, and one hundred twenty-four (124) girls. The average membership was one hundred thirty-two and twenty-two hundredths (132.22) ; the average attendance was one hundred twenty-four and eighty-five hundredths (124.85) ; the percentage of attendance was ninety-four and forty-three hundredths per cent. (94.43%) ; the num- ber of graduates was seventy-three (73).
The total expenditures for the year were $7,198.98, divided as follows :- MAINTENANCE-Administration, $260.95 ; Instruction, $4,680.43 ; Auxiliary Agencies, $570.81 ; Operation of Plant, $1,033.25; Repairs and Replacements, $67.25; Total, $6,612.69. ESTABLISHMENT AND EX- TENSION OF PLANT-Construction, $517,69; Equip- ment, $68.60; Total, $586.29; Grand Total, $7,198.98.
The receipts were as follows : Tuition, $328.68 ; Smith- Hughes Act, $347.35; Cash Received from Work and Pro- ducts, $82.48 ; Total, $758.51.
The State re-imbursed the Town fifty per cent. (50%) upon $5,854.18, the re-imbursement netting Palmer $2,927.09. The difference between the total cost of opera- tion, $7,198.98, and the amount upon which re-imburse- ment was made, $5,854.18, is found by deducting from the former, $586.29, expenditure for establishment and exten- sion of plant-a non-re-imburseable expenditure by the State, yet a necessary expenditure-plus the $758.51 re- ceived from Tuition, Smith-Hughes, and Cash from Work and Products (revenue received and turned directly into the Town Treasury). The difference is $1,344.80.
The net direct cost to Palmer was $3,513.38.
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The Continuation School is required by law. The Town has no option in the matter of maintaining this school. As long as two hundred (200) or more minors under sixteen (16) years of age are employed by authority of employment certificates or home permits, the Town must maintain a Continuation School. If, for a period of two (2) consecutive years, the number of employed minors should fall below two hundred (200), the Town could be exempted from the provisions of this act which requires its main- tenance only upon application to the State Department of Education, which may specifically exempt the Town until such time as two hundred (200) minors in any one year are employed therein.
The Continuation School in Palmer was started in September, 1921. Since its establishment, the number of employed minors between fourteen (14) and sixteen (16) years has been as follows :- In 1921, 248; in 1922, a poor business year, 203; in 1923, 254; in 1924, 229; in 1925, 235. Unless conditions radically change, it would seem that Pal- mer will never reach the condition where it will not be necessary to maintain a Continuation School.
Cost Comparison
The figures below are taken from a bulletin of the State Department of Education, entitled "Statistics of the Public Schools for the School Year 1925-1926." In this bulletin, the three hundred fifty-five (355) towns and cities are divided into four (4) groups, as follows :- Group I, Cities (There are 39.) ; Group II, Towns of 5,000 Popula- tion or Over (There are 79.) ; Group III, Towns of Less than 5,000 Population and Maintaining High Schools (There are 113.) ; Group IV, Towns of Less than 5,000 Population and Not Maintaining High Schools (There are 124.).
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1). Average Population, State Census, 1925 :- Group- I, 74.609; Group II, 10,487; Group III, 2,346; Group IV, 1,136; State, 11,674; Palmer, 11,044.
2). Average Valuation, April 1, 1925 :- Group I, $126,287,970; Group II, $14,702,893; Group III, $3,247,121; Group IV, $1.485,148; State, $18,698,147 Palmer, $12,140,739.
3). Average Number of Pupils Enrolled, 1926 :- Group I, 12,602; Group II, 1,946; Group III, 462; Group. IV, 196; State, 2,033; Palmer, 2,303.
4). Average Valuation of 1925 per Pupil in Net Average Membership, 1926 :- Group I, $10,874; Group II, $8,089; Group III, $7,671; Group IV, $7,079 ; State, $9,902; Palmer, $5,687.
5). Average Expenditure for School Support from Local Taxation per $1,000 Valuation, 1925 :- Group I, $7.57; Group II, $9.04; Group III, $9.31; Group IV, $9.06; State, $7.97; Palmer, $12.34.
6). Average Expenditure per Pupil in Average Mem- bership for Support of Public Schools from Local Taxa- tion, 1925 :- Group I, $82.37; Group II, $73.16; Group III, $71.45; Group IV, $64.15; State, $78.91; Palmer, $70.15.
7). Average State Re-imbursement, 1925 :- Group I,. $6.69 ; Group II, $7.28; Group III, $14.15; Group IV, $26.52; State, $8.12; Palmer, $6.56.
9). Average Tax Rate per $1,000 Valuation, 1925 :- Group I, $31.04; Group II, $30.26; Group III, $28.68; Group IV, $25.69; State, $28.24; Palmer, $25.00.
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Palmer, which is in Group II, when compared with average of each group and that of the State, has these relative standings :-
Population-less than that of Group I, Group II, and the State; greater than Group III and Group IV.
Valuation-less than Group I, Group II, and the State ; greater than Group III and Group IV.
Enrollment-less than Group I; greater than Group II, Group III, Group IV, and the State.
Valuation per Pupil-less than Group I, Group II, Group III, Group IV, and the State.
Expenditure for School Support per $1,000 Valua- tion-more than Group I, Group II, Group III, Group IV, and the State.
Expenditure per Pupil from Local Taxation-less than Group I, Group II, Group III, and the State; more than Group IV.
State Re-imbursement-less than Group I, Group II, Group III, Group IV, and the State.
Expenditure per Pupil from All Sources-less than Group I, Group II, Group III, Group IV, and the State.
Tax Rate-less than Group I, Group II, Group III, Group IV, and the State.
8). Average Expenditure per Pupil in Average Mem- bership for Support of Public Schools from All Sources, 1925 :- Group I, $90.09 ; Group II, $82.72; Group III, $88.78 ; Group IV, $92.88; State, $88.52; Palmer, $78.87.
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Palmer's standing in all but two respects-expendi- ture from local taxation per $1,000 valuation and valuation per pupil-is most excellent. Palmer's valuation per pu- pil is extremely low, it being only two hundred forty-one (241) in a total of three hundred fifty-five (355) towns and cities in the State. Consequently, the amount per $1,000 val- uation raised to support her schools is large. She stands fifty-sixth (56th) in this matter in the State.
The one thing that shows economy, or lack of it, is the expenditure per pupil in average membership for sup- port of public schools from all sources. Palmer's cost is $11.22 less than that of Group I; $3.85 less than Group II ; $9.91 less than Group III; $14.01 less than Group IV; $9.65 less than the State. Her standing in the State is two hundred fifty-eight (258) in a possible three hundred fifty-five (355). In other words, only ninety-seven (97) towns have a smaller cost.
Tax rate is always a bone of contention. A careful study of tax rates in every town and city in Massachusettts has been made. Interesting facts stand forth from it :- 1). Palmer's rate is $6.04 less than the average of Group I ; $5.26 less than Group II; $3.68 less than Group III; $.69 less than Group IV; $3.24 less than the State. 2). Out of three hundred fifty-five (355) towns and cities, there are only eighty-three (83) with a lower tax rate, or, in other words, two hundred seventy-one (271) have a higher rate.
Conclusion
This report is concise. It is a brief statement of things done the past year. No suggestions for future action are made.
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The same honest endeavor to conduct the schools. efficiently, fairly, and squarely is being put forth. Mis- takes are made-they are of "the flesh and not the spirit."
Due acknowledgement is hereby rendered to the School Committee for its kindly consideration and whole- hearted support; to the teachers for their loyal and co- operative spirit; to the public for its general attitude of fairness.
Respectfully submitted, CLIFTON H. HOBSON,
Superintendent of Schools.
Palmer Mass., January 5, 1927.
Appendix
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR YEAR 1926
Appropriation Expended $ 8,410.00 $ 8,673.77
Balance
General Expenses
$ -263.77
Teachers Salaries
98,183.42
97,089.99
1,093.43
Textbooks and Supplies
7,000.00
8,077.92
-1,077.92
Transportation
10,300.00
10,009.35
290.65
Janitors' Services
7,565.00
8,580.15
-1,015.15
Fuel and Light
10,650.00
10,699.10
-49.10
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
2,100.00
2,158.45
-58.45
Repairs
3,000.00
1,747.62
1,252.38
Music, Manual Training
and Drawing
4,450.00
4,121.54
328.46
Commercial
7,650.00
7,305.70
344.30
Furniture and
Furnishings
1,500.00
1,306.07
193.93
Other Expenses
6,906.20
7,304.06
-397.86
Continuation
7,665.00
7,526.18
138.82
Americanization
2,000.00
1,684.25
315.75
$177,379.62 $176,284.15
$1,095.47
Smith-Hughes Fund
*347.35
*347.35
0.00
$177,726.97 $176,631.50 $1,095.47 *This $347.35 is a Federal grant from the Smith- Hughes Fund, which cannot be turned into the Town Treasury, but must be added to the regular school appro- priation and expended for Continuation School salaries.
TABLE OF COSTS-EIGHT YEARS COMPARED
1926
General Expenses,
1919 $ 4,264.67
1920 $ 5,810.64
1921 $ 7,223.33
1922 $ 8,670.89 77,859.29
1923 $ 9,152.81 79,233.46
1924 $ 9,022.67
1925 $ 8,398.63
$ 8,673.77
Teachers' Salaries,
42,830.68
57,474.37
72,072.06
97,089.99
Textbooks and Supplies,
4,075.97
5,356.89
5,889.20
5,951.94
7,014.25
7,006.93
8,147.72
8,077.92
Transportation,
4,341.01
4,925.60
5,708.00
5,997.30
6,862.85
8,204.52
9,951.60
10,009.35
Janitor's Services,
3,708.08
4,424.34
5,566.86
5,618.82
6,667,32
7,843.57
8,474.66
8,580.15
Fuel and Light,
5,131.47
7,274.27
9,516.71
7,579.23
13,347.73
14,597.24
15,796.46
10,699.10
Maintenance Bldgs. and Grounds,
2,381.11
2,103.05
2,475.11
2,340.37
2,253.79
9,007.41
3,180.27
2,158.45
Repairs,
1,574.07
1,352.58
2,582.29
2,174.94
2,823.70
3,784.35
3,848.53
1,747.62
Music, Manual Training, Drawing,
2,163.97
3,532.61
3,564.13
3,838.61
3,885.22
4,013.83
4,513.74
4,121.54
Other Expenses,
2,452.72
2,547.73
3,612.41
4,637.93
11,340.92
7,891.72
6,809.33
7,304.06
Furniture and Furnishings,
777.19
1,929.80
1,374.97
1,970.72
2,365.85
1,065.69
1,527.59
1,306.07
Rent,
75.00
308.00
245.00
Commercial,
4,312.31
5,537.94
7,271.74
9,062.99
9,098.95
9,659.97
7,410.50
7,305.70
Special Heating,
791.28
2,100.77
5,551.52
Bills Payable,
3,506.94
2,846.65
Special Alterations at Palmer Grammar School,
1,895.00
Improvement of Wenimisset Grounds, Special Repairs,
Special Wenimisset Repairs,
4,120.49 4,590.60
Total,
$78,088.25 $103,369.10
$132,709.52
$140,464.68
$159,598.37
$171,098.74 $181,085.44
$167,073.72
20.00
89,001.04
94,315.32
Americanization, Vacation School, Playgrounds, Continuation School,
237.38
3,329.33
658.05
1,511.19
1,870.44
2,085.70
1,684.25
$78,088.25
$103,606.48
3,501.88 2,359.27 $141,900.00
6,612.68 $147,735.41
6,119.92 $167,229.48
2,368.26 *6,668.57 $182,006.01
6,951.96 $181,763.10
7,526.18 $176,284.15
Average Membership,
1,972.98
2,144.93
2,169.90
1,984.11
1,945.65
1,959.17
2,106.25
2,210.11
Average Attendance,
1,886.51
2,044.19
2,104.23
1,899.62
1,867.78
1,885.78
2,028.19
2,127.80
Cost per Pupil Based on
Average Membership,
$ 39.58
$ 48.19
$ 61.16
$ 70.79
$ 82.03
$ 87.33
$ 85.98
$ 75.60
Cost per Pupil Based on
Average Attendance,
$ 41.39
$ 50.57
$ 63.07
$ 73.94
$ 85.45
$
90.73
$
89.30
$
78.52
*This includes Smith-Hughes Fund,
$292.74
COST PER SCHOOL
High
General Expenses
$ 182.25
$
$
Park Street 58.60
S
51.90
Textbooks and Supplies
3,393.65
968.27
646.65
579.55
Transportation
3,914.10
1,251.00
1,304.30
389.50
Janitors' Services
2,545.44
1,172.80
1,172.80
388.45
Fuel and Light
2,143.31
628.36
1,226.00
1,727.42
and Grounds
547.19
164.08
205.89
155.60
Repairs
476.20
473.76
182.01
130.08
Music, Manual Training and Drawing
337.01
557.58
539.44
520.57
Commercial
7,305.70
Furniture and Furnishings
487.81
8.00
148.40
Other Expenses
2,938.16
1,226.77
331.26
739.27
Day Schools
$45,323.82
$16,955.92
$19,490.12
$14,221.47
Americanization
Continuation
Total
$45,323.82
$16,955.92
$19,490.12
$14,221.47
Average Membership
276.9
285.85
422.68
272.44
Cost per Pupil based on
average membership
$ 163.68
$ 59.32
$ 46.09
$ 52.20
Three Rivers
Teachers' Salaries
21,053.00
Thorndike Street 60.87 10,444|43
13,674.77
9,539.13
Maintenance of Buildings
Wenimisset
Thorndike
Bondsville
Districts
Office
Total
$
64.30
$ 42.30
$ 69.20
$ 41.68
$ 8,102.67 $ 8,673.77
7,149.58
10,352.87
17,628.86
7,247.35
97,089.99
1,103.00
498.95
666.38
221.47
8,077.92
479.70
307.50
410.00
1,953.25
10,009.35
382.40
1,045.46
1,372.80
500.00
8,580.15
799.80
1,724.64
1,264.42
1,185.15
10,699.10
227.82
231.41
314.74
311.72
2,158.45
100.97
112.13
166.03
106.44
1,747.62
368.70
656.54
738.06
403.64
4,121.54
7,305.70
2.00
184.36
55.00
420.50
1,306.07
585.83
590.22
649.87
242.68
7,304.06
$11,264.10
$15,746.38
$23,335.36
$12,633.88
$ 8,102.67 $167,073.72
7,526.18
1,684.25
$11,264.10
$15,746.38
$23,335.36
$12,633.88
$ 8,102.67 $176,284.15
163.29
260.02
396.9
132.03
2,210.11
2,210.11
$
68.98
$ 60.56
$
58.79
$ 95.69
$ 3.66
$ 75.60
INDEX
PART I.
Report of
Assessors
54
Auditors
85
Board of Health
58
Care of Soldiers' Graves
50
Cemetery Commissioners
43
Chief of Police
51
License Commissioners
79
Overseers of Poor
67
Road Commissioners
63
Sealer Weights and Measures
56
Selectmen
81
Tax Collector
78
Town Bookkeeper
22
Town Clerk
5
Town Officers-Expiration dates
3
Town Treasurer
90
Town Warrant
91
Tree Warden
42
Trial Balance
38
Young Men's Library Assn.
71
Part II. SCHOOL REPORT
Report of
Appendix
129
Calendar
107
School Officials
105
Superintendent of Schools
109
Attendance Statistics
110
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