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It might be of interest to know just how many of our citi- zens are connected with Civilian Defense and you will find them below:
Staff
9
Wardens
65
Report Centre
16
Auxiliary Police
45
Auxiliary Firemen
32
War Service Division
43
Ambulance
18
Medical Centre
12
Service and Supply
4
Rescue Squad.
7
Planning
1
Decontamination
1
Radio
4
Total
257
At the last Town meeting an appropriation of $1,000 was made and we have spent of this amount $777.51 as follows:
Postage and supplies
$155 01
Filing Cabinet
41 50
Radio.
91 66
Screens and cabinets
40 16
Photographs
68 50
Maps
46 55
Gas installation (supplies and service)
85 42
Stirrup pumps
13 90
Horn signal
116 78
Report Centre supplies.
33 35
Traveling expense (Decontamination School)
11 48
Arm bands
10 00
Police equipment
63 20
$777 51
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
Many of these items are non-recurring and will not have to be provided for in 1943. However, there are certain running expenses that we will have and there should be some provision made for expenses that might occur in cases of emergency. Consequently, we are asking for an appropriation for the year of $600.
Thanks should be extended to all the personnel who have given so cheerfully and unselfishly of their time on training courses and during the various practices that we have had throughout the year. Furthermore, there had been certain installations made at no cost to the Town itself. It is possible that there will be even further demands so that we can attain an efficient operating unit in each division. Undoubtedly, it is well to remember that we must function smoothly for our own protection. Mention should be made of the co-operation that is being extended to us by the Red Cross. The great majority of our personnel has received first aid instruction, which has been arranged for and given by the Lincoln Chapter.
Respectfully submitted,
LINCOLN COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, WILLIAM N. PAGE, Chairman.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1942
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NEWTON GARDEN CITY PRINT
1943
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JAMES DENORMANDIE, Chairman
SUSAN L. BRIGGS
WILLIAM N. PAGE
Term expires 1944
Term expires 1945
Term expires 1943
Superintendent CARL F. HOLLORAN
Teachers Grade 1 JOSEPHINE C. DOHERTY
Grade 2 VILLETTE POWERS
Grade 3 PATRICIA WALKER SALISBURY VIVIAN C. BURNS
Grade 4 ELIZABETH A. SANBORN
Grade 5 MAY V. LORING
Grade 6 DOROTHY E. DAVIS
Grades 7 and 8 FLORENCE E. WHEELER FRANK P. CASTLES
Supervisor of Music WILLIAM H. TAUNTON
Supervisor of Manual Training WILLIAM GILCHRIST
School Physician BENJAMIN WOOD, M. D.
School Nurse MARION N. OBER, R. N.
Janitor WILLIAM HARRINGTON
Attendance Officer JOHN J. KELLIHER
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
We herewith present our Annual Report for 1942:
Acting Superintendent, Clarence V. Baker of Arlington Heights, Illinois, completed a very successful year in June and Mr. Holloran returned in September as Superintendent. The School Committee wishes to record in this report its appreciation of Mr. Baker's leadership and helpful co-opera- tion during this period.
The following changes have occured in the staff:
Mr. Edward McGonigle was granted a military leave of absence in June to enter the U. S. Navy Air Corps and has been replaced by Mr. Frank P. Castles who comes to us from the Priory School, Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Miss Walker, due to illness, found it necessary to resign and her position in Grade 3 has been taken by Miss Vivian C. Burns. Mr. William Gilchrist of the Cambridge School in Kendall Green is teach- ing Manual Training while the position as Secretary is now being filled by Mrs. Thomas J. Dee.
Repairs have been made in accordance with appropriations made at the Town Meeting last March. After considerable delay, the remodeled heating and ventilating system in the Center School is in working order and is proving very satis- factory. We believe it will not only provide more adequate heating and ventilating but will also prove to be more eco- nomical.
Your Committee received from Professors Fuller and Simpson of the Harvard Graduate School of Education their report submitted after making a comprehensive survey of our school facilities and program. A number of recommendations have already been put into effect. The ninth grade has been discontinued and tuition is being paid for these children in the high schools of Concord, Weston and Waltham. The junior high school setup has been abolished and we are con- centrating on establishing the best possible elementary school. The position of remedial teacher has been discontinued and it is believed that adjustments in the program will take care
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of the needs for which this teacher was originally employed. The transportation of pupils has been reorganized with the resulting elimination of one bus. It is hoped that eventually the cost of this service may be considerably reduced.
The remaining recommendations which your School Com- mittee has received in this report we feel embody many con- structive suggestions which at present are being seriously considered.
Your Committee believes that this report fulfills the hope expressed last year that the recommendations might act as a guide to this and future committees in the development of an outstanding school system.
Your Committee has kept within its budget in spite of many unforeseeable expenses. We feel that many of the changes during the past year will be reflected in future savings.
In keeping with the policy of maintaining the physical property in good order, we plan to repaint a number of class- rooms during the coming year as well as the outside fire- escape. If toilet equipment is available, it is planned to make certain essential repairs in both the Center and South schools. We would also like to point out the necessity of resurfacing the roadway lying between the Center School and the Tele- phone office, together with the school's rear driveway. Drain- age on these roadways has been exceedingly poor for a num- ber of years and it is important that this situation be remedied at the earliest possible moment.
The School Committee wishes to record its appreciation of the co-operation given by the townspeople at various ration days during the year.
Attached is a summary of the Simpson-Fuller report.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES DENORMANDIE, SUSAN LENNOX BRIGGS, WILLIAM N. PAGE.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Summary of the Report of Professors Alfred D. Simpson and Edgar Fuller of the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
The primary inquiry is whether Lincoln is now justified in utilizing the Smith legacy to construct a high school.
Numerous other matters and policies have become involved, however, and the recommendations which follow refer to several important aspects of the school system. The general principle upon which the recommendations are made rests upon the belief that they will result in a higher level of edu- cational effectiveness than has yet been obtained in Lincoln.
An administrative organization has been recommended that is in harmony with modern trends and best practices all for the purpose of facilitating improvement of the educational program in a manner both educationally sound and financially economical.
Changes in the Lincoln school system have been less during the past dozen years than was anticipated in the report of Professor L. Leland Dudley in 1930.
The extremely small junior high school has clearly failed to live up to its promises. Some of the responsibility for lack of a dynamic educational program can be traced to the 6-3-3 or junior high organization. The 6-6 or 8-4 plans are more acceptable in the small town school system as they more closely co-ordinate all of the grades whereas the 6-3-3 plan places unnecessary obstacles in the path of that co-ordination.
Recommendations
1. That no high school be constructed in Lincoln now or in the foreseeable future.
On the basis of present facts, it is difficult to predict any large increase in school enrollment for many years. Lincoln is not near any large industrial area, has adequate building restrictions with relatively high land values and is likely to remain a residential area. If all those presently enrolled in grades seven to twelve were housed in one building the total secondary school enrollment would be approximately 140. It is extremely difficult to provide an adequate high school program for such a small number except through heavy
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expenditure of funds and it is unlikely even then to achieve the expected results.
High School students need the stimulation and compe- tition of larger groups working together. Present day education demands larger high school attendance units than Lincoln can now provide. In addition, present costs of transportation and tuition for students in other towns are much less than the estimates for maintaining a high school in Lincoln. To build and operate either an extension of the present building, or a separate new building, would more than double present costs.
2. That Lincoln schools be organized on the 8-4 basis.
The elimination of the ninth grade in the Lincoln schools would mean that pupils would being the first year of their four year high school program on the same educational basis as all other ninth grade pupils. Our investigations make it clear that this will be a distinct advantage as pupils will meet all the problems of orientation and adjustment to high school at the same time as other members of their class.
The fact that Lincoln does not operate its own high school gives it the distinct advantage of being able to make use of the educational opportunity of all neighboring high schools thereby gaining for its relatively small high school group an educational opportunity comparable in richness and diversity to that available only in high school systems of the largest cities and towns.
The adoption of the 8-4 plan will give more adequate facilities for the children in grades one through eight. The present ninth grade room will be available for special class purposes and for a school library.
3. That Lincoln plan to enter a superintendency union not later than July 1, 1943.
The present superintendency arrangement is not only expensive but is unlikely to secure for the town a broad- gauge type of administrative competence. It cannot pro- vide effective stimulation and leadership in the develop- ment of a modern educational program.
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The independent superintendent acting also as principal in the extremely small school system is so closely bound up with the local situation that he often finds it difficult to act constructively for the high growth of the system. On him alone rests expertness in leadership both in adminis- tration and in the stimulation of the educational program. Best results are rarely attained in either field under these circumstances.
It is less expensive and more desirable to provide for those phases of administration, external to the educational program, including the advisory and executive relationships of the administrator to the Board through the employment of a Superintendent who is constantly dealing with a broader administrative situation and who is somewhat removed from the minute details of the local attendance unit.
This change will secure for Lincoln a greater administra- tive competency than will be possible operating inde- pendently. It is significant that 213 of the 312 Massachu- setts towns (excluding cities) now operate under this union superintendency system.
4. That after the union superintendency is established a teaching Principal be employed to advise and organize the educational program.
The position may be filled by either a man or a woman. The principal should arrange to spend at least one-half of the time in actual teaching in order to relieve regular class- room teachers who have special abilities that they may conduct classes in music, industrial arts or home-making, thus avoiding the necessity of bringing in specialists on a one-day-a-week basis.
5. That teachers who are specially trained in home-making, industrial arts and music be employed as the natural turn- over of teachers occurs.
Present programs in the better teacher-training institu- tions are developing teachers' capabilities in all fundamental subjects as well as one or two specialties.
With care taken as vacancies are filled, a well-balanced educational program can be developed by the regular full- time staff.
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Inadequate equipment for industrial arts and home- making makes replacements and additions in this field essential at the earliest possible moment.
6. That the position of a "remedial teacher" be abolished.
It should be possible to organize the staff under the leadership of the principal to get a far broader remedial program than would ever be possible for one person to offer. All teaching is essentially remedial in nature and special help and guidance should be the responsibility of the staff as a regular part of its teaching duties.
7. That under the union superintendency plan an office clerk for full or part-time work be employed.
As the principal will be engaged in actual teaching, to- gether with work of an executive nature, clerical duties of the office must be delegated to a school secretary who in addition to keeping records might also assist in the opera- tion of the school library. It is also expected that she will be able to help the teachers from time to time in the prepara- tion of their materials.
8. That planning be begun for the postwar construction of a combination gymnasium-auditorium at the Center School with which would be combined shower room, health offices and cafeteria. .
Kindergarten space may well be provided if community interest is sufficient to warrant the additional expense.
Gymnasium-auditorium facilities have been a recognized need for many years. They are equally as important for children in the elementary school as for those in high school. A proper physical training program cannot be carried out in Lincoln without these facilities.
A stage will be of tremendous value in pupil development in the fields of creative expression and dramatics.
Most children cannot return to their homes for lunch. Therefore, provision must eventually be made for serving a well prepared and properly balanced noon-day meal.
9. That the South and Center Schools be consolidated as soon as possible.
By including two classrooms in the gymnasium-audi-
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torium addition, the work of the primary grades may be carried on at the Center School resulting in transportation savings as well as closer co-ordination and more efficient supervision.
Playground space is sufficient to care for such an added enrollment, and with the gymnasium available, the work of the primary grades might be greatly expanded.
There would be a considerable reduction in maintenance and heating costs through the consolidation of both schools.
Adequate space for the nurse's office and dental clinic would provide facilities for carrying on a far more satisfac- tory health program.
10. That the School Committee plan to reduce transpor- taion costs through the reorganization of the present bus routes.
A recent study of transportation costs in Massachusetts shows that Lincoln is spending more per pupil than any other district in the Commonwealth. It should be possible through re-routing and through consolidation with high school transportation to arrange for the elimination of one bus.
Conclusion
By following the recommendations herein outlined, a more efficient school program at lower costs to the Town should result. However, economy in spending consists in spending wisely and getting one's money's worth. No function of the school should be curtailed in order that savings of a few dollars may result. It is well recognized that an increase of expenditures for needed materials and equipment will often bring a larger return from already fixed costs.
Lincoln is a Town that is well able financially and con- ceptually to support a strong school program. At the same time it should be borne in mind that a strong school program does not depend upon the provision of all school facilities within the Town's geographical limits. It does not depend upon certain organizational features such as the junior high school, nor upon a separate Town superintendency. In fact, these sometime mistaken marks of a good school system may
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well be more of a handicap than a help to the development of a strong total educational opportunity for youth.
Your consultants have sought to look at the Lincoln school problem realistically. We are confident that these recommen- dations as a whole will produce a distinctly better educa- tional system for Lincoln. This is the real criterion.
If, however, at the same time there are actual money savings in the proposals, weight is added to the argument. Economy need not be a dominant factor in Lincoln but it should never be neglected. The total picture here presented, therefore, is one of progress in the realization of money's worth in education.
From the basic pattern here outlined, the School Com- mittee should be constantly alert to proceeding with the ob- jective of improving the substance of the educational process, through strengthening the teaching personnel, through cur- riculum reorganization, through plant improvement, and through the continuous development of improved school community relations.
Finally, your consultants wish to record their pleasure in working with the Lincoln School Committee and their faith in this Committee's devotion in their dealing with the prob- lems of educational policy in this Town.
Submitted by, ALFRED D. SIMPSON, EDGAR FULLER.
Graduate School of Education Harvard University June 9, 1942.
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January 4, 1943.
Graduated From 8th Grade, June, 1942
Barbara Beardsley
Norma MacDonald
Louise Bowen
Robert Nelson
Lucille Bowen
Frederick Newell
Olive Brooks
William N. Page
Charlotte Browning
Barbara Palmer
Whittier C. Calkins
George Perry
Theresa Chaisson
William Robinson
Elizabeth Coan
Gerald Russes
Dorothy Corrigan
John Savage
Norma DeRoche
Hannah Snider
G. Gordon Harris
David B. Spooner
Dorothy Howe
Bernard Leslie
Roland B. Swift Ann Whittemore
Leland A. Wildes
Graduated From 9th Grade, June, 1942
Richard Bacon
Herman Kinsler, Jr.
Nathan Bartlett
Helen Leslie
Michael Cook
Walter Lovejoy, Jr.
Robert Corrigan
Ernest J. MacFarland
Alfred Davis
Kenneth Macleod
Terese DeLorey
John Manning
Alice Dickson
John P. Manning
Phyllis Ford Mary Harrington
Josephine Rando Michael Shea
John Hills
Manuel Silva
Carl F. Holloran, Jr.
Lorraine Smith
Kenneth Jensen
Walter Wood
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Membership by Age and Grade, October 1, 1942
Boys
Age
Grade
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16 Totals
1
1
13
14
2
3
9
1
13
3
4
10
1
15
4
2
9
4
15
5
2
9
2
1
14
6
3
4
3
1
11
7
1
7
2
1
11
8
5
6
4
1
16
Total
1 16 13
13
12
16
7
16
9
5
1
109
Girls
1
4
13
17
2
2 13
15
3
3
5
8
4
1
11
2
14
5
5
8
13
6
1
8
2
11
7
4
5
2
11
8
3
10
1
1
15
Total
4
15 16
6
16
11
12
10
12
1
1
104
Distribution of Minors
5 yrs. or over
7 yrs. or over
October 1, 1942
.. and under 7
and under 16
A. In the registration of minors Ages as of October 1, 1942
Boys
30
146
Girls.
33
114
Totals
63
260
B. Distribution of the above minors:
In public day school
36
229
In vocational school
. .
In private school
12
30
Not enrolled in any school
15
1
Totals
63
260
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SUPERINTENDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT
Personnel
The following changes were made in the teaching staff during 1942:
Mr. Edward F. McGonigle was granted a military leave of absence when he entered the armed services.
Mr. Frank P. Castles was elected to fill this vacancy.
Mrs. Patricia Walker Salisbury resigned in November and Miss Vivian C. Burns was elected to teach Grade 3.
Mr. William Gilchrist was elected teacher of manual training.
Transportation
Of the 216 pupils in our schools on January 4 only 16 walk to school, and of these only one attends the South School.
The three buses which transport these pupils cover 93 miles daily.
Transportation to Concord High School is provided by two buses which cover 59.9 miles daily. Pupils attending Waltham and Weston High Schools are allowed 40 cents and 30 cents daily, respectively, and make their own arrangements for transportation.
Regulatory power over school buses is now in the Office of Defense Transportation and all school buses are required to have a Certificate of War Necessity. The policies outlined by the ODT are very far reaching and will undoubtedly result in a curtailment of existing transportation.
High School
We are now paying tuition for 89 pupils attending Concord, Weston and Waltham High Schools.
The school and grade distribution:
Grade
9
10
11
12
Totals
Concord
23
16
10
16
65
Waltham
2
7
.
6
0
15
Weston
1
1
3
4
9
-
Totals
26
24
19
20
89
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Fuel Oil
Since the South School is heated by oil that building is affected by the oil rationing program.
During the 1941-1942 school year 4,253 gallons of fuel oil were used in this school. Under the rationing program we are allowed 3,040 gallons, approximately 71% of last year's total.
In order to conserve this fuel as much as possible we are maintaining the room temperature at 65°.
Junior Red Cross
The Junior Red Cross under the leadership of Miss Eliza- beth A. Sanborn has achieved 100% enrollment.
At Thanksgiving a contribution of vegetables, fruit and. canned goods was made to the New England Home for Little Wanderers.
War Savings Stamps
The pupils of the Center School have purchased a total of $485.30 in War Savings Stamps since September, 1942.
Respectfully submitted,
CARL F. HOLLORAN, Superintendent of Schools.
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SUMMARY OF SCHOOL EXPENSES
Expen ded 1942
Requested 1943
Salaries
$20,888 16 $20,646 00
Supt. and Committee
342 37
172 00
Fuel
1,185 19
975 00
Books and Supplies
1,045 63
1,100 00
Health
768 35
737 00
Operating Expenses
775 24
695 26
Repairs
744 68
500 00
Local Transportation
3,727 17
2,340 03
High School Transportation
4,705 26
6,324 35
High School Tuition
8,645 00
11,495 00
New Equipment
222 10
150 00
School ventilating system
4,600 00
Totals
$47,649 15 $45,134 64
Appropriation
$47,651 00
Unexpended balance
1 85
Vocational Education
Tuition
$42 35
$150 00
Transportation
8 40
54 00
$50 75
$204 00
Appropriation
$460 00
Unexpended balance
409 25
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Grammar School Fund
$26 89
Comm. of Mass., Tuition of Wards
106 05
Comm. of Mass., Trans. of Wards
34 80
Comm. of Mass., Part 1, Chap. 70
2,460 00
Comm. of Mass., H. S. Trans.
3,789 17
Comm. of Mass., Voc. Tuition
371 05
Comm. of Mass., Voc. Trans.
326 80
Total
$7,114 76
APPROXIMATE NET COST OF SCHOOLS TO TOWN $40,585 14
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REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
To the School Committee of Lincoln:
A report of school nursing for the year ending December 31, 1942, is hereby submitted. 1
Schools have been visited daily.
There have been 305 office calls for treatment or advice; 42 pupils have been taken home from school; 153 home visits have been made to check on absent pupils; and 13 visits were made to a doctor's office or hospital clinic.
I assisted Dr. Benjamin Wood of Waltham with the yearly physical examination of each pupil, and weighed and measured each pupil three times during the year. Scalps were examined frequently.
The children entering the first grade attended the Well Child Clinic 100%; were weighed, measured, given eye test and physical examination by Dr. John A. V. Davies of the Children's Hospital of Boston.
All first grade pupils have had toxoid inoculation, Schick tests and vaccination. One pupil was taken to Middlesex Sanitorium for the Von Pirquet test and X-Ray.
The Lincoln Dental Committee, Mrs. Robert Loring, Chair- man, conducted a clinic at the Center School with Dr. Spencer Taylor of Lexington as dentist.
The school enjoyed a very healthy year, very few conta- gious or communicable diseases were reported.
Everyone was very happy to welcome Mr. Holloran back with us in September.
Respectfully submitted,
MARIAN N. OBER, R.N.,
School Nurse.
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WARRANT
NOTICE
Business Meeting, Monday, March 1, 1943, at 7:30 P.M.
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln in said County:
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Lincoln, qualified to vote in Town Meeting for the transaction of Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Lincoln, on Monday, the first day of March next at 7:30 o'clock P.M., then and there to act on the following Articles, except Article 1, and also to meet in said Town Hall on Saturday, the sixth day of March next, at 12 o'clock Noon, then and there to act on the following Article 1, by posting a copy of this War- rant, by you attested, in each of the Post Offices, and in some other public place in said Town seven days at least before the first day of March next:
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