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knowledge through such tests and what they indicate as to needed emphasis in the various areas of instruction.
Visual Aids
Increasingly school instruction is utilizing visual media to make instruction vivid and to stimulate interest. It is pro- posed to provide these aids as much as practicable, develop- ing a program which specifically relates them to areas of in- struction, especially in the social studies and science.
Visual aids include the following :
Films - silent and sound
Globes
Slides
Graphs
Pictures
Drawings
Maps
Diagrams
Objects and Forms
Collections
We are adding this year some excellent materials in globes and maps.
Buildings and Equipment
That Lincoln citizens and parents are conscious of the limitations imposed upon the school program by present buildings and equipment is indicated by the authorization of the Committee for Investigating the Needs of the Lincoln Schools and the studies which have been made to present the situation to the town. A building program has only one major premise, that it will improve and facilitate the educa- tional program. Specific illustrations of the way it does that are as follows:
(1) Kindergarten, primary, intermediate and upper grades - Large space areas for constructive activities, committees, special exhibits, library and supplementary book spaces, storage facilities for illustrative material and supplies.
(2) Special Facilities
(a) Auditorium - For meetings of the entire student body for group instruction by the principal, for student performances in music and dramatics, student leadership in all-school activities, and for experiences brought to the school through outside speakers, films, and organizations.
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(b) Gymnasium - For a year-round program in health and physical education with facilities for teaching the major skills and games.
(c) Cafeteria - For provision of a suitable place to eat hot lunches, prepared under the most sanitary conditions.
(d) Library - The central reference and book room for the school, supplemented by strong class room library corners. Reading for purpose en- couraged and stimulated.
(e) Playground areas - For outdoor physical edu- cation, using properly prepared and equipped play areas.
(f) One elementary school - All children in one school from kindergarten through eighth grade, with better supervision, with access to all the school's advantages.
(g) Health clinic - For efficient examinations, for proper emergency care for sick children, and with adequate sanitary equipment and facilities for health service.
These have been described briefly to indicate what a modern building program means in terms of modern elementary school instruction.
Personnel
The school staff for 1945-46 is listed in the directory pre- ceding this report. Three members of the present staff are employed on a substitute basis; one teacher is completing the year for the sixth grade, whose teacher resigned at mid-year, and the other two are filling positions kept open for the possi- ble return of two men now on military leaves of absence.
Attraction of the highest quality teaching personnel should be our most demanding insistence; the quality of instruction depends upon a highly competent teacher, who is furnished with ample facilities for doing the best possible work. Good salaries and good working conditions attract superior teachers. Consideration and study should be given to our salary sched- ule.
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Appreciation is expressed to all our teachers for their sincere interest and effort in improving the educational pro- gram during the past year.
Community Relationship
Your superintendent believes that all citizens and parents should participate in informing and being informed about the schools, their objectives and their needs. It is proposed that through quarterly reports to all the citizens of the town in- formation can be available to all. A Parent Council, repre- senting the parents, and forming a consultative and advisory group with the superintendent, is proposed as one means of studying school problems. The school welcomes visitors and hopes to have special occasions when its work is particu- larly interesting to see.
Administration
Administration and supervision are under the direction of your superintendent. Educational planning with the school committee, the staff, and the community is the method which will take us toward a better school.
The budget for 1946 was developed in detail as a guide to forward looking planning. Its preparation was the result of the cooperative planning of the staff, school committee, and clerk, and is gratefully acknowledged. Deep apprecia- tion is expressed to the school committee and the community for their helpful guidance.
Lincoln Schools represent an opportunity for everyone to look ahead, and to achieve greatly for the youth of Lincoln.
Respectfully submitted,
F. H. McKELVEY, Superintendent of Schools.
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SUMMARY OF SCHOOL EXPENSES
Expended 1945
Requested 1946
General Control
Office Expenses and clerk
$962 64
$1,095 00
Salaries - Supt.
2,433 26
4,096 00
Expenses - Supt.
317 79
205 00
Instruction
Principal - salaries
1,560 00
00 00
Teachers - salaries
17,870 55
18,840 00
Textbooks - elem.
626 32
1,084 24
Supplies - elem.
1,195 16
1,291 92
Operation
Janitors - salaries
1,939 92
1,960 00
Fuel
881 78
825 00
Miscellaneous - elem.
1,100 43
876 50
Maintenance
Repairs
910 79
888 00
Auxiliary Agencies
Health - elem.
608 29
625 00
Transportation - local
2,369 35
3,382 87
Transportation - high school
6,764 56
7,639 17
Tuition
9,296 07
9,595 00
Totals
$48,836 91
$52,403 70
Appropriation
$49,696 04
Total unexpended balance
859 13
Vocational Education
Tuition
$465 20
$642 00
Transportation
62 60
216 00
Totals
$527 80
$858 00
Appropriation
$800 00
Unexpended balance
272 20
Summary
$49,364 71
$53,261 70
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Accounts Receivable
Grammar School Fund
$26 89
Vocational Tuition
227 07
Vocational Transportation
69 40
High School Transportation
4,923 47
Comm. of Mass. Part I, Ch. 70
2,168 00
Private Tuition
60 00
School Damage
5 00
Refund - Waltham Trade School
30 00
High School Tuition (State Wards)
417 00
Total
$7,926 83
1945 Net Cost of Schools to Town.
$41,437 88
Membership by Age and Grade, October 1, 1945
Age
Boys
Grade
4
5
6
7
8 9 10
11 12
13
14
15 Totals
Kdg.
1
8
9
1
3 9
1
13
2
2 12
3
17
3
2
11
3
16
4
1
10
1
12
5
1
2
6
4
13
6
3
10
1
14
7
1
10
3
14
8
1
8
3
12
1
11
11 16
15
15 10
15
12
11
3
120
Girls
Age
Grade
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15 Totals
Kdg.
2
12
14
1
4
15
19
2
6 12
1
19
3
3
13
1
17
4
4
11
15
5
1
13
2
1
17
6
3
1
4
7
1
10
1
12
3
5
1
1
10
2
16
21
15
18
13
16
4 14
6
18
1 127
8
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Distribution of Minors October 1, 1945
5 yrs. or over and under 7
7 yrs. and under 16
A. In the registration of minors
Age as of October 1, 1945
23
138
Girls
37
127
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B. Distribution of above minors:
In public day school
57
222
In vocational school
1
In private school
3
40
Not enrolled in any school.
.
-
60
265
Tuition Pupils Attending Secondary Schools Outside of Lincoln
October 1, 1945
Grade
9
10
11
12
Totals
Concord
10
14
15
9
48
Waltham
1
1
2
Weston
7
6
3
2
18
Totals
18
21
18
11
68
Graduated from 8th Grade, June, 1945
Waldo Emerson Palmer, Jr.
Helen Lovejoy
Geraldine Marilynn Aptt
Louise Lovejoy
George Thomas Cobb, III
Cynthia Creelman Robert Blair Cullen
Elsie Rose Macleod Lillian Lorraine Mills Allan Hunt Murphy
Andrew Joseph Dougherty
Charles William Newell
Eleinor Jane Henley
Charles Petersen
Harry Beard Knowles, III
Alice Marie Silva
Robert Karl van Leer
Boys
60
265
.
2
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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, 1945, is hereby submitted:
My work from January thru June was limited in scope due to the set up of the health program, however from September to December inclusive much improved supervision and ob- servation in health has been carried on.
Schools have been visited daily. Pupils have been weighed and measured and scalps examined frequently. Eyes and ears tested, nine eye defects were discovered; four pupils are now wearing glasses; one is waiting for an appointment with an oculist; the other four have done nothing.
The children entering the first grade or kindergarten at- tended the Well Child Clinic. 98% were weighed and measured and given a physical examination by Dr. John A. V. Davies of Boston.
There have been 202 office calls for treatment or advice; 42 pupils have been taken home; 151 home visits have been made to check on absent pupils; and 4 visits with two pupils to hospital clinic.
The general health of our pupils has been good during the spring, when we also had two cases of scarlet fever and one case of measles. In September we had one case of whooping cough.
The yearly physical examination has been done by the school physician, Dr. Randolph Piper of Concord. The ex- amination took place in January.
With sincere appreciation of the help and co-operation given me by Mr. McKelvey, with whom it has been a pleasure to work.
Respectfully submitted,
MARIAN N. OBER, R. N., School Nurse.
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NOTICE Business Meeting, Monday, March 4, 1946, at 7:30 P.M.
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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 fourth 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 tenth 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 Warrant, by you attested in each of the Post Offices, and in some other public place in said Town seven days at least before the fourth day of March next:
The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Saturday, March ninth, will be open at 12 o'clock Noon, and may be closed at 7 o'clock P.M.
Article 1. To bring in their votes for the following Town Officers and any other officers required by law, to be elected by Australian Ballot, Viz:
One Moderator for one year.
One Town Clerk for one year.
One member of the Board of Selectmen for three years.
One member of the Board of Assessors for three years.
One Treasurer for one year.
One Collector of Taxes for one year.
One Auditor for one year.
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One member of the School Committee for three years.
One member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years.
One member of the Board of Health for three years.
One Tree Warden for one year.
One member of the Trust Fund Commissioners for three years.
One member of the Trustees of the Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures for three years.
One member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners for three years.
One member of the Planning Board for five years.
Article 2. To bring in their votes for any committees, commissioners, trustees and other officers, required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.
Selectmen
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Offi- cers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
Selectmen
Article 4. To fix the salaries and compensation of the several elective officers of the Town and to determine whether any Department, Board or Committee shall be authorized to employ for additional compensation any of its members and to fix the additional compensation of such members.
Selectmen
Article 5. To raise and appropriate money for the neces- sary and expedient purposes of the Town, and enact anything in relation to the same.
Selectmen
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Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1946, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to re- new any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Selectmen
Article 7. To see whether the Town will purchase a heavy duty truck and appropriate the sum of $7,500 to be taken from the Machinery Fund, or take any action relative thereto.
Finance Committee
Article 8. To see if the Town will purchase the following equipment
1 Medium Duty Truck $5,000
1 Power Grader 6,000
1 Pick-up Truck 900
1 Power Lawn Mower 800
1 Sickle Mower 150
Appropriate the sum of $12,850 therefore, this amount to be taken from free cash, or take any action relative thereto.
Finance Committee
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote that the collector of taxes be elected for a three-year term, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the following unpaid 1945 bills.
Board of Health, S. R. Wrightington, Services $80 00
Building Inspector, Salary for 1944 and 1945 123 66
Highway Dept. Doherty's Garage, rent of land 37 53
Selectmen $241 19
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Article 11. To see if the Town will adopt a by-law pro- viding that the existing Board of Appeals under the Zoning By-Laws be the Board of Appeals under Section 811 of Chapter 211, Acts of 1936.
Selectmen
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to have the super- vision of the investments of the John H. Pierce Fund placed under the control of the Commissioners of Trust Funds or take any action relative thereto.
Treasurer
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to conduct Memorial Day Services on May thirtieth next, appoint a committee, appropriate money, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.
By Petition
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Water Commissioners to obtain an engineer's report as to the advisability of the Town joining the Metropolitan Water System, and appropriate $700 for same, or take any other action on the question.
Water Commissioners
Article 15. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to study the question of an ice hockey and skating rink, and report to the Town at a future meeting, not later than the next annual, or take any action on the question.
Selectmen
Article 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $150.00 to place street lights on Farrar Road from Concord Road to Ox Bow Road or take any action relative thereto.
By Petition
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Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 723 enacted by the General Court in the 1945 Session relative to the establishing and maintenance of a Department for furnishing Information, Advice and Assistance to Veterans of World War 2 or other Veterans, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to amend the existing By-Laws by striking out Section 10 of Article 2 and substituting therefore the following:
There shall be a Finance Committee composed of five voters of the Town who shall serve without pay and shall not, while serving on said committee, hold any other town office. Within thirty days after the adjournment of the Town Meet- ing at which this By-Law is adopted, the Moderator shall appoint five persons to serve on said Committee, one person for a term of five years, one person for a term of four years, one person for a term of three years, one person for a term of two years, and one person for a term of one year. The mem- bers of the Committee shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified, and any vacancy shall be filled by the remaining members of the committee and the Mod- erator. The Committee shall choose a chairman and a sec- retary and shall, prior to the Annual Town Meeting, confer with the Selectmen for consideration of the annual budget, and may hold public hearings. The Committee shall con- sider all questions that require the expenditures of money and shall consult with all boards, committees, or officers on their respective annual or special requests for appropriations. The Committee shall make reports and recommendations in the Annual Town Report or by special report on any question brought before the Town at a Town Meeting other than the Annual Town Meeting.
Finance Committee
Article 19. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,250 to obtain available blue prints of parcels of prop- erty in Lincoln, filed at the Registry of Deeds of Middlesex County, or take any action relative thereto.
Assessors
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Article 20. To see if the Town will accept as a public way the private road known as Woods End Road, as shown on a plan in the Land Registration Office being plan numbered 107 (B of 2) and approved by the Board of Survey of the Town of Lincoln, January 30, 1939, - this acceptance being sub- ject to the payment to the Town of an amount sufficient to properly surface the road or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen
Article 21. To see if the Town will appropriate $1,000 to form a Mosquito Control Project for the Town of Lincoln under the State Reclamation Board, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Board of Health
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to have the Town insurance handled by a licensed broker residing in the Town, or take any action relative thereto.
By Petition
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to have the Mod- erator appoint a Committee to submit to the Selectmen plans for a Veteran's Homecoming Program or to take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen
Article 24. To see if the Town will accept the beneficial interest in the Trust established by the will of Julian de Cor- dova late of Lincoln, and take any further action relating thereto, or to the Deposit Agreement between the Mer- chant's National Bank of Boston and Julian de Cordova dated November 29, 1930, as amended.
Selectmen
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Article 25. To see whether the Town will vote to create a "Capital Improvements Committee" to consist of the mem- bers of the Planning Board with five additional appointees of the Moderator, to study and draw up a comprehensive plan for the immediate and future physical development of the Town, such plan to include without limiting the generality of the foregoing, their recommendations relating to -
1. the location, equipment and appropriate accessories to all public and community buildings, athletic fields, playgrounds, parks and public needs of similar charac- ter and
2. any problems legal or otherwise that would be involved in the proper correlation of these town facilities;
to appropriate money for the use of such committee in carry- ing out such study; or take any other action relative thereto.
Finance Committee
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or acquire land for the site of a school, appropriate any money therefore or take any action relative thereto.
Committee for Studying Needs of Lincoln Schools
Article 27. To see if the Town will instruct the Mod- erator to appoint a Committee, authorize the same to engage an architect to develop preliminary plans and specifications for an elementary school and appropriate the sum of $4,000 for such expenses as the Committee may incur, or take any action relative thereto.
Committee for Studying Needs of Lincoln Schools
Article 28. To determine whether the Town shall author- ize the Selectmen to take such steps as may be necessary to enable the Town to erect a school building or Town Hall upon the land owned by the Town by virtue of the will of John H. Pierce, and to use the balance of said land for school, play- ground, educational and recreational purposes, and further to
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take such steps as may be necessary to enable the Town to use 30 much of the annual income bequeathed including in- come accumulated thereon, as the Selectmen in their discre- tion shall consider advisable for the foregoing purposes, the balance, if any, of said income to be used for hospital treat- ment by such inhabitants of the Town as in the opinion of the Selectmen should be in financial need thereof.
Further to take such steps as may be necessary to permit the Town to use the sum bequeathed to the Town by the will of Charles S. Smith towards the construction of a school house upon said land devised to the Town by said will of said John H. Pierce, or to take any other action in relation to any one or more of the foregoing matters.
By Petition
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at or before the time for the meeting aforesaid. Given under our hands this 11th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-six.
SUMNER SMITH, ALBERT A. SCHAAL, H. BIGELOW HILLS, Selectmen of Lincoln.
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500,001
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