Town Report on Lincoln 1946-1950, Part 20

Author: Lincoln (Mass.)
Publication date: 1946
Publisher: Lincoln (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 1028

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12,000

Cost to buy new land and improvements to the land including allowance for new roadwork, water and

power service

7,600

Totals

$43,760

$49,286

Estimated Cost of New Building as per plans of O'Sullivan & Murphy

(1) (Assuming sale of $40,000 1-10 year serial bonds and no money to be appropriated from free cash)

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954 1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

Current appropriation.

$3,460

Amortization of debt

$4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000

$4,000 $4,000 $4,000

$4,000 $4,000

Interest at 11/2%

600

540

480

420

360

300

240

180

120

Loss of taxes on land purchased

$20

Fire insurance on building

.70

Heating

300

Building maintenance

300

400

500

Total

$3,460

$5,290 $5,230

$5,170 $5,110

$5,050

$5,090 $5,030

$4,970

$4,910

$4,850

$ 890

(2) Less: Present net rent. .

360

Net Additional Cost

$3,460

$4,930

$4,870

$4,810

$4,750

$4,690

$4,730

$4,670

$4,610

$4,550

$4,490

$530

Additional Tax Rate (3)

$ .91

$1.25

$1.20

$1.15

$1.11

$1.06

$1.04

$ .99

$ .95

$ .91

$ .88

$ .10

TOWN OF LINCOLN

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Estimated Cost of Present Town Barn as per plans of O'Sullivan & Murphy

(1) (Assuming sale of $45,000 1-10 year serial bonds and no money to be appropriated from free cash)

Current appropriation

$4,286

Amortization of debt.

$5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000

675

600

525

450

375

300

240

180

120

Loss of taxes on property purchased ..

280

$280

Fire insurance on building

135

\135

135

Heating

300

Building maintenance

600

800

1,000

Total

$4,286 $6,990 $6,915 $6,840

$6,765

$6,690 $5,815

$5 755 $5 695 $5,635 $5,575 $1,715

(2) Less: Present net rent. .

360

Less: Rent for 2 apartments

600

Net Additional Cost .

$4,286

$6,030

$5,955 $5,880

$5,805 $5,730 $4,855 $4,795 $4,735 $4,675 $4,615

$755

(3) Addition to Tax Rate

$1.12

$1.53

$1.47

$1.41

$1.35

$1.29

$1.06

$1.02 $ .98

$ .94

$ .90

$ .14

(1) Services of a caretaker, water, light and telephone omitted because they would be substantially the same as at present regardless of what action the Town takes.

(2) Rent paid for barn plus ground floor apartment $780

Less: Rent received for apartment 420

$360

(3) Assuming 3% annual increase in total valuation of assessed estate.

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SPECIAL REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD

Interest at 11/2%

CODMAN ROAD

TO CONCORD

Lot Line ?

MARTIN HOUSE

PRIVATE !

PROPERTY

ROAD

Slot Line )

PLOT PLAN

300 ft.

FUTURE

PROPOSED HIGHWAY BUILDING

FUTURE

- Lot Line-

sooft.

= TRACKS B & M. R.R. PROPOSED HIGHWAY BUILDING . LINCOLN, MASS.

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Overhead Door

TOILET

V PLONK

4-2WAY

Plows

SALT STORAGE

VPLOW

BUCKEYE SAND SPREADER

MOTOR SANO SPREADER

LOCKER ROOM

I WAY

PLOW

PRESENT STORAGE REQUIREMENT= 1000sq ft.

SAND SPREADERS

TOOL ROOM

PIT

- -

LARGE TRUCK

Overhead Doors

FLOOR PLAN

PROPOSED HIGHWAY BUILDING - LINCOLN, MASS.

SCRAPER

SMALL TRUCK

LARGE TRUCK

OIL STORAGE OFFICE

GREASE

FUTURE TRUCK

BOILER ROOM

FUTURE TRUCK

SPECIAL REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD

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BUCKEYE SAND SPREADER

V PLOWS

SALT STORAGE

SMALL TOOLS STORAGE

2 WAY

PLOWS

SAND SPREADERS

I WAY PLOW

PRESENT STORAGE REQUIREMENT = 1000 Sq.ft.

APARTMENTS

OIL

GREASE

PIT

FUTURE TRUCK

LARGE TRUCK

SMALL

SMALL TRUCK

OFFICE 1

NOW CHIMNEY

BOILER AND TOILET UNDER THIS AREA

EXISTING DOOR TO REMAIN

NEW OVERHEAD TYPE DOORS

NEW STAIRS DOWN TO BOILER & TOILET RM.

NEW STONE RETAINING WALL

FLOOR PLAN

SHOWING POSSIBLE ALTERATIONS TO

EXISTING TOWN BARN BUILDING . LINCOLN, MASS.

TOWN OF LINCOLN

MOTOR SAND SPREADER

SCRAPER

TRUCK

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REPORT OF THE LINCOLN SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE 1947

The Committee was formally organized on December 2, 1946, with William N. Page, Chairman and Frederick H. Mc- Kelvey, Secretary. Mr. John E. Nichols was appointed con- sultant on January 4, 1947, and the firm of Anderson & Beck- with was engaged as architects on April 3, 1947.

A very thoughtful "Statement of Need" was drawn up by Mr. McKelvey with the approval of both this Committee and the School Committee and was accepted as the basis for the plan which the architects have developed. It was felt strongly that besides the basic requirement of reading, writ- ing, and number work opportunity should be provided for the development of music, art, and shop skills. To these should be added the facilities that adequate gymnasium, cafeteria, and auditorium rooms provide, both for school and com- munity. Careful thought was given to the designing of a typical class room, even to constructing a scale model. The relationship of those rooms that might fill community needs to the rest of the school has been worked out so that they may be used by themselves without the necessity of opening up the entire building, a great asset for evening and vacation use. Finally it was decided to place the building almost en- tirely on the westerly part of the site so that the present ball field would in no way be disturbed.

When complete sketches were available, tentative cost figures were obtained showing a total expenditure of approxi- mately $887,600. There was complete agreement that such an amount was entirely beyond the ability of the Town to pay and that the committee should not recommend it. There- fore, this plan was considered the ultimate goal toward which the Town should move as fast as finances permitted and school population demanded. In the meantime your committee voted to recommend the continued use of the Center School for Grades 1 through 3 which will need all six class rooms but which have minimum use for special shop, music, gymnasium and assembly facilities. The kindergarten and grades 4 through 8 would be housed in the new school. The South School would be abandoned.

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The new school plan would contemplate the immediate building of six class rooms for grades 4-8 and the kindergarten, together with offices, health unit, shop, music, gymnasium and locker rooms. The Primary class room wing, together with the assembly hall and cafeteria, would be omitted until further funds are available. The estimated cost of this alternate plan would be $494,300. Your committee believes that this is the absolute minimum which can be built at this time which will adequately care for the immediate school needs of the Town. Even then, there is no assurance that the balance of the plan will not be needed very shortly. A summary of costs of the entire plan and the lesser alternate plan is shown below. Plates of the two floor plans and photographs of the building and classroom models are shown in this report.

Complete Plan (743,198 cu. ft.)

Alternate Plan (448,496 cu. ft.)

General Construction

$542,700

$309,874

Electrical

40,000

27,450

Plumbing

31,500

24,100

Heat and Ventilation

steam distribution.

35,800

28,450

radiation and ventilation

35,800

21,100

Total Building Cost

$686,500

$410,974

Equipment

77,868

24,737

Site Work

55,800

26,300

Fees

63,700

36,293

Grand Total

$883,868

$498,304

Fees paid on account

4,000

Net Total Cost

$879,868

$494,304

For financing a major project of this sort, a bond issue is, of course, essential. The Town is, at the present time, only $5,000.00 in debt on account of water improvements. This will be paid off in December, 1948. However, the debt limit of the Town is 5% of its assessed valuation or approximately $193,000. This limit can be raised by the Mass. General Court and an appropriate bill has been filed to permit borrow- ing up to $525,000. A bill of this sort is purely permissive and nothing can be borrowed without full authorization by two-thirds vote of a Town meeting. Your committee felt it-

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self duty bound to ask our representative, Mr. Harold Tom- kins of Concord, to do this before December 5, 1947, the final date for filing bills in this year's session ; otherwise, a permission could not have been granted by the General Court until the next session in January, 1949. There is now available about $70,000 in Town funds which could be used for new school purposes if so designated by the Town.

Funds invested in the Post War Rehabilitation Fund may be made available by application to the proper state authori- ties. These funds are only available for improvements or additions to Town facilities, such as a new school. The De- Cordova gift is for school equipment and the Sale of Real Estate Fund, derived from property taken by foreclosure for failure to pay taxes, can only be appropriated for some pur- pose that might legally be financed by a bond issue, such as a new school. The balance of approximately $425,000 would be raised by a bond issue, payable over 20 years which we be- lieve can be obtained at an interest rate of 134%. The cost of this issue in terms of tax rate depends on total assessed valuation which is gradually increasing each year and so correspondingly reducing the cost per thousand of assessed value. Assuming a valuation of $4,000,000, which is prac- tically certain when houses now under construction are put on the assessors' lists, the tax rate would increase $6.75 the first year and decrease progressively to $5.09 on the final year of payment or an average increase of $5.92. Since further home construction is sure to take place in the Town in the near future, these figures are certain to be maximum for con- struction and equipment of the contemplated school building.

Operation costs are, at this stage, only an estimate but they should be squarely faced since we will have an entire new building to operate, the cost of which will be only slightly off- set by abandoning the South School. As nearly as we can determine $8,000.00 should cover these annual expenses or $2.00 on the tax rate.

Your committee feels that the architects have produced a building of exceptional quality, wonderfully suited to doing the finest possible educational job. It is a project of which Lin- coln may well be proud and which we feel certain will be a eading example for all to see of a modern school at its best.

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We realize that this is the first major expenditure of funds in recent times by the Town, that it will seem to many a drastic step. We know that the cost will seem great. We must all realize, however, that Lincoln is a unique Town that has en- joyed all the opportunities presented by nearness to Boston. It has been carefully and conservatively run. It has now reached a point where major expenditures are necessary if we are to have for ourselves and our children the facilities we need for education, health and general protection. Your com- mittee hopes that its recommendations will be accepted after careful thought as an investment in providing those facilities which Lincoln must have properly to educate its children in what promises to be a very tough world.

Respectfully submitted,

JAMES DeNORMANDIE, MARGARET H. NORTON, CHARLES K. FITTS, KENNETH FARNSWORTH, WILLIAM N. PAGE, Chairman.

Main Features of the Plan

For construction 1948-49:

1. Six Classrooms of unusual design, each having light from three sides, with ample area for an activity pro- gram for a maximum of 30 pupils per classroom. Class- rooms grouped in staggered pairs to permit classroom windows above corridor and also windows in corridor.

2. Corridor in which are placed the wardrobes. A tunnel under the corridor provides for piping distribution.

3. Kindergarten with enclosed play yard and separate entrance from bus shelter.

4. Bus and Bicycle Shelter at termination of approach road.

5. Administration centrally located.

6. Health Unit near entrance.

7. Gymnasium sized for high school basketball, with seats for spectators. Adapted for use by entire community and can seat 600 if used as auditorium.

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8. Lockers and Showers, not only for older school children, but adequate for ball teams and other community groups of both sexes using gymnasium in winter or playground in summer.

9. General Shop for the development of hand skills, avail- able also for adults.

10. Music Room especially designed for all kinds of musi- cal participation, of value to Town music groups.

For later construction :

11. Five More Classrooms, providing a total capacity of 300 to 325. Eventually five more so that there will then be two for each grade, with a maximum capacity of about 500.

12. Auditorium with sloping floor and fixed seats for 300, with stage 24 x 50 connected with music room and shop.

13. Cafeteria for 200, complete with kitchen facilities and including unit kitchen for instruction in home arts.

14. Lobby for exhibitions and other functions.

15. Teachers' Workroom and rest rooms.

16. Site Development of entire tract of 27 acres for maxi- mum educational and recreational use by all age groups.

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ALTERNATE PLAN

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TOWN OF LINCOLN

TITTILLEM

VIEW OF BUILDING FROM SOUTHWEST

REPORT OF SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE

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TYPICAL CLASSROOM

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

OF THE

TOWN OF LINCOLN

FOR THE

SCHOOL YEAR 1947

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NEWTON GARDEN CITY PRINT, INC.

1948

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TOWN OF LINCOLN

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Term Expires

JOHN W. CARMAN, Chairman

1949

HELEN P. WILEY

1948

MALCOLM DONALDSON

1950

Superintendent F. H. McKELVEY

Secretary IRENE R. DORIAN

Kindergarten MARGUERITE WOODWARD

Grade One SYLVIA B. MANN ELIZABETH W. ROBERTS

Grade Two PHYLLIS E. JOHNSON

Grade Three MARGARET BREEN* SHIRLEY KELLERMAN

Grade Four AUGUSTA F. SISK

Grade Five ELEANOR L. HARRIS

Grade Six RUTH JOHNSONt JOHN CARLEY

Grade Seven EVELYN H. STENSTREAM

Grade Eight WAYNE A. RANDALL* WALTER J. VORSE

Music ERNA V. FISHER

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Art CHRISTINE M. BEAN* VIRGINIA R. LYKE

School Physician RANDOLPH PIPER, M.D.

School Nurse MARIAN N. OBER, R.N.

School Dentist DR. JOSEPH BARRON

Custodian

WILFRED SMITH

Attendance Officer JOHN J. KELLEHER

*Resigned, June, 1947

+Substitute Teacher

School Calendar 1948

September 8

Schools Open

October 12

Columbus Day Holiday

October 22

Teachers' Meeting

November 11

Armistice Day

November 25-26

Thanksgiving Vacation

December 23

Christmas Vacation

1949

January 3

Schools Open

February 18

Winter Vacation

February 28

Schools Open

April 15. Spring Vacation

April 25

Schools Open

May 30

Memorial Day

June 15

Schools Close

No School Signal 7:30 A.M. 3-3-3 on Fire Whistle 7:35 A.M. 3-3-3 on Fire Whistle Announcement on Station WBZ, WEEI .

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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S ANNUAL REPORT 1947

We submit herewith the annual report of the School Com- mittee for the year 1947.

As was hoped in 1946 when a comprehensive salary policy was adopted, a greater degree of staff stability was obtained in 1947. This year a restudy of salary policy was made and as a result the previous schedule was raised further to a point where Lincoln's minimum salaries are well above the median for communities with which we desired comparison. The School Committee hereby acknowledges the sincere thought and effort of the Teachers' Committee which accumulated and codified salary data obtained from 23 representative towns.

The program of text book revision has progressed with the adoption of new texts in English and Science.

At the start of the 1947-48 school year a new bus was pur- chased replacing the last of the pre-war vehicles. The state legislature during its 1947 session passed a bill which provides for about twice as much reimbursement to towns for trans- portation as was previously the case. As a result the net cost to the town for school transportation has been materially reduced.

An after school sports program was inaugurated this fall and the attendance averages of 28 boys and 20 girls were very gratifying. With the kind assistance of the Board of Selectmen and the Superintendent of Streets, ridges have been turned in a flat area of the playground and it is planned to flood this area for skating. After investigation of many types of playground equipment a Travel Climb was purchased and installed on the playground at the South School. Application was made for participation in the Federal Milk Subsidy pro- gram and as a result 5 one-half pint bottles of milk cost 18c as compared to 28c.

The School Committee and Superintendent of Schools pre- pared a "Statement of Elementary School Needs" for use by the School Building Committee in developing plans for a

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building and has since worked closely with the Building Com- mittee. The School Committee is unanimous in the approval of the layout of the school which has been developed by the School Building Committee.

The School Budget request for 1948 is increased by about $11,000 above that for 1947 and basically the reasons are identical with those of last year, namely - increased salaries for the school staff amounting to about $3,500.00, an addi- tional teacher, increased tuition costs of $3,900.00 and general increases in the cost of supplies account for the balance. That Lincoln is not alone in the field of increasing school costs can be shown in high school tuition rates at Concord, Weston and Waltham. (These rates closely approximate per pupil costs)

1945-46

1946-47

1947-48

Concord

$125 00

$165 00

$198 00

Weston

120 00

180 00

200 00

Waltham

100 00

150 00

We intend to request an amount of $2,750.00 to be used for the improvement of the toilets in the Center School, since it is apparent that the building will continue in use for some years.

The School Committee has earnestly endeavored to make the Lincoln School a system of which the town could be proud and in which the professional teacher would like to work. The committee wishes to express its appreciation for the hard work and sincerity of the staff and to make note publicly of the outstanding progress and results being obtained by Mr. McKelvey, the Superintendent of Schools.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN W. CARMAN, Chairman, HELEN P. WILEY, MALCOLM DONALDSON.

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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

Lincoln School Committee,

Lincoln, Massachusetts.

I have the honor to submit the annual report for the Lincoln Public Schools for 1947. During the past year the school committee, the school staff and administration have been concerned with studying, developing and inaugurating plans in a number of important areas. The success of some lies within the province of the committee, the staff and the school; of others, the responsibility rests with the community as a whole. The town's concern and interest in the schools has been most encouraging and I have faith that it will give earnest and thoughtful consideration to the attainment of a really superior school.

Philosophy and Objectives of the Educational Program

Early in the year the staff developed a comprehensive state- ment of its objectives and basic philosophy. This report discussed, under educational beliefs, the relation of the school to a democracy, the characteristics of children as learners and the nature of the learning process. Under the purposes of elementary education, it dealt with the development of the individual learner, the development of good human relation- ships, the development of civic responsibility and of economic responsibility. The nature of an effective elementary school program was described, its curriculum areas and teaching methods. This statement of purposes has been sketched only briefly here to indicate its scope and to emphasize the school's awareness of the importance of agreement in fundamental approaches to educational problems. It is planned to make this statement available as a separate pamphlet.

Elementary School Program

The core of our program has been continued with the home- room teacher responsible for the major areas in grades one to six, with assistance in art and music. The organization of the upper grade 7th and 8th program has been improved by length-

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ening the periods in mathematics, language arts and social studies (history and geography) to 48 minutes each day and a double period once a week in home and industrial arts has been provided. A plan for spacing homework assignments was developed by Mr. Vorse and Mrs. Stenstream and has aided in making such assignments equal in distribution.

The staff is in the process of examining the course of study in arithmetic, seeking to develop a clearer understanding of the sequence of teaching materials and methods to be used. A notebook form of organization of arithmetic papers has already been adopted. A committee is also studying the most recent arithmetic textbooks, with a recommendation to be made this year for adoption.

The primary teachers are re-examining the basic materials used in teaching reading and have outlined a plan of study to recommend, if desirable, any changes in this instructional area.

New textbooks have been placed in use for language arts (composition and literature) and a uniform plan for prepara- tion of class papers by pupils and for marking of papers by teachers has been adopted. New science textbooks for the upper grades have been recommended and will be placed in use in the latter half of the year. A very good selection of supplementary readers was added for the intermediate grades and the addition of books for homeroom libraries was con- tinued in all grades. A cooperative study with other school systems of the social studies curriculum is proposed and the first step in this study, preparation of bibliographies, has begun.

To provide more opportunity for group play an after- school sports program twice a week for the fall and spring months has been introduced, directed by Mr. Carley and Mr. Vorse. Upper grade boys participated in a five-school base- ball league last spring and grades six, seven and eight enjoyed soccer games with other schools in the fall.

An ice rink on the playground has been made and it is hoped that, with proper conditions, skating activities can be a part of the physical education program. A travel-climb apparatus was installed at South School to provide more play opportunities on the playground. See-saws at both schools were re-finished to improve their usability.

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A Junior Red Cross Council was organized under the di- rection of Mr. Carley, which conducted a successful program of enrollment, collecting money for the Children's Fund, sending Christmas boxes to children in Europe, and collecting paper and pencils to send to school children abroad. The second musical festival, directed by Mrs. Fisher, was held in May and the school displayed its art work at an exhibit in the school. Students in art, under Miss Lyke, have sent Junior Red Cross articles to many hospitals and cooperated in the community chest campaign with posters for local display.

Health and Safety

Our general health record continues to be good, a detailed account of which will be found in Mrs. Ober's school nurse's report. The dental clinic has, under Dr. Barron's direction, completed two surveys of pupil's oral conditions and reported the results to parents. His report indicates the extent of the need for dental care and makes recommendations concerning our program.

Dr. Piper has conducted the annual physical examination and reports have been made to parents of health defects when there was need for attention. Diphtheria vaccination was provided by Dr. Piper to a large majority of our enrollment. This year we plan to begin more complete physical exams in two grades, 5 and 7. Hearing tests were given to all stu- dents and teachers by Mrs. Ober.

Transportation continues to be efficiently and safely oper- ated, with equipment which meets every standard for safety and good service. A hazardous condition on the Center play- ground, the existence of many protruding rocks, has been corrected with their removal.

Guidance and Testing

The plan proposed last year has been utilized, whereby a folder is kept for each pupil containing reports, records, tests and samples of work. This folder becomes a cumulative record for each pupil, enabling the teacher of the next grade to become familiar more readily with the pupil's abilities and interests.

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The regular program of testing for readiness in reading at the kindergarten level, for achievement in the skill subjects in all grades, and in mental ability has been continued. The guidance program for eighth grade students includes discussion of the high school courses and opportunities, a visit to the high school, a program of testing in mental abilities, vocation- al preferences, personality and achievement, and a conference of homeroom teacher, high school counsellor and parents in outlining a tentative high school program.

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Town Report on Lincoln 1946-1950, Part 20

Author: Lincoln (Mass.) Publication date: 1946 Publisher: Lincoln (Mass.) Number of Pages: 1028

Author: Lincoln (Mass.)
Publication date: 1946
Publisher: Lincoln (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 1028