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Health and Safety
As will be noted in the school nurse's report, the general health conditions are quite satisfactory. The program of dental surveys under Dr. Joseph Barron and annual physical examinations by Dr. Randolph Piper have proved satisfactory
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and in the environment of our new school, the entire health and safety program should attain new heights in the approach to adequate provision for our children's health. Audio and occu- lar tests were given to all students by Mrs. Marian Ober, school nurse, and recommendations have been made accord- ingly.
In spite of the increased enrollment and consequent added burden to our transportation vehicles, it has been possible, with slight revisions in bus schedules from time to time, to avoid serious overcrowding. In other respects our equipment more than satisfies requirements of standards for safety and school service. The bus turn-around and extension of it as a hard surfaced play area continues to be a matter of major concern in the plans for the continued use of Center School. Community acceptance of some regulations governing the flow of student traffic across Lincoln Road and the one way vehicular traffic on the front driveway at Center School have tended to alleviate what was a particularly hazardous situation.
Visual Education
Our visual education program has become a major part of the total educational picture. Its true value should be intrinsically enhanced under the more favorable conditions anticipated in the new school. In connection with this program involving sound films and exhibits, the planned tours have greatly con- tributed to the enriched program offered our student body. It is anticipated that throughout the coming year these experi- ences will be broadened through the use of available specialists, technicians and other professionally trained citizens residing in this community who have signified their willingness to place their services at the disposal of the school.
Guidance and Testing
The guidance and testing program which was inaugurated two years ago has proved itself a valuable asset in our efforts to be of particular assistance in the solution of individual prob- lems and the understanding of difficulties encountered in the making of social adjustments. The folder provided for each student keeps an easily accessible anecdotal record of each pupil's elementary school experience. The regular testing pro-
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gram of reading readiness at the kindergarten level and subject achievement in all other grades will be continued. This infor- mation has accumulated to the extent that its value will be greatly increased from this point on, since interpretations have more meaning when based on several years' records. The pro- vision for a Guidance Day for the 8th grade is a good practice. It will be continued with a view to increasing this service in so far as possible.
Personnel
As a result of the cooperative efforts of the school committee and staff, a new salary schedule was adopted in 1946, revised in 1947, and has come into full operation during the current year. Briefly this schedule provides a minimum of $1,800 for less than four years' training and $2,300 for five years' training, with maximum of $2,250 for the former in four steps and $3,350 for the latter in eight steps. Provisions with regard to absence, accumulated sick leave, requirement of medical examination and x-rays for all new employees, and six weeks' summer school attendance once every five years in order to continue to receive full annual increments at the rate of $150 per annum, made this schedule particularly attractive at the time of its adoption. It is interesting to note that in spite of all the salary negotia- tions for 1949 in surrounding communities, our schedule re- mains satisfactorily comparable.
Another second grade teacher was employed and assumed her duties in September. We plan to employ three additional teachers for 1949 in order to more adequately meet the needs of the expanding enrollment and program.
The interest of the staff in professional advancement and school development is exemplified by the fact that notwith- standing staff meetings one afternoon each month, special meetings must be called in an effort to conclude the plans and discussions designed to promote staff effectiveness. Three members are currently enrolled in further professional pursuits at Harvard and Boston Universities. In the interests of broadened services, Mrs. Marian Ober attended a three-day Audio-Visual Institute in Arlington. Mr. Vorse attended a NESDC Conference on Public Relations and Mrs. Sisk repre- sented Lincoln in a Radio In The Schools - Workshop in Watertown, while Mrs. Fisher visited and observed in her field
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in other schools. The Lincoln Teachers Club was organized to promote professional solidarity and occasional after-school social affairs. It continues to serve in that capacity. Its officers for the current year are: President, Mr. John Carley; Vice- President, Miss Phyllis Johnson; Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Virginia Lyke.
Enrollment
The current enrollment is establishing a new record in the history of the Lincoln schools with 302 elementary pupils and 80 in high schools, for a total of 382. The details of this en- rollment, housed locally, are as follows:
Kindergarten
49
1st grade
41
2nd grade
39
3rd grade
38
4th grade
31
5th grade
32
6th grade
34
7th grade
17
8th grade
21
302
We eagerly look forward to the facilities of the new building which will make possible a division of the third and fourth grades. Already the predictions of previous years have been exceeded. The prospects are that there will be even higher enrollments due not only to the increased birth rates of recent years but also due to the influx of population represented in the well over fifty new homes under construction or recently com- pleted here. The Kindergarten Class of 1949-1950 probably will consist of two sections of about twenty pupils each.
Buildings and Equipment
The subject of buildings and the considerations pertinent thereto has been kept so vividly before the Town lately that even the supposedly disinterested citizen can hardly help hav- ing a fair appraisal of our present plight and consequent needs. It may be worthwhile noting, however, that we are still operat- ing under the conditions which have prevailed for a decade or
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more. There have been some improvements at Center School, chief among which was the rewiring and consolidation of electrical elements by placing them on one panel; renovation and redecorating of both rest rooms and the installation of new sinks and fountains in convenient places. Long range plans for the continued use of Center School provide for interior redec- oration, external repairs to main entrances and roof and a study to determine how best to proceed to protect us against the loss of one boiler which, under heavy firing, may become inoperative. It will also be necessary to do a rather complete job of refinishing the classroom floors of Center School.
It is a well known fact that conditions at South School are not satisfactory particularly with regard to plumbing services. All that can be done to make the situation bearable is being done. To solve the problem, according to all available infor- mation, would require quite complete renovation. In view of the likelihood of the building being out of service within the year, this seems a hardly justifiable undertaking.
Administration
According to established law and local practice the 1949 budget has been prepared in detail by the School Committee with some assistance on the part of the superintendent and staff. Copies of this budget have been placed at the conveni- ence of appropriate Town Committees, the Parent Council and the Lincoln library. Other copies are available to interested citizens. The increase in the 1949 budget over that of 1947 is merely a reflection of the "state of the union" brought on by increased salaries, increased high school tuition, necessity for additional teachers and the continued rise in cost of supplies - more of the latter being required as our enrollment steadily establishes new records.
A summary of the 1949 budget is shown in comparison with the 1948 expenditures. One may readily search out his individ- ual interests. It seems justifiable to center attention on one or more areas. Whereas the total budget for 1948 was $76-, 122.00, of which $76,085.23 was expended, this does not reflect a true picture of the increase in actual cost to the Town of Lincoln. It must be borne in mind that state aid was on the increase again in the form of transportation, teacher per capita
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and tuition of high school students (Comm. of Mass. Ch. 71, Sec. 8). There was a further increase in other receivables to the extent that receipts were more than doubled. Thus the expen- ditures of $76,085.23 less the receipts of $23,732.28 resulted in a net cost of $52,352.95 for Lincoln Public Schools operation during 1948. Adding to this the sum of $2,750 which was taken from the Post War Rehabilitation Fund and the total figure of $55,102.28 is only $1,561:59 actual increase in cost over 1947 although the budgeted increase was $14,376.00. Considered strictly from the standpoint of budget the cost of the schools was nearly $1,200 less in 1948 than in 1947.
For the year ending June 30, 1947, the per pupil cost was $123.26 while the corresponding period ending June 30, 1948, resulted in an increase of $18.89 per pupil. While this increase may be attributable to general economic conditions, there is one factor that should not be disregarded. Though a major portion of this cost may be found in the staff's salary adjust- ments, this, in itself, constitutes a meager enough price to pay for the establishment of the Lincoln Schools on a par with those in adjacent areas and at the same time lay the framework for solidarity of school personnel and the general raising of morale and esprit de corps which are fundamental requirements of a healthy, conscientious, professionally aggressive staff.
Your attention has been sought previously with regard to support of the public schools. To consider whether or not we should have State and Federal Aid to education is but an admission of horse-and-buggy-days thinking. To fear loss of local control with increased aid from larger political areas is to worry foolishly. We already have State and Federal Aid. We have had the latter for over one hundred fifty years and the former has mushroomed in the last decade. We should seri- ously consider these facts and temper our interest with partici- pation in order that our governmental system and its activities will remain ultimately subservient to the people.
Public Relations
Through announcements, letters, visitations, contributions to news organs sponsored by community organization, class activities, public performances and numerous other means, we endeavor to keep the community informed of the status of its schools.
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Particularly contributive to this function is the annual Open House which is held in observance of American Education Week. Each year this program is thought to be better than the year before.
No less significant is the work of our Parent Council. From its membership this year, the following were elected: Mr. George Wells, Chairman, and Mrs. Elliott R. Hedge, Secre- tary-Treasurer. It is well on its way as an interpretative and liaison agency through a "Home, School and Community" day in October, a much appreciated reception for the new superin- tendent which furthered mutual acquaintanceship, and the continuing of its interest in school affairs by inviting various individuals to appear and speak on timely subjects at regular meetings. It is to be hoped that these subjects discussed in regular meetings will serve to arouse the membership to further study, grade-room meetings and discussions in an effort to disseminate information to every citizen of the Town interested in the Lincoln schools.
Grateful acknowledgement is hereby made to the staff and School Committee in their assistance in the preparation of this report. It is a distinct pleasure to work with a community so genuinely interested in the educational development of its future citizens. It is a similar pleasure to be associated with a School Committee so fully aware of the importance of public education and so conscientiously engaged in the promotion thereof.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW J. MANGES, Superintendent of Schools.
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SUMMARY OF SCHOOL EXPENSES
Expended 1948
Recommended 1949
General Control:
Office Expense and Clerk
$1,653 17
$1,960 00
Salaries - Superintendent
4,750 02
4,700 00
Expenses
200 00
200 00
Other Expenses
133 43
90 00
$6,736 62
$6,930 00
Instruction:
Teachers - Salaries
30,372 00
38,346 00
Textbooks - Elementary
1,043 18
699 29
Supplies
2,089 73
2,118 73
$33,504 91
$41,164 02
Operation:
Custodian - Salaries
2,261 72
2,350 00
Fuel
1,646 96
1,200 00
Supplies, Power, Telephone, etc.
1,420 64
936 63
$5,329 32
$4,486 63
Maintenance:
Repairs and New Equipment
924 73
1,825 00
$924 73
$1,825 00
Auxiliary Agencies:
Health - Elementary
715 39
735 00
Transportation.
11,898 53
12,309 35
Tuition
16,431 79
17,980 00
$29,045 71
$31,024 35
Vocational Education:
Tuition
474 34
1,110 00
Transportation
69 60
90 00
$543 94
$1,200 00
$76,085 23
$86,650 00
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Summary:
Total Appropriation
$76,122 00
Total Expenditures
76,085 23
Balance
$36 77
Accounts Receivable
Grammar School Fund
$11 14
City of Boston, Tuition
170 80
Town of Concord, Transportation
63 00
Vocational - Tuition and Transportation
117 80
Special School Tuition
102 20
Refund on Local Transportation
80 00
Comm. of Mass., Part I, Ch. 70
2,320 00
Comm. of Mass., Ch. 71, Sec. 7A and Proportion to State Tax
12,774 96
Comm. of Mass., Ch. 71, Sec. 8
7,482 38
DeCordova Fund
610 00
Total
$23,732 28
Membership by Age and Grade, October 1, 1948
Age
Grade
4
5 6
7
8
9 10
11
12
13 14
Totals
Kdg.
12 34 1
47
1
9 29 2
40
2
8 30 2
40
3
6 28
2 1
37
4
9 18
4
31
5
6 23
2
1
32
6
1 22
10
1
34
7
5
12
1
18
8
1
2
13
5
21
Totals
12 43 38
38 39 26 29 30 25
14
6 300
A. Distribution of Minors
5 yrs. or over and under 7
7 yrs. and under 16
1. Boys
40
143
2. Girls
54
127
-
94
270
=
B. Distribution :
1. In public day schools
81
22"
2. In vocational schools
1
1
3. In private schools
11
41
4. Not enrolled in school
1
1
-
Totals
94
270
October 1, 1948
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Lincoln Tuition Pupils Attending Secondary Schools October 1, 1948
Grade
9
10
11
12
Totals .
School :
Concord
12
21
11
11
55
Waltham
1
1
1
3
Weston
7
5
5
2
19
Essex Agri.
Waltham Trade
1
. .
. .
. .
-
-
-
Totals
20
27
18
14
79
Graduated from 8th Grade, June, 1948
Marjorie Ober Bean
Ronald Gordon McIvor
William Bert Blodgett
Arthur Selden Mills
Richard Ferguson Brooks
Dana Winthrop Murphy
Philip James Coane
Clara Helene Pearl
John Olmsted Cowles
David Thomas Rouner
Frank Anthony Domenichella,Jr. Nancy Rouner
Janet Louisa Henley
Frederick Baylies Taylor, Jr.
James Carter Kubik
Hans van Leer
Sara Jane MacLea
John Pennock Wiley
.
.
. .
1
. .
1
1
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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, 1948, is hereby submitted.
Schools have been visited daily. There have been 189 office calls for treatment or advice, 39 taken home, and 190 home visits made to check on absent pupils. Pupils have been weighed and measured at least twice and scalps and skin examined frequently. Kindergarten pupils have had throat and general inspection each Monday.
The children entering kindergarten and others, new to school, entering first grade attended the Well Child Confer- ence, where they were weighed, measured, and given a physical examination by Dr. John A. V. Davies, of Boston, and received inoculation and vaccination if necessary.
In May a very pleasant Pre-School Get-to-Gether was held at South School for Parents of our kindergarten and first grade group; 32 mothers and 1 father attended.
I assisted our school physician, Dr. Randolph Piper, of Concord, with physical examination, with a Vollmer test, which was conducted in grades five and seven.
I requested the use of the Mass. Vision Chart, also a Maico Audiometer from the State Department of Public Health, receiving both in November. Eighty-nine per cent of our pupils were tested; two visual defects reported to parents are now corrected; two aural defects reported and one now attend- ing private physician. A complete survey was impossible, due to schools limited facilities, too many activities for one grade room during the month's loan of machines.
Four pupils were taken to Middlesex Sanitorium for chest X-Ray.
I assisted Dr. Joseph Barron, of Boston, with the dental examination; 261 pupils were examined; 40% had no defect; 60% need treatment; 9 pupils need orthodontia (one now registered at Tufts Dental Clinic) and about 69 extractions necessary. With all this work necessary conditions showed a definite improvement over last year.
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I attended many school health Institutes and group meetings of school nurses, all proving helpful and interesting. Our school health has been very good, no epidemic.
Respectfully submitted with my thanks for the co-operation of Mr. Manges, teachers and especially the parents.
MARIAN N. OBER, R.N., School Nurse.
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NOTICE Business Meeting, Monday, March 7, 1949, 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 Transac- tion of Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Lincoln, on Monday, the Seventh 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 twelfth 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 seventh day of March next.
The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Saturday, March twelfth 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 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 Auditor for one year.
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.
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One member of the Board of Health for one year.
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.
One Director for the deCordova and Dana Museum and Park for four 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 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
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
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of the financial year beginning January 1, 1949, 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 if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $7,750.00 to purchase the following Highway Equipment.
Power Sweeper. $1,600 00
Tractor with shovel 5,250 00
Pick-up-truck 900 00
or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,743.00 to purchase the following Fire Department equipment.
Hose $400 00
Oxygen Masks 1,343 00
or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $950.00 for equipment for the new High- way Building, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,238.72 to pay Town employees two weeks extra compensation as a Cost of Living Bonus for 1948, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
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Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to conduct Memorial Day Services on May 30th next, appoint a com- mittee, raise and appropriate money, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of any Town Roads, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
Article 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for printing and mailing an official Town Bulletin, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the use of the Building Code Committee, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the following un- paid 1948 bills.
Cemetery Dept. George E. Cunningham $150 00
Public Welfare . Comm. of Mass. 174 80
Board of Appeals Anthony Doherty 107 46
$532 26
or take any other action relative thereto.
Treasurer
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate money for the use of the School Building Commit-
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tee to provide facilities connected with the new school build- ing, or take any action relative thereto.
School Building Committee
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $150.00 to place street lights on Lincoln Road from route 117 to the Wayland line, or take any other action relative thereto.
By Petition
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum not to exceed $500.00 for the purchase and installation of an adequate range and install the same in the kitchen of the Town Hall and that the Moderator be in- structed to appoint a Committee consisting of a representa- tive from St. Anne's Church - one from St. Joseph's Church - one from the Lincoln Grange and two to be chosen by the Moderator to purchase the same.
By Petition
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the provision of book- shelves, catalogue cabinets, such other furniture as deemed necessary, and improved toilet facilities in the Library, or take any other action relative thereto.
Library Trustees
Article 20. To see if the Town will amend the second paragraph of Section 12 of the Zoning By-Law by eliminat- ing the words "every such lot shall have at least a forty (40) foot frontage along the right of way" and substituting there- fore the words "every such lot shall have a frontage of at least eighty (80) feet in any direction from side lot line to side lot line between said street line and any dwelling on said lot."
Planning Board
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Article 21. To see whether the Town will adopt a By- Law regulating and limiting the use of motor-propelled craft upon the waters of any river within the limits of the Town, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to revise the By- Laws by adding the following: "No person shall fire or dis- charge any firearm or explosives of any kind within the limits of any highway, park, or other public property, or on any private property, except with the consent of the owner or legal occupant thereof; provided, however, that this by-law shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or property, nor to any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of his duties.
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