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6. Transportation. Transportation to and from the Regional District School and any other transportation for Regional School purposes shall be the responsibility of the Regional School District and its cost shall be an ordinary operating expense.
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7. Separation - Admission of Other Towns. No member Town may separate from the District except as here- in provided. If no bonds or other evidence of indebted- ness have been issued by the Regional School District or
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if all such bonds or other indebtedness shall have been paid in full or the member Town which desires to separate shall have paid its share of installments of principal and interest of such indebtedness to date and shall have made irrevocable deposit in the name of the District with a Massachusetts bank or trust company having combined capi- tal or surplus of not less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) of funds for the purpose sufficient to meet such Town's share of any future maturing installments of principal and interest on any such bonds or other indebted- ness, such Town may, upon the giving of at least one year's written notice of its intention to do so pursuant to a majority vote of the voters present and voting on the question at an Annual or Special Meeting of such Town called for the purpose, withdraw from the Regional School District at the conclusion of the School term normally scheduled to end in the month of June. The Regional School District may withdraw the funds so deposited and use the same only for the payment of the share of interest and principal on its bonds or other evidences of indebted- ness, which would otherwise have been apportioned to and paid by such withdrawing Town. Until such future matur- ing installments have been discharged, however, the with- drawing Town shall, to the extent thereof, remain liable with respect to such bonds or other indebtedness as if it had not withdrawn. The withdrawing Town's share of future maturing principal and interest shall be computed on the basis of its apportionment factor with credit for State aid as provided in Section 5 (f) at the time of giving of such notice.
By an amendment of this Agreement adopted by each member Town in accordance with Section 8 and complying with the proviso therein contained, any other Town or Towns may be admitted to the Regional School District upon adoption as therein provided of such amendments and upon acceptance of the Agreement as so amended and also upon compliance with such provisions of law as may be applica- ble and such terms as may be set forth in such amendment.
8. Amendment of Agreement. This Agreement may be amended in any manner approved by a majority vote of those present and voting on the question at an Annual Meeting or a Special Meeting called for the purpose in the member Towns, provided that no such amendment shall adversely affect any obligation previously contracted by the Region- al School District or affect in any adverse manner the liability of the Regional School District or of the res- pective member Towns on or with respect to the payment of
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principal of or interest on any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the Regional School District, provided that this provision shall not prevent the ad- mission of new towns to the District and the reapportion- ment accordingly of that part of the cost of construction represented by bonds or notes of the District then out- standing and of interest thereon.
A proposal for amendment may be initiated by the Board of Selectmen of a member Town, by a majority of all the members of the Regional District School Committee or by a signed petition bearing the signatures of five hun- dred (500) registered voters of the District, provided the petition shall contain the signatures of at least one hun- dred (100) registered voters from each member Town. Said petition shall also contain, at the end thereof, a certi- fication by the Town Clerks of the respective member Towns as to the number of signatures on the petition which appear to be the names of registered voters from that Town. Any
such proposal for amendment shall be presented to the Secretary of the Regional School District Committee who shall mail or deliver a notice in writing to the Board of Selectmen of each of the member Towns that a proposal to amend this Agreement has been received and shall enclose a copy of such proposal (without the signatures in the case of a proposal by petition). The Selectmen in each member Town shall include in the warrant for the next Annual Town Meeting or for a Special Town Meeting called for the purpose an article stating the proposal or the sub- stance thereof. Any vote to adopt or reject the proposal shall be by a written ballot. When a majority of those present and voting upon the question in all the member Towns shall have approved a proposal for amendment, said amendment shall be adopted thereby and thereupon becomes a part of this Agreement.
9. Preparation and Submission of Budgets. Within sixty days after the Regional District School Committee is organized, it shall prepare a reasonably detailed budget of expenses for the balance of the calendar year. Copies of such budget shall be submitted for approval to the Finance Committee and the Selectmen of the member Towns. The amount of the budget thus approved shall be apportioned between the member Towns according to their respective apportionment factors as of the preceding October 1st and shall then be delivered by the Regional District School Committee to its Treasurer for certification of the res- pective share thereof to each member Town. The sums thus certified shall be payable by each member Town to the Re- gional District School Committee only from funds appropri-
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ated by each member Town for such purpose, if any.
Thereafter, at the opening of each academic year in September, the Regional District School Committee shall as promptly as practicable proceed with the preparation of a tentative budget for the ensuing calendar year in- cluding provision for any installment of principal or in- terest to become due in such year on any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the District. Such tenta- tive budget shall be in reasonable detail, including the amount payable under the following classification of ex- penses and such other classifications as may be necessary:
General Control, including salaries of the Superin- tendent, Attendance Officers, Census Enumerators, and all personnel employed in the Superintendent's Office; School Committee Expense, traveling expense, supplies, postage, and other miscellaneous expense.
Expenses of instruction, including salaries of teachers, principals and other instructional personnel, clerks in the principal's office, traveling expenses, stationery, postage and other miscellaneous expenses of the principal's office, textbooks and instructional sup- plies.
Operation of School Plant, including salaries of custodial personnel, fuel, custodial supplies, telephone and other miscellaneous expenses of operation.
Maintenance of School Plant, including all expendi- tures made for the installation, repair or replacement of grounds, buildings or equipment.
Auxiliary Agencies, including libraries, health ser- vices, transportation, tuition, physical education, lunch- rooms and miscellaneous expenses.
Outlay, including expenses for alterations of grounds and buildings; and new equipment such as furniture, fur- nishings, instructional equipment and laboratory apparatus.
Vocational Education, including tuition to State aided Vocational Schools.
Debt Service, including principal and interest pay- ments.
All non-recurring expenditures shall be itemized. From the total of said budget there shall be deducted any
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surplus of receipts for the preceding calendar year, ex- cepting those received and reserved for special purposes, over said cost and expenses for that year. Upon the preparation of such tentative budget and not later than November 1 in any year, copies of the tentative budget shall be presented and explained to the Finance Committee in each member Town and thereafter, but prior to November 15, the Regional District School Committee shall hold a public hearing in each member Town after posting in at least three public places at least three days in advance thereof in such town, a notice signed by the Secretary of the Regional District School Committee stating the time, place and purpose of the hearing at which it shall present the proposed Regional School tentative budget and shall answer any reasonable inquiries with respect thereto. Promptly after the holdings of such hearings, the Regional District School Committee shall meet for the purpose of adopting a final budget with such modifications in their tentative budget as they may consider necessary or desir-
able. Failure to give notice or hold hearings as herein prescribed shall not invalidate the proceedings for adopt-
ing a budget. On or before December 1 of such year, the Committee shall adopt a budget, and apportion the amount thereof between the member Towns according to their res- pective apportionment factors as of the preceding October Ist, except that excess tuition payments, if any, shall be apportioned according to the third paragraph of Section 4.
Such apportioned amounts shall then be adjusted in respect of the operating expenses (exclusive of such excess tuition payments) of the second calendar year preceding the year for which such budget is being prepared to the end that the operating expenses of such second preceding calen- dar year shall finally be apportioned to the member Towns on the basis of average membership. The amount of such further adjustment for each member Town shall be the differ ence between that Town's share of such operating expenses (a) according to the apportionment factor previously used to apportion such operating expenses and (b) according to its apportionment factor based on the average membership of Regional School District for said year. If (a) is greater than (b) the amount of the difference shall be sub- tracted from the share of the budget previously apportioned to such member Town; if (a) is less than (b) the amount of the difference shall be added to the amount of the budget previously apportioned to such member Town. For the pur - pose of this Section "membership" shall be as defined in Section 4 and "average membership" shall be computed as prescribed by Section 8 of Chapter 72 of Massachusetts General Laws (Ter. Ed.) for the combined periods of such
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calendar year which are included in any regular academic year.
The budget thus adopted shall then be delivered to the Treasurer for the certification of such adjusted ap- portioned amounts to the respective member Towns.
10. Subcommittees. The Regional District School Committee may from time to time create subcommittees, the members of which need not be members of the Regional Dis- trict School Committee, and assign to such committees, sub- ject to the supervision of the Regional District School Committee, such advisory functions as the Regional District School Committee may determine. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Regional District School Committee may, to assist it in the construction of the Re- gional School Building, appoint a Building Committee to advise it with respect to plans, specifications, appoint- ment of architects, engineers, the letting of contracts, the supervision of construction, and any other assistance which the Regional District School Committee may desire.
11. Agreement Not to Limit Statutory Powers. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no provision of this Agreement shall in any manner be deemed to limit any power now or hereafter conferred by law upon the Regional School District or the Regional District School Committee established hereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed, approved and accepted as hereinbefore provided as of the 28th day of January, 1954.
Regional School District
Planning Board for the
Town of Sudbury
By Wilfred Joseph Allen Elizabeth B. Harding Luther M. Child, Jr.
Regional School District Planning Board for the Town of Lincoln
By Ernest P. Neumann Malcolm L. Donaldson Victor A. Lutnicki
Approved :
The Commonwealth of Mass. Department of Education
By John J. Desmond, Jr.
Jan. 28, 1954
The Commonwealth of Mass. Emergency Finance Board Jan. 28, 1954
By Salvatore E. Aloisi Edmund S. Zelazi William A. Noonan Herman B. Dine
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History
Prior to the formation of the Lincoln-Sudbury Region- al High School District in 1954, Lincoln sent its high school pupils to Concord or Weston as tuition students and Sudbury operated its own high school. Each town had about 100 high school pupils, and the towns were growing at about the same rate and had similar aspirations for their children. The local high school in Sudbury was too small to be of the desired high quality in spite of its high per pupil cost, and a number of Sudbury parents tui- tioned their children to private or other public high schools, while for Lincoln the satisfactory quality of edu- cation was obtained but with a loss of any voice in the school development.
By the early 1950's it became clear that changes were necessary. Through special town-appointed committees an agreement for the formation of the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School District was drawn up - and was adopted by the two towns at their town elections in 1954.
The Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School is adminis- tered by a committee composed of six unpaid members, three elected from each town, for a term of three years. The committee meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 8:00 P.M. in the Superintendent's office at the corner of Lincoln and Concord Roads in Sudbury. All meet- ings are open to the public unless designated as an execu- tive session. The committee has the same powers as a lo- cal school committee, but in addition it may acquire pro- perty and incur debt under certain specified conditions. The committee appoints the Superintendent and determines all general school policy, and it appoints the teaching staff and all other school personnel upon the recommenda- tion of the Superintendent. Although the Regional School Committee operates under State law, it works very closely with the Selectmen and Finance Committees of both towns.
Financial support for the operating costs of the Regional High School derives from local property taxes, and state and Federal aid. Financial support for capital expenditures is derived from local property taxes, State aid and bond issues. Because Lincoln and Sudbury belong to a regional district the Towns receive considerably more State aid than they would otherwise. The region receives 100% reimbursement on transportation for those residing 1} miles or more from the school and 50% on the needs for the physically handicapped.
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The Regional School receives Federal aid under two public laws. Under Public Law 864 the Regional School is reimbursed 50% on state approved costs for guidance testing and equipment for language, science and mathematics. Be - cause Lincoln and Sudbury are located in a so-called feder- ally impacted area, the Regional School is reimbursed under Public Law 874, according to a student ratio pattern. Mon- ey received under Public Law 874 is unrestricted and dis- bursed at the discretion of the Regional School Committee.
The total cost of the high school is apportioned each year to the two towns according to their respective number of pupils.
The Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Committee bases its policy on the premise that the townspeople of Lincoln and Sudbury want their children to be well pre- pared to meet the intense competition of present day socie- ty. To gain this advantage requires a broad, comprehen- sive program that is above average in what it demands from the student as well as in what it provides for the student.
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THE LINCOLN-SUDBURY REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Treasurer's Report December 31, 1963
Total cash balance, January 1, 1963
$
199,971,16
District Fund
Cash balance, January 1, 1963
$
190,084.19
Receipts :
Lincoln Assessment
Sudbury Assessment
$ 192,960.99 525,262.08
State reimbursement: Building construction Transportation
68,792.31
Miscellaneous income
7,620.44
U. S. Treasury Bills
298,422.81
1 ,157, 213.16 $1,347,297.35
Disbursements:
Operating expense
$ 675,738.70
Land acquisition
8,000.00
Debt Service - interest
55,489.50
- principal
130,000.00
U. S. Treasury Bills
298,422.81
Building Construction No. 2
9,817.01
1,177,468,02
Cash balance, December 31, 1963
$
169,829.33
Miscellaneous Income
Books
$58.75
Mass. Withholding
Tax - Employer's
reimbursement
57.39
Interest on U. S.
Treasury Bills
1,577.19
Industrial arts
543.61
Library fines, etc.
22.35
Tuition
2,004.22
Towels
2,601.00
Telephone com- mission
123.28
Use of building
94.00
Vending machines
88.80
Miscellaneous
449.85
$7,620.44
Outlay
Cash balance, January 1, 1963 Receipts (from P.L. 874) Disbursements
$8,940.00
8,940.00
Cash balance, December 31, 1963
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Cafeteria Fund
Cash balance, January 1, 1963
$ 1,425.98 Receipts
Disbursements
$ 35,348.15 35,432.75
Cash balance, December 31, 1963
1,341.38
Athletic Fund
Cash balance, January 1, 1963 Receipts
$ 789.08
Disbursements
822.00
Cash balance, December 31, 1963
1.75
Federal Reimbursement Fund, P. L. 864
Cash balance, January 1, 1963
$ 845.63
Receipts
$ 9,792.95
Disbursements
Cash balance, December 31, 1963
10,638.58
Federal Reimbursement Fund, P. L. 874
Cash balance, January 1, 1963
Receipts
. $ 20,266.00
Disbursements :
Transfer to outlay
8,940.00
Other expenditures
6,963,93
Cash balance, December 31, 1963
11,257.77
Adult Education Fund
Cash balance, January 1, 1963 Receipts
$ 800.00
Disbursements
816.00
Cash balance, December 31, 1963
366.99
Music Scholarship Fund
Cash balance, January 1, 1963 Receipts
$ 318.20
Disbursements
200.00
Cash balance, December 31, 1963
420.20
Total cash balance, December 31, 1963
$193,856,00
$ 34.67
$ 6,895.70
$ 382.99
$ 302.00
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BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1963
Assets
Cash :
First National Bank
$193,435.80 420.20
$
193,856.00
Total Assets
$
193,856.00
Liabilities and Reserves
Appropriation balances: Non-Revenue :
Building Construction No. 2
$ 1,891.13
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
64,154.53
Federal Reimbursement, P. L. 864
10,638.58
Federal Reimbursement, P. L. 874
11,257.77
Surplus Revenue
34,991.36
Revolving Funds :
Cafeteria
1,341.38
Athletic
1.75
Adult Education Scholarship
420.20
Total Liabilities and Reserves
$ 193,856.00
Outstanding Debt
2.2% School Bonds payable $ 5,000 May 1, 1964-1975 inclusive $ 60,000.00
2.4% School Bonds payable $20,000 Nov. 1, 1964-1974 inclusive
220,000.00
2. 4% School Bonds payable $50,000 Nov. 1, 1964-1975 inclusive
600,000.00
3.7% School Bonds payable $50,000 May 1, 1964-1980 inclusive
850,000.00
2.2% Certified Notes payable $5,000 Nov. 15, 1964-1965 inclusive, and $3,000 Nov. 15, 1966
13,000.00
$1,743,000.00
George B. Flint, Treasurer
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366.99
Construction cost Transportation
68,792.31
Waltham Savings Bank
SCHOOLS, LIBRARY AND RECREATION
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee:
This is the eighth Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools regarding the activities of Lincoln-Sudbury Re- gional High School, and it reflects both the strengths and successes as well as the short-comings and needs for the years ahead.
As the school has grown during the past years at an average annual rate of 92 students from an original enroll- ment of 247, the organizational pattern and administrative and supervisory needs have been increased and, therefore, changed. The subject-matter department chairmen have been given an expanded scope of responsibility for curriculum improvement and revision, staff recruitment and departmen- tal policy making. Our department chairmen, like the rest of us, are human and also because of the subject-matter areas represented, all of them have not projected their de- partmental needs on an "equalized" basis. However, the consideration of our building expansion has caused certain of our supervisory staff to give very serious thought to the years ahead and to the needs of their respective de- partments. Currently, these are being considered for our building expansion. In many instances school committee members, administrative staff members, department chairmen, and classroom teachers have visited many of the better school systems throughout the United States to observe and evaluate modern programs and techniques of secondary school education. To mention only a few of the contacts and vis- itations made by our representatives the following can be cited: Palo Alto, California; Blackwell, Oklahoma; Cor- vallis, Portland, and Eugene, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Chicago, Evanston, and Winnetka, Illinois; Melbourne and Peniellas County, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Richmond and MacLean, Virginia; Washington, D. C .; Mt. Vernon, New York; and Darien, Connecticut. From these visitations to schools where newer systems and programs are in effect, members of our professional staff have acquired a first hand knowledge of and a basis to evaluate many of the newer educational advances. From these experiences, most of which have been possible through or by-products of Fellowships of the John Hay Program, our next building phase should reflect the best in modern educational facilities. Our ability to finance and support these will be the only controlling fact- or; the administration and the faculty will be ready with the program for the public and the School Committee to make the building facility possible. The final answer rests
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with you, the citizen, the parent and taxpayer, as to the kind of program your youth shall have!
During the year, 1963, many activities and program in- novations were carried on at our high school and a relating of these by our high school principal, Dr. Leslie Tourville, follows :
"Our enrollment as of October 1, 1963, was 894 stu- dents. This school year, the organization of sections again reflects an enlarged student-teacher ratio which has been economically sound. There have been more large classes than is desirable, but we believe that our increas- ing total enrollment will enable us to schedule close to the desired maximum of 25 after completion of the next building stage. The administration will continue to achieve all possible economics but always consistent with the school's philosophy of a sound education for each stu- dent.
"The curriculum of the school continues to reflect the many new developments of modern education. There has been updating of several of the subject levels in the past summer workshop, and further improvements are planned for each summer over a period of the next five years. Con - sistent with the revision of our syllabi has been the felt need of our teachers to return to graduate schools across the country for further stimulation, new insights, and new material for their classes. We again have teachers re- ceiving fellowship awards, attending summer institutes, and traveling abroad to add to their language and academic com- petence. This continuous training and professional im- provement represents a significant expenditure of their time and money which reflects much credit on the profes- sionalism of the Regional High School teaching staff.
"The P. T. S. A., through the Student Exchange Com- mittee, has again raised funds and brought young people from foreign lands to our school. The work of the Ex- change Committee, has made a significant contribution to the life of the school, and we are most appreciative of the work of the citizens who have helped to make it such a success.
"The achievement record of the school as measured by the post-secondary placement of our students continues at the past high level of about 80% as a total. Over 60% of the members of the class of 1963 were granted admission to 4-year colleges or universities, with an additional 20% going on to technical schools, two-year colleges, schools
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of nursing and business schools. Follow-up reports ob- tained from graduates reveal a high degree of staying power, and, in general, a high degree of satisfaction with the academic preparation and the variety of experiences which they enjoyed as students at "Regional".
"The 20% of our students who do not go on to post- secondary training is a source of great concern to the School Committee, the Administration and to all of the faculty as well as to the members of the Guidance Depart- ment. We are keenly aware of the restricted future of students who have little skill in a market where the de- mand for unskilled labor has almost disappeared. It is
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