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$7,500.00
Transfer from Reserve
593.17
$8,093.17
Salaries and Wages:
Chief's salary
$525.03
Chief's transportation allowance
200.00
Permanent Man
1,800.00
Relief Man
440.62
Fire Fighters
1,283.20
Equipment and Repairs :
Apparatus
371.23
Hose
500.00
Truck Expense
253.54
Fuel
404.60
Lights
268.63
127
Buildings and Grounds :
Repairs
$843.45
Heater and Installation
390.00
Sink and Installation
175.29
All other-including water rates
80.67
Other Expenses :
Printing, Stationery, Postage
57.30
Telephone
279.60
Insurance
83.77
All other, including janitor's salary, etc.
136.24
$8,093.17
FIRE DEPARMENT
Pumper and Other Equipment
Appropriation
$10,350.00
Pumping Engine
$8,172.00
Additional Equipment
664.87
$8,836.87
TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$3,500.00
Transfer from Reserve
81.82
$3,581.82
Tree Warden's Services
$709.40
Laborers
1,674.85
Transportation and truck hire
992.56
Equipment
64.16
Spraying by Airplane
140.00
All other
.85
$3,581.82
128
GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$4,500.00
Transfer from Reserve 38.37
$4,538.37
Superintendent's services
$663.00
Laborers
2,725.30
Truck hire, etc.
396.04
Equipment
76.07
Insecticides
365.28
Spraying by Airplane
300.00
All other
12.68
$4,538.37
FOREST WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Transfer from Reserve
774.86
$3,274.86
Forest Warden's salary
$590.00
Firemen-Fighting fires
911.55
Trucks
903.08
Apparatus
337.31
All other-including rentals, mis-
cellaneous supplies and fire
station repairs
532.92
$3,274.86
FOREST FIRE TRUCK
Appropriation
$3,500.00
Pumping Unit
$3,000.00
Portable Pump
338.00
Extras
149.76
$3,487.76
129
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation $300.00
Salary of Sealer and transporta- tion allowance
$200.00
Supplies
15.55
$215.55
BOUNTIES
Appropriation
$50.00
Bounties on Seals and Crows $30.55
$30.55
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health Department
Appropriation
$2,200.00
Salary of Agent
$600.00
Office Supplies 3.19
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Board and Treatment
20.13
Medicine and Medical Attendance
137.00
All other-including transporta- tion 105.00
Tuberculosis :
Board and Treatment 73.00
Removal of fish and other offensive
items
149.75
School Children-dental treatment
570.00
$1,658.07
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Appropriation
$500.00
Salary of Health Nurse
$500.00
$500.00
130
VITAL STATISTICS
Appropriation
$15.00
Statistical reports
$3.75
$3.75
INSPECTION OF SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS
Appropriation $50.00
Salary of Inspector
$50.00
$50.00
ANIMAL INSPECTION
Appropriation
$100.00
Salary of Inspector
$100.00
$100.00
TOWN DUMP
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Wages of Caretaker
$1,510.75
Burning dump-laborers
47.60
$1,558.35
HIGHWAYS
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL
Appropriation
$7,000.00
Transfer from Reserve
110.80
$7,110.80
Laborers' wages
$1,742.70
Sand
94.80
Salt
275.00
Fence and posts
268.22
Plows, trucks, drivers
4,715.55
All other
14.51
$7,110.80
131
HIGHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS
Appropriation
$25,000.00
Salary of Highway Superin- tendent
$2,386.58
Office expense
125.83
Laborer's wages
9,832.27
Trucks and truck hire
3,482.10
Stone, gravel, oil, asphalt, etc.
6,734.64
Miscellaneous equipment and
repairs
1,586.88
All other-including mowing and
raking 838.09
$24,986.39
BRIDGES
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Laborers' wages
$623.90
Lumber and spikes
3,069.51
All other, including truck hire,
stone, etc. 300.50
$3,993.91
STREET LIGHTS
General Street Lighting :
Appropriation
$2,900.00
Plymouth County Electric Co.
$2,776.15
Depot and other Streets :
Appropriation
$250.00
Plymouth County Electric Co.
7.85
Harrison Street :
Appropriation
80.00
Plymouth County Electric Co.
20.76
132
Powder Point Lights : Appropriation $200.00
Plymouth County Electric Co. 166.95
$2,971.71
TOWN LANDINGS
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Wages of laborers
$889.10
Trucking
145.93
New float and repairs
511.29
Sand, and tar topping mix
106.02
Railings
95.03
All others, including hardware,
barrels, etc.
226.61
$1,973.98
CHANNEL MARKERS
Appropriation
$100.00
Lumber and hardware
$31.69
Setting and picking up markers
65.00
$96.69
CHAPTER 90, HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION, 1946
Appropriation-balance
$106.01
Pipe and couplings
$106.01
$106.01
CHAPTER 90, HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE, 1947
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Transfer from available funds 2,000.00
$3,000.00
Laborers' wages Grader hire
$506.71 254.52
133
Grader operator
36.30
Trucks
38.13
Asphalt Sand and gravel
1,455.78
694.88
$2,986.32
CHAPTER 90, HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION, 1947
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Transfer from available
funds
9,000.00
$12,000.00
Laborers' wages
$357.00
Pipe, bands, culverts
688.36
$1,045.36
BIRCH STREET REPAIRS
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Laborers' wages
$129.20
Trucks
8.75
Grader hire
45.00
Grader operator
15.00
Asphalt
741.35
$939.30
PILGRIM BY-WAY
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Engineering
$24.10
Laborers' wages
201.30
Trucks
49.25
Grader hire
22.50
Grader operator
9.00
Asphalt
260.84
$566.99
134
HIGHWAY TRUCK
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Chevrolet Dump Truck
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
HYDRANT RENTAL
Appropriation
$400.00
Town of Marshfield, rental
$400.00
$400.00
BLUE FISH RIVER TIDE GATES
Appropriation
$200.00
Hardware
$30.70
Labor
98.95
Lumber, spikes, bolts
48.22
$177.87
LAND DAMAGE AWARDS
Appropriation
$417.50
Awards paid
$412.65
$412.65
CHARITIES
Jonathan & Ruth Ford Fund :
Jordan Hospital and Nursing
Homes
223.70
$223.70
Public Welfare:
Appropriation
9,600.00
Cancelled checks
43.60
Transfer from Reserve
916.24
10,559.84
135
Administration :
Salaries, Agent and Clerk
$1,205.70
Printing, Stationery and Postage
85.21
All other costs of administration 235.25
Outside Relief :
Groceries and Provisions
$1,431.05
Coal, wood, oil
25.09
Board and care
472.42
Medicine and Medical Attendance
1,385.94
State Institution
120.85
Cash grants to individuals
5,413.53
All other, including clothing
166.20
$10,541.24
A. D. C.
Appropriation
$9,200.00
Cash grants
8,907.20
$8,907.20
O. A. A.
Appropriation
$27,000.00
Cancelled Checks
174.65
$27,174.65
Costs of Administration
$105.35
Cash Grants
25,263.97
Reimburse other cities and towns
1,805.33
$27,174.65
O. A. A. Federal Grant, Administration
Balance December 31, 1946 $218.33
Federal Grants in 1947 657.47
$875.80
Administration, including salaries 797.66
$797.66
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O. A. A. Federal Grant
Balance December 31, 1946
$693.75
Federal Grants in 1947
19,688.24
Cancelled checks®
39.50
:
$20,421.49
Cash grants to individuals
$20,179.98
$20,179.98
A. D. C. Federal Grant, Administration
Balance Dcember 31, 1946
$49.48
Federal Grants in 1947 95.93
$145.41
Administration, including
salaries $128.20
$128.20
A. D. C. Federal Grant
' . Federal Grants in 1947
$2,577.43
Cash grants to Individuals
$1,819.90
$1,819.90
Veterans Benefits
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Transfer from Reserve 292.11
$4,292.11
General Administration $3.80
Fuel
392.67
Medicine and Medical Attendance 857.94
Cash Grants to Individuals
3,037.70
$4,292.11
T I S
137
. . SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Vocational and Americanization Schools
Appropriation
$600.00
Transfer from Reserve 3.83
$603.83
Salary, Americanization Teacher
$324.00
Tuition, Trade Schools 279.83
$603.83
Cottage Laboratory
Balance of Appropriation $19.72
Equipment $11.59
$11.59
Public Use of High School Auditorium
Appropriation
$200.00
Custodians' wages
$72.68
$72.68
Schools
Appropriation
$105,500.00
Dog Fund
617.16
Refunds
15.52
Cancelled Checks
13.42
$106,146.10
General Control :
Salary of Superintendent
$4,462.44
Clerk in Supt's Office
1,971.84
Truant Officer 63.42
Printing, Stationery and Postage
409.88
Telephone
411.12
Travelling and mileage
819.40
School Census
100.00
138
School Secretary
703.44
All other
254.34
Teachers Salaries
61,263.80
Text Books and Supplies
H. S., Text and Reference books 1,827.85
H. S., Class room supplies 2,290.71
Elem. Text and reference Books 893.06
Elem. Class room supplies
1,497.67
Transportation
High School
3,185.00
Elementary School
5,824.00
Janitors' Services
High School
5,287.77
Elementary School
2,516.41
Fuel and Lights, all schools
3,228.94
Maintenance Buildings and Grounds
H. S. Repairs
2,472.89
H. S. Janitors Supplies
386.80
H. S .. All other
51.10
Elem. Repairs
318.07
Elem. Janitors Supplies
98.59
Elem. All other
15.86
Furniture and Furnishings
High School
2,421.59
Elementary School Other Expenses
504.30
Diplomas and Graduation Exercise 71.69
Insurance
688.50
School Health
Physician
481.20
Nurse
953.53
Physical Education, supplies
and expenses 668.74
$106,143.95
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation
$1,750.00
Salaries and Wages
Librarian
$1,120.00
Assistant
390.00
Janitor
240.00
$1,750.00
RECREATION and UNCLASSIFIED
Shellfish Areas
Appropriation $2,000.00
Salary of Shellfish Constable
$1,400.00
Constable's travel allowance 450.00
Printing permits and forms and supplies 37.54
$1,887.54
Special Shellfish Propagation Commonwealth of Mass- achusetts, grant $200.00
Transfer from Shellfish
account
700.00
$900.00
Seed clams
$560.00
Labor
161.50
$721.50
Airport Committee
Appropriation $100.00
Blue prints of airport plans $7.00
$7.00
140
Parks and Playgrounds Appropriation
$450.00
Labor
$176.90
Bulldozing Island Creek Park
125.00
Water
18.00
Loam
36.00
All other, including hardware
and truck hire
86.15
$442.05
MYLES STANDISH CELLAR LOT
Labor
$22.95
Signs and hardware
11.97
$34.92
PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING TOWN REPORTS
Appropriation
$1,250.00
Printing 1,000 Reports
$1,209.50
Paid for delivering reports
40.00
$1,249.50
EMPLOYEES LIABILITY INSURANCE
Appropriation $1,000.00
Workmen's Compensation
Insurance
$741.55
Auto Liability Insurance
88.08
$829.63
PLANNING BOARD
Appropriation
$100.00
Publishing notices, etc.
$29.34
$29.34
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UNCLASSIFIED
Appropriation
$400.00
Telephone (Town Hall)
$2.72
Salaries of Flag Custodians,
and supplies
50.30
Dog officer, care of dog, and salary
79.00
Custodian Town Clock
60.00
Flags and bunting
25.00
$217.02
TAX TITLE FORECLOSURE
Appropriation
$100.00
Balance from previous years 500.00
$600.00
Recording deeds of release
$4.50
$4.50
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL
Appropriation $3,647.71
Plymouth County $3,647.71
$3,647.71
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM (Town)
Appropriation $1,025.00
Office supplies $1.75 $1.75
142
PROTECTIVE BY-LAW
Additional Copies
Appropriation $100.00
Duxbury Press
$97.00
$97.00
DEPT. VETERANS SERVICES
Appropriation 500.00
Office supplies and furniture $25.00
$25.00
HARBOR MASTER
Appropriation
$125.00
Salary of Harbor Master
$100.00
Salary of Assistant Harbor Master
25.00
$125.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$350.00
Flowers
$150.00
Flags
93.00
All other, including music, printing, etc.
52.00
C
P.
$295.00
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FOURTH OF JULY
Appropriation $500.00
Band Music $482.00
$482.00
ERADICATION OF MOSQUITOES
Appropriation $1,200.00
State Reclamation Board
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
AID TO AGRICULTURE
Appropriation
$100.00
County of Plymouth
$100.00
$100.00
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Teachers in Military Service
Appropriation
$537.00
Mass. Teachers Retirement Board
$441.00
$441.00
APPEAL BOARD
Appropriation
$325.00
Salaries of Board Members
$250.00
Clerk hire
28.00
Postage, printing, publishing
45.83
$323.83
144
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
Appropriation
$5,700.00
Balance from previous
Appropriation $9,749.19
$15,494.19
Plans and Drawings $4,938.74
Booklet "The School We've Planned" 371.00
All other, including printing and postage 165.77
$5,475.51
CEMETERIES
CHARLES BOOMER SQUARE
Appropriation
$50.00
Laborer's wages
$46.05
Fertilizer
3.75
$49.80
CEMETERIES
Appropriation
$8,500.00
Sale of Lots, 1946
630.00
Dividends, Perpetual
Care Funds 1,419.50
$10,549.50
Salaries and Wages Superintendent $2,340.00
Laborers 6,260.25
145
Secretary - Cemetery Trustees
240.00
Loam
320.00
Trees and Shrubs
36.00
Equipment
849.29
Truck expense
287.29
Office expense and supplies
174.85
All other - including water supply
41.82
$10,549.50
GEORGE H. WOOD Cemetery Fund
Flowers for cemetery lot $20.00
$20.00
CEMETERY LAND PURCHASE
Appropriation $100.00
Lot N 92 $100.00
$100.00
UNPAID BILLS
Unpaid Bills of 1946
Appropriation $415.99
Wirt Bros. Co., Highway Dept.
$54.85
Mass. Memorial Hospital, Health Dept. 133.29
$188.14
AGENCY, TRUST, AND INVESTMENT
Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts, State Tax
$6,100.00
County of Plymouth, County
Tax 18,169.59
146
Rockland Trust Company, With-
holding Taxes 10,426.79
Plymouth County Treasurer, Re- tirement Funds 944.71
Division of Fisheries and Game, licenses 458.25
Plymouth Savings Bank, Per- petual Care Funds 5,194.12
Plymouth Five Cents Savings
Bank, Perpetual Care Funds 1,000.00
Cohasset Savings Bank, Stabil- ization Fund 4,500.00
South Scituate Savings Bank, Stabilization Fund 5,000.00
Plymouth Savings Bank, Trust Fund Income 1,875.00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings
Bank, Trust Fund Income 1,735.83
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
State Parks & Reservations 210.64
State Audit of Municipal Acc'ts.
353.13
$56,818.26
REFUNDS
Refund Estimated Revenue $1.00
Refund Taxes 380.27
Refund Excise Taxes 312.57
$693.84
TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE
Appropriation $3,000.00
To Election and Registration
$7.55
147
To Town Hall and Officers 63.49
To Police Protection Department 116.98
To Fire Protection Department 593.17
To Tree Warden's Department 81.82
To Gypsy & Brown Tail Moth Dept. 38.37
To Forest Warden's Department
774.86
To Snow and Ice Removal
110.80
To Public Welfare
916.24
To Veterans Benefits
292.11
To Vocational and American- ization Schools
3.83
$2,999.22
Total Expenditures
$394,027.73
TOWN OF DUXBURY Balance Sheet - December 31, 1947 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Cash :
In Banks and Office
$232,880.40
Collector (Petty Cash) 150.00
Tailings
593.20
Real Estate Fund
5,600.00
Federal Grants:
A. D. C. $757.53
Taxes :
Levy of 1946
$404.03
Levy of 1947
: 20,218.68
$20,622.71
Motor Vehicle Excise :
Levy of 1946
$24.74
Levy of 1947
1,171.90
Unexpended Appropriation Balances
42.064.79
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
10,357.92
Tax Titles
$1,063.76
Tax Possessions
93.85
Overlay 1947 2,290.26
$2,694.29
Departmental: Public Welfare
$914.93
A. D. C.
1,226.22
Tax Title 1,157.61
148
$1,094.39
Excess Sale of Land of Low Value Ellison Beach
355.66
90.66
$1,196.64
Overlays Reserved for Abatement: Overlay 1946 $404.03
$1.157.61
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Fire Insurance Reserve $2,500.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves 150.00
Town Clerk (Petty Cash) 25.00
$233,055.40
Accounts Receivable:
.
A. D. C. Administration 17.21
O. A. A. 241.51
O. A. A. Administration 78.14
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise $1,196.64
O. A. A.
981.34
Selectmen
37.70
Cemetery
654.75
Veterans Benefits
1,818.40
Aid to Highways
9,010.12
Agency :
$14,643.46
Dog License
1.80
1940 Overlay
$3.38
Tax Withholdings
987.63
1941 Overlay
3.34
State Parks and Reservations
77.83
1942 Overlay
3.34
County Tax
2,731.01
1943 Overlay
3.22
Plymouth County Hospital
425.91
1944 Overlay
3.23
$16.51
Surplus Revenue 183,775.44
$270,692.33
$270.692.33
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TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds:
Stabilization Fund
$19,190.95
William Penn Harding Fund
1,061.71
Cash and Securities
$214,597.37
Post War Rehabilitation Fund Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund Lucy Hathaway Trust Fund
27,121.29
26,524.32
Myles Standish Houselot Fund
1,588.45
Thomas D. Hathaway Trust Fund
2,493.78
George H. Wood Cemetery Fund
1,023.66
Lucy A. Ewell Cemetery Fund
544.09
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
81,553.24
$214,597.37
$214,597.37
Aid to Highways Departmental
9,010.12 5,633.34
$16,997.71
Retirement Fund
194.09
53,495.88
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN of DUXBURY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1947
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School Committee
For the Year Ending December 31, 1947
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
J. Newton Shirley, M. D., Chair., Term expires 1948 Mrs. Arline M. Bunten, Sec. Term expires 1950
George C. Scott Term expires 1948
Loring R. C. Mugford Term expires 1949
Herbert C. Wirt
Term expires 1950
PERSONNEL
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
John A. Whitehead, Duxbury, Massachusetts Office Telephone 465 Mrs. Elisabeth W. McLeod, Secretary
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Connie H. King, M.D., Telephone Duxbury 212 SCHOOL NURSE
Susan E. Carter, R.N., Telephone Duxbury 175
SCHOOL DENTIST
Henry E. Messier, D.M.D., Telephone Duxbury 441-W
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ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Earl W. Chandler, Telephone Duxbury 358
DUXBURY HIGH SCHOOL
Walter K. Hjelm, Principal, Office Phone 346 Math B.S., Boston University; Yale, Clark, University of Vermont.
Mrs. Muriel O. Ferrell, Secretary
Earl P. Basset Manual Arts B.S.E., Massachusetts Normal Art School, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard School of Engineering, Rhode Island State University.
Mrs. Eliabeth M. Bassett English A.B., Boston University, Rhode Island College of Education, Harvard Graduate School.
Mrs. Elesebeth B. Bencordo Librarian
Ralph N. Blakeman Guidance, Science B.S. in Ed., Ed. M., Boston University.
Miss Marjorie H. Buckle Grade Five and Six B.S. in Ed., Hyannis State College; Posse-Nissen.
Miss Virginia M. Carlson Home Economics
B.S. in Ed., Framingham State Teachers' College.
Miss Genevieve M. Collins Commercial
B.S., Boston University.
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Miss Ellen W. Downey Social Studies, Math, English Partridge Academy, Boston University, Harvard Ex- tension Courses.
Miss Frances C. Gray Languages B.A., Colby; Columbia University.
Mrs. Ella B. Hebbard Art Bridgewater State Teachers' College.
Mrs. Carola E. Kapff Physical Education, Health Thayer Academy, Bouve, Pitt University.
Edmund J. King Science, Physical Education B.S., Boston University, Bates College.
Miss Helen Newhall Grade Five B.S. in Ed., Boston University, Perry Kindergarten, Tufts College, Harvard Graduate School.
Mrs. Alice L. O'Neil Grade Six North Adams Normal School.
Kendall W. Reynolds Music Mus. B., Boston University, Graceland Junior Col- lege.
William H. Sands Commercial B.S., M. Ed., Boston University.
Rodney R. Wood Social Studies
A.B., Ed. M., Tufts College.
Charles Schwab Custodian
Ellis F. Harrison Custodian
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Miss Eleanor Hodgdon
Mrs. Gladys MacKeown
Mrs. Marie Caron
Miss Frances Sollis
Charles Delano
Lunch Room
Lunch Room
Lunch Room LunchRoom
Lunch Room
POINT SCHOOL
Mrs. F. Thelma Blakeman Grade One B.S.E., Lowell State Teachers' College.
VILLAGE SCHOOL
Miss Sara E. Paulding, Principal Grade Four Partridge Academy, Columbia University, Harvard, Hyannis Normal School, State Extension Courses.
Miss Claire M. Bryant Grade Three A.B., Emmanuel College, Boston University.
Mrs. Ruth E. Krueger Grade Three
Bridgewater Normal School.
TARKILN SCHOOL
Mrs. M. Abbie Peckham, Principal Grade Two Partridge Academy, Hyannis Normal School, State Extension Courses.
Mrs. Lena A. Macomber Grade One
Salem Normal School.
Richard Putnam Elementary Custodian
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AMERICANIZATION CLASS
Mrs. Ella B. Donovan, Plymouth, Mass.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
1947-1948
September
3
School Opens
October
13
Columbus Day
October
17
Teachers' Convention
November
11 Armistice Day
November
27-28
Thanksgiving Recess
December
22
Christmas Recess
January
5
School Reopens
February
23
Winter Recess
March
1
School Reopens
April
19
Spring Recess
April
26
School Reopens
May
31
Memorial Day
June
High School Graduation
June
Summer Recess
ADMITTANCE
Any child who is five years and eight months of age on or before September 1, may be admitted to the first grade. Any child who is five years of age Septem- ber 1, and whose mental age is six years or more as determined by means of standard tests, and whose physical condition and social maturity is satisfactory, may be admitted to the first grade. Any child five years and eight months or older may be excluded by the School Committee upon the recommendation of the
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Superintendent if investigation indicates that admit- tance would not be in the best interests of that child or of the other children in the school.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
School is usually called off only when bus trans- portation is unsafe. It may occasionally be called off during an extremely severe storm. On such days an announcement is made over Stations WBZ, WEEI, and WBET in Brockton, between 6:45 and 7:45. Parents are not expected to send their children to school on days when, in their opinion, the weather is such as to endanger the health of the child. Such absences are excused on receipt of a written excuse.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Duxbury :
Your Committee submits the following report of its activities for the last year together with the reports of its superintendent, principal, doctors and nurse.
We have continued to follow the plan laid down in the "Three Year Plan of Educational Development" for Duxbury. We have had some changes in the teach- ers and consider the additions to our teaching personnel as fitting in well with the high standard of our teach- ing staff.
We are fast reaching a position where it will be very hard to find room for our increased enrollment. We have an enrollment ten per cent above that of last year and the school census would indicate a further increase of thirteen per cent when school opens next fall. The present facilities are inadequate. Without additional space, we may be forced to adopt morning and afternoon sessions in some of the lower grades. For this reason, we strongly urge the adoption of the plans for the new elementary school and an appropria- tion necessary to build it at the earliest possible time.
The Building Committee has informed us that the plans will be ready to submit to contractors for bids. We hope these will meet the approval of the voters.
The Salary Schedule adopted a little over a year ago has been restudied at the request of the teachers and we are confident that the result will enable us to keep it in force for some time.
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Increased costs of materials continues to be a prob- lem. Added to this, the enlarged classes constantly call for added teaching equipment. We were able to carry through the year 1947 without requesting added financing. We have carefully studied and prepared a budget for the year 1948 and request an appropria- tion of $120,000 to continue our school department program. This budget has been based on the build- ing of the new elementary school building.
During the last year the question of a regional High School for Duxbury and neighboring towns has come up for discussion. We believe this is a proper proce- dure for Duxbury to consider when the time comes. While there is some thought that this may come this year, we believe it will take several years before this can be realized. Until then we must carry on the schools of Duxbury. Should this Regional High School be a four year high school, the new elementary school building with the present high school building will be needed for the eight grades and kindergarten which will be left in Duxbury.
We appreciate the cooperation of the citizens and the various organizations in Duxbury which have con- tributed to the school program.
Respectfully submitted,
J. NEWTON SHIRLEY, Chairman ARLINE M. BUNTEN, Secretary LORING R. C. MUGFORD GEORGE C. SCOTT HERBERT C. WIRT
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REPORT OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
Duxbury School Committee
Duxbury, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my third report as Superintendent of Schools. Two years ago, we submitted to the people of Duxbury a "Three Year Plan for Educational De- velopment." In this report I will attempt to use that as a guide in describing the progress that has been made under it.
"A Good School System Requires Good Teachers"
The problem of evaluating the work of the teachers is not one that can be solved scientifically and a defi- nite answer given. My observation leads me to believe that this requirement of the system is being carried out very well. This is a time when securing any teach- ers is a problem. In spite of this, we have not lowered our standards in teacher selection. Our teachers at present, have more experience than they had at the time the plan was written, are better traind, are better paid, and have more up to date materials with which to teach.
Our attendance records are holding up very well, averaging better than 93% throughout the system. Our children respect the school property. Deliberate destruction or defacement is rare in Duxbury. As one visits from class to class, one is struck by the high quality of class discipline and seemingly good rela-
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tionships between teachers and pupils. On the whole, pupils are busy at these times and seem interested in their work.
The last standard tests were given throughout in the middle of last year. At that time, all except two grades were well above standard. The other grades were retested in June and tested up to standard at that time. The first grade was not tested with a stand- ard test with scores based on averages of thousands of pupils because such tests are unsatisfactory at this age. Last year this was probably our problem grade, but nearly all the children were given an opportunity to try the second grade. We are experimenting there with a new device to improve the teaching of reading in the hopes that by speeding up learning those chil- dren who were having a difficult time in the first grade will get caught up with their work and go on without being retarded. Mrs. Peckham tells me that this plan is working well and most of our second graders are now up to the standard expected. In the high school we gave a very thorough test in October. This is the third year that the test has been given and steady improvement is being shown. This year one class was average in achievement, one did better than 62% of the corresponding grades throughout the country, one did better than 75%, and one did better than 82%. We consider this evidence of good teaching.
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