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For the Year Ending December 31, 1898.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THOMAS A. WATSON, Chairman, Quincy Avenue, East Braintree. Term expires in 1900.
ALBION C. DRINKWATER, Vice-Chairman, Elm Street, Braintree. Term expires in 1901.
MRS. A. M. BROOKS, Franklin Street, South Braintree. Term expires in 1901.
MRS. CARRIE F. LORING, Front Street, East Braintree. Term expires in 1899.
WILLIAM C. HARDING, Hollis Avenue, Braintree. Term expires in 1899. REV. C. F. HILL CRATHERN, Washington Street, South Braintree, Term expires in 1900.
IRVING W. HORNE, Secretary and Superintendent, Mt. Vernon Avenue, Braintree.
Meetings of Committee.
Second Tuesday of each month at three o'clock, P. M., at the Monatiquot building, Washington Street, Braintree.
Office Hours of Superintendent.
MONATIQUOT BUILDING,
Mondays from 4 to 4.30 P. M. Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 8.30 to 9 A. M. Fridays, from 12 to 12.30 P. M.
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Schools in Session.
1898, Sept. 6 to Dec. 23: 1899, Jan. 2 to March 31; April 10 to June 22 ; Sept. 5 to Dec. 22.
Holidays.
Saturdays, and Nov. 24, 25, 1898; Feb. 22, April 19, May 30, June 17, Nov. 23, 24, 1899.
Daily School Sessions.
High,-8.15 A. M. to 1 P. M.
Jonas Perkins,-9 A. M. to 12 M., and 1.30 to 3.30 P. M.
Monatiquot,-8.45 to 11.30 A. M., and 1.15 to 3.30 P. M.
Other Schools, -9 to 11.45 A. M., and 1.15 to 3.30 P. M.
Storm Signal.
On very stormy days there will be no session of the public schools. This will be announced by 3-3-3, 3-3-3. sounded on the fire alarm at 7.15 A. M.
On days when it is moderately stormy or the walking is bad, there will be no afternoon session. This will be announced by 3-3-3, 3-3-3, sounded on the fire alarm at 11 A. M.
A storm signal one hour before the appointed time of a committee or a teachers' meeting, is a notice of postponement of the meeting.
Janitors.
Monatiquot Building, -John H. Macandrew, West Street, Braintree, Jonas Perkins Building,-William Orr, Front Street, East Braintree. Pond Building, -Sewall Nye, Central Avenue, South Braintree. Union Building,-J. Franklin Bates, Washington Street, Braintree.
Middle Street Building,-Francis H. Thayer, Middle Street, Dana's Corner.
South West Building, -Willie P, Reed, Pond Street, South Braintree.
Truant Officers.
John Gallivan, Braintree.
Horace F. Hunt, South Braintree.
Henry Duggan, Jr., East Braintree.
Tuition of Non-resident Students.
High School, $1 a week ; grades 5 to 8, 75 cents a week ; grades A to 4, 50 cents a week.
Non-resident students are not to be admitted to any school without the written permission of the Superintendent.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
February 20, 1899.
At a meeting of the school committee held this date it was voted that the report of the superintendent of schools be ac- cepted and adopted as the school committee's report to the town.
ESTIMATES FOR 1899.
For teachers, in addition to the
dog tax and income of the school fund .
$14,950 00
1,400 00
For superintendent .
Additional High school assistant beginning in September, 1899 $200 00 Additional assistant in the Union Primary school beginning in September, 1899 . 160 00
Additional assistantinthe Mona- tiquot Grammar school be- ginning in September, 1899 . 200 00
560 00
Janitors, including cleaning and care of buildings during sum- mer vacation 1,808 00
Text books and supplies 1,600 00
Incidentals for schools
.
400 00
226
Schoolhouse improvements, re- pairs and incidentals ·
$1,000 00
Fuel .
1,200 00
Conveyance of pupils
750 00
New floors in Union school build-
ing
350 00
Fire extinguishers for school- houses
225 00
THOMAS A. WATSON, A. C. DRINKWATER, CARRIE F. LORING, C. F. HILL CRATHERN,
ANN M. BROOKS,
WM. C. HARDING.
School Committee.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the School Committee :-
This is my seventh annual report, for the year ending Jan. 1, 1899, and the fourteenth of the series of annual reports of the superintendents.
The expenditures for the support of schools during the past year have been as follows :-
Teachers and superintendent .
$16,514 52
Janitors .
·
1,750 02
Text boooks
$1,097 74
Supplies 830 74
$1,928 48
Credits
97 17
1,831 31
Incidentals
410 34
Schoolhouse repairs
$495 61
Schoolhouse improvements
295 94
Schoolhouse incidentals .
372 32
1,163 87
Fuel
1,195 31
Conveyance of pupils
758 00
Total expenditure
$23,631 37
Appropriation .
23,370 00
Overrun
.
$261 37
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EXPENDITURES FOR FUEL IN 1898.
Monatiquot Building :
Coal
$478 80
Wood .
29 75
$508 55
Jonas Perkins Building :
Coal
$238 00
Wood
10 00
$248 00
Pond Building :
Coal
·
$195 60
Wood .
5 00
Kindling's
3 00
Union Building :
Coal
·
$169 20
Wood .
·
.
.
6 50
Kindlings ·
3 00
$178 70
Middle Street Building :
Coal
$15 20
Kindlings and wood
4 05
$19 17
South West Building :
Coal
$15 12
Kindlings
.
2 25
$17 37
Town House Kindergarten :
Coal ·
· .
$15 12
Kindlings
4 80
$19 92
.
Total expenditure . ·
$1,195 31
·
.
.
$203 60
1
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STATISTICS AND ACCOUNTS.
5,800
Population of town, 1898, estimated · Number of children between 4 and 5 years of age in town, May 1, 1898 92 · Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age in town, May 1, 1898 953
Number of children between 8 and 14 years of age in town, May 1, 1898 575 · Number of children between 7 and 14 years of age in town, May 1, 1898 667 ·
Number of children between 14 and 15 years of age in town, May 1, 1898 . 71
Whole number of pupils enrolled for the year ending June 24, 1898 1,213
Whole number of pupils enrolled for the 4 months ending December 24, 1898 . Whole number of pupils enrolled for the 4 months ending December 24, 1897 .
1,126
Average membership for the school year end- ing June 24, 1898 . 1,024.3
Average membership for 4 months ending
December 24, 1898 1,022 ·
Percentage of average attendance for the school year ending June 24, 1898 . .932
Number of schools keeping separate registers, Number of female teachers 30
27
Number of male teachers .
2
Number of special teachers .
3
Monthly pay roll of teachers for December, 1898
$1,613 50
Monthly pay roll of teachers for December, 1897
1,439 50
Monthly pay roll of janitors for December, 1898 .
156 00
Average monthly wages of female teachers for the school year ending June 24, 1898 ·
53 61
1,154
230
Average monthly wages of male teachers for the school year ending June 24, 1898 Number of schoolhouses in use during the school year ending June 24 1898 (26 class rooms and 1 room in Town Hall) 6 ·
$106 00
Number of schoolhouses not in use during the school year ending June 24, 1898 (3 class rooms) . 3
Number of pupils in private schools not en- rolled in the public schools . . 59
Valuation of the town in May, 1898 $4,557,425 00
Rate of taxation per thousand in 1898 18 20
Total appropriation to be assessed in 1898 83,998 93
Appropriation assessed in 1898 for school pur-
poses 22,220 00 Percentage for schools of total appropriation in 1898 .265
Expenditure per pupil for all school purposes based upon the average membership · Expenditure per pupil for all school purposes except repairing and erecting school houses .
23 07
22 30
1
Expenditure per pupil throughout the state per last · state report for all purposes ex- cept repairing and erecting schoolhouses Percentage of grammar school graduates in June, 1898, who entered the High school 1 in Sep., 1898 .. 818
25 22
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CENSUS, ENROLLMENT AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
SCHOOL YEAR ENDING IN JUNE.
CENSUS, MAY 1. 5 AND 15 YEARS.
FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING IN JUNE.
Enrollment.
Average Membership.
1886
705
817
629
1887
692
802
624
1888
658
790
615
1889
723
884
701
1890
685
864
701
1891
785
894
700.5
1892
832
*
*697.3
1893
853
851
705.3
1894
892
976
786.6
1895
829
1,035
860.7
1896
.
.
849
1,124
919.2
1897
926
1,178
965.1
1898
953
1,213
1,024.3
·
* No reliable statistics for this year have been discovered.
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STATISTICS CONCERNING EXPENSE OF TEACHERS. 1
School year ending in June.
Number of
regular class
Teachers.
Salaries of
all Teachers.
Member- Average
ship.
Number of
Pupils per
Teacher.
Expense of Teachers
per Pupil.
--
-
1886
20
$8202.50
629.
31.5
$13.04
1887 .
20
8127.50
623.9
31.2
13.00
· 1888 .
19
7209.00
615.
30.7
11.70
1889
20
9124.30
700.9
35.
13.00
1890 .
20
9475.00
700.9
35.
13.50
1891 .
21
9821.30
700.5
33.4
12.59
1892
22
10884.00
697.3
31.7
15.61
1893 .
2311
13117.52
705.3
28.7
18.60
1894 .
26
13974.52
796.6
30.3
17.77
1895 .
27
14032.50
860.7
31.9
16.30
1896 .
26
13457.00
989.2
39.2
14.64
1897 .
27
13261.00
965.1
35.7
13.74
1898 .
285
14411.50
1024.3
35.8
14.07
1898, Sept.
to Dec.
30
6411.50
1022.
34.1
*15.68
1
Rate for the year.
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EXPENSES FOR SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS.
Financial Year.
Janitors.
Fuel.
School- houses Exclusive of new Buildings.
Water Rent.
Conveyance of Pupils.
1886
.
$265 40
$564 76
1887
477 75
+
461 60
·
.
1888
·
471 90
+
512 26
.
.
1889 .
431 00
1,183 75
1890
450 50
+
869 11
$115 58
1891
552 50
$312 88
1,277 20
$24 15
214 54
1892 .
810 00
1,040 93
1,493 96
69 19
167 38
1893*
.
990 00
1,239 63
911 19
102 00
469 47
1894
.
1,175 11
1,432 12
1,001 77
108 16
1,020 95
1895 .
1,312 04
1,375 95
858 79
121 00
961 97
1896
·
1,424 07
1,234 45
1,038 31
123 00
795 50
1897
·
1,584 08
1,211 72
1,783 32
129 00
723 00
1898
.
1,758 02
1,195 31
1,163 87
133 00
758 00
.
·
* 11 months. + No record made in school account books.
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STATISTICS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Enroll- ment.
Number of Teachers.
Salaries of Teachers.
Average Mem- bership."
Expense of Teachers per Pupil.
1893
71
3
$2300 00
64.6
$35 60
1894
89
3
2432 50
79.1
30 74
1895
108
4
2875 00
96.8
29 70
1896
109
4
2765 00
95.7
28 89
1897
121
* 5
2263 75
99.2
+22 82
1898
116
*5
2377 50
100.7
+23 60
* Includes teacher of music; two lessons per week.
Combination of superintendency and principalship: $600 of salary charged to the High School.
STATISTICS OF THE MONATIQUOT GRAMMAR SCHOOL. GRADES 5-8.
School Year ending in June.
Number of Teachers.
Salaries of Teachers.
Enroll- ment.
Average Mem- bership.
Expense of Teachers per Pupil.
1893
5
$2890 00
212
178.7
$15 17
1894
5
2908 60
234
199.6
14 57
1895
5
2865 00
266
221.4
12 94
1896
5
2670 50
265
229.
11 67
1897
5
2713 00
259
221.1
12 27
1898
6
2930 00
268
245.1
11 95
Sept. to Dec.
1898
6
1162 00
272
257.8
11 28
.
·
.
·
·
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STATISTICS OF THE JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL. GRADES A-8.
School Year ending in June
Number of Teachers.
Salaries of Teachers.
Enroll- ment.
Average Mem- bership.
Expense of Teachers per Pupil.
1895*
8
$3615 00
282
252.8
$14 33
1896
8
3755 00
300
256.8
14 62
1897
+9
3886 00
312
273.9
14 19
1898
+10
3920 00
326
288.2
13 60
Sept. to Dec.
1898
$10
1750 50
339
321.6
13 60
* School first organized.
+ Includes an assistant in kindergarten.
STATISTICS OF THE POND PRIMARY SCHOOL. GRADES A-4.
School Year ending in June.
Number of Teachers.
Salaries of Teachers.
Enroll- ment.
Average Mem- bership.
Expense of Teachers per Pupil.
1893
4
$1650 00
139
99.2
$16 63
1894
5
2075 00
162
107.9
19 23
1895
5
2060 00
206
153.6
14 13
1896
5
2170 00
228
170.1
12 76
1897
5
2195 00
250
189.7
11 57
1898
5
2216 00
239
183.3
12 09
Sept. to Dec.
1898
.
*6
918 00
206
193.
11 90
.
.
.
.
* Includes an assistant in kindergarten.
236
STATISTICS OF THE UNION PRIMARY SCHOOL.
GRADES A-4.
School Year ending in June.
Number of Teachers.
Salaries of Teachers.
Enroll- ment.
Average Mem- bership.
Expense of Teachers per Pupil.
1893
4
$1738 00
151
118.2
$15 55
1894
5
2050 00
179
141.5
14 49
1895
4
2155 00
173
135.9
15 86
1896
4
1650 00
222
136.2
12 11
1897
*5
1730 00
218
162.2
10 66
1898
*5
1825 00
217
168.
10 86
Sept. to Dec.
1898
.
.
*5
718 00
197
170.9
10 50
*Includes an assistant in the kindergarten.
STATISTICS OF THE MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL.
GRADES 1 AND A.
School Year ending in June.
Number of Teachers.
Salaries of Teachers.
Enroll- ment.
Average Mem- bership.
Expense of Teacher per Pupil.
1897
.
.
1
$400 00
17
15.8
$25 38
1898
·
.
1
400 00
23
18.3
21 86
Sept. to Dec.
1898
·
1
160 00
22
20.1
19 90
.
237
STATISTICS OF THE SOUTHWEST SCHOOL. GRADES 1 AND A.
School Year ending in June.
Number of Teachers.
Salaries of Teachers.
Enroll- ment.
Average Mem- bership.
Expense of Teacher per Pupil.
1898
.
1
$400 00
24
19.7
$20 30
Sept. to Dec.
1898
1
160 00
15
14.
28 57
.
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The following table represents, in a graphic way, the work of the High school during the school year ending June 24, 1898 :
FIRST YEAR IN SCHOOL.
SECOND YEAR IN SCHOOL.
THIRD YEAR IN SCHOOL.
Pupils in Classes.
Recitations.
Certificates Granted.
Failures.
Pupils in Classes.
Recitations
Certificates Granted.
Failures.
Pupils in Classes.
Recitations.
Certificates Granted.
Failures,
English
63
4
105
18
27
4
37₺
123
15
4
19
5
French
38
4
50
21
26
4
32
16
11
4
16
4
Latin
14
4
23
4
3
4
1
3
Arithmetic
63
4
109
13
7
4
2
6
· .
. .
Algebra
54
4
83
18
8
4
12
4
3
4
5
0
History
6
4
10
1
Book-keeping
16
4
22
7
7
4
12
1
Shorthand
16
4
19
9
7
4
8
5
Physics
12
4
6
11
2
4
1
1
Chemistry
1
4
2
0
7
4
11
3
Physiology
5
4
5
0
Drawing, ₺
29
1
10
(9}) 19
12
1
5
7
3
1
3
0
Music, 4 .
·
.
63
2
59
4
27
2
25
2
15
2
12
3
.
·
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. .
.
(5)
239
The graduating exercises of the High school were held in the Town Hall, Thursday evening, June 23, 1898.
PROGRAMME.
PART ONE.
Piano Solo
Chorus by the School, from Cantata- " The Daughter of Jairus" Invocation Chorus by the School-"America, My Fatherland."
Address
.
Florence May Litchfield.
Rheinberger.
Rev. A. A. Ellsworth.
J. J. Loud.
Editor A. E. Winship. '
PART TWO.
Chorus by the School-" The Bugler" History .
Statistics
Pinsuti. Irene Althea Holbrook. (a) William Watson Tonner. ( (b) Harry Edgar Fish. Gertrude Annie Berry.
Scythe Song .
" Thirteen Years from Now"
. Caroline Elizabeth Skilton.
Valedictory Mary Elizabeth Kennedy. Presentation of Diplomas by Mr. Thomas A. Watson. Chorus by the School-"Good Night, Beloved " . Pinsuti.
GRADUATES, JUNE 23, 1898.
FOUR YEARS' COURSE.
Irene Althea Holbrook. Mary Elizabeth Kennedy.
Harry Edgar Fish. Caroline Elizabeth Skilton.
THREE YEARS' COURSE.
Gertrude Annie Berry. George Clifton Bestick. Edith Louisee Brett.
Bertha Francis Drollett.
Florence May Litchfield. Ella Henrietta Oliver. Alice Vianna Thayer. William Watson Tonner.
240
On January 28, 1898, diplomas of graduation in the four years' course were awarded to Bessie F. Holbrook and Elsie L. Dickey, and on June 23, 1898, a four years' diploma was awarded to Josephine M. Foster.
GRADUATES OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, JUNE 23, 1898.
MONATIQUOT GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
William L. Arnold.
Courtenay Atkinson.
Henry A. Barnes.
C. Haven Belcher.
Ralph Cameron.
Grace M. Cavanagh.
Mabel B. Clapp.
Alice K. Cummings.
Fred G. Cottrell.
Josegh Coughlin.
Edward Cuff.
Agnes B. Delano.
Thomas. F. Donahue.
Blanche B. Drinkwater.
Lottie F. Dunkerly.
Lottie O. Fenderson.
Fanny R. Foster.
Harold R. Gooch.
Herbert L. Harvey.
Sarah A. Hatch.
Louis N. Hathaway.
Florence E. Hollinshead.
Agnes L. Kirby.
Roger Lakin.
Annie G. Laskey.
Virgie M. Litchfield.
Cora G. Mann.
Alma O. O'Neill.
Herbert L. Parker.
Fred W. Peverly.
William E. Pierson.
Albert R. Qualey.
Robert E. Roulston.
Helen A. Stetson.
Irving E. Stoddard.
Elisha N. Thayer.
Flossie L. Watson.
Benjamin H. Woodsum.
Clifton Woodsum.
Florence E. Woodworth.
Glennie F. Woodworth.
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL.
William Brown. John Vigor DeNeill.
George William Hearn.
Annie Barbara Lang.
Edward Everett Lawson. Louis Dearing Loring.
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John Augustus Meehan. Mary Mullin. Marie Cecelia Tidden.
Robert Patrick Sullivan.
Frank Augustus Whitmarsh. John Alden Wright.
The following table shows the branches of study taught in the High school during the present year, the number of pupils pur- suing each, and the year in the school of each class :-
Branches of Study.
First Year.
Second Year.
Third Year.
Totals.
English
53
37
14
104
French .
27
32
12
71
Latin
.
26
3
1
30
Algebra
53
30
1
84
Geometry
3
3
History
4
4
Book-keeping
32
5
37
Penmanship .
53
-
-
53
Shorthand writing
and Type-
7
7
Physics
6
6
Drawing
18
8
-
26
Greek .
·
-
2
1
3
.
-
-
-
-
.
.
-
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Report of pupils by grades and ages on May 1, 1898, in the public schools, based on the total enrollment for the school year ending June 24, 1898.
YEARS.
Grades.
4
5
6
7 8
9
10|
11
12
13
14 15 16 17 18 19
Male.
Female.
Totals.
Male.
1A |35
39
14
2
3
93
.
. .
Female
1A
43
38
10
2
93
186
Male.
1B
. .
11
27
13
7
1
1
60
Female
1B
1
14
22
14
4
2
57
117
Male.
2
4
18 17
12
9
6
66
..
Female.
2
4
18 20
14
12
1
1
1
71
137
Male. .
3
2
7 15
20
5
6
2
1|. .
58
Female
3
1 15 22
8
4
9
2
1
..
62
120
Male ..
2
2
.
56
Female
4
20
9
6
2
1
42
98
Male
5
3
7
17
16
7
2
2
78
Female
5
4
14,24
16
6
10
2
2
.
78
156
Male.
6
3
19
5
7
5
5
44
Female
6
11
14
6
3
52
96
Male
7
1
3 13
17
9
4
1
48
Female
7
1 14
6
5
2
41
89
Male.
8
12
13
4
2
40
Female
8
11
6
4
2
23
63
Male
9
3
7 |11 4
1
.
26
Female
9
1
6 13.12
2
36
62
Male.
10
2
6
3
. .
.
6
1
1
.
17
28
Male
11
1
1
2
. .
4
Female
11
6
2
2
12
16
Male.
12
..
1
1
1
4
4
Female
12
. .
-
-
-
-
79 110 112 90 96 115 80 101 87 106 74 74 32 11 4 1
584
588
1,172
-
-
..
. .
9
6
7
8
22
24
13
.
..
2
·
11
Female
10
1
8
9
.
. .
.
1
Totals.
. .
18
243
GRADE.
4
YEARS.
Male.
A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Female.
Totais.
4 Years Male ....
35
35
4
Female ..
43
1
44
79
5
Male ...
39
11
4
54
5 *
Female ..
38
14
56
110
6
Male ....
14
27
18
2
61
6
Female ..
10
22
18
1
51
112
7
Male. . .
·2
13
17
7
39
7
66
Female ..
2
14
20
15
51
90
8
Male.
3
7
12
15
8
3
48
8
Female ..
4
14
22
4
1
48
96
9
Male.
Female ..
2
12
8
20
14
56
115
10
66
Male.
1
6
5
9
17
3
1
42
10
66
Female ..
1
4
9
24
38
80
11
Male ..
6
6
24
19
3
58
11
Female ..
9
6
16
11
1
43
101
12
66
Male.
2
7
16
5
13
12
Female
1
2
2
6
18
14
1
44
87
13
Male.
1
2
7
7
17
12
3
49
13
Female
1
1
1
10
14
13
11
6
57
106
14
Malc.
2
2
5
9
13
7
2
40
14
Female
2
6
6
6
13
1
34
74
15
Male ..
2
5
4
9
11
6
1 ..
38
15
Female ..
2
3
5
4
12
8
2
36
74
16
Male.
1
4
4
3
1
.
13
16
Female
2
2
2
6
6
1
19
32
17
Male.
2
1
..
. .
1
2
1
...
6
11
18
Male.
1
2
1
4
4
18
Female ..
19
Male.
1
1
1
19
"
Female .
Totals.
186
117
137
120
98
156
96
89
63
62
28
16 4 584 588 1,172
1
9
20
22
7
59
9
2
5
17
Female
2
...
4 1-
..
244
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS.
REPORT OF THE SOURCE AND DISPOSITION OF ALL PUPILS BY GRADES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 24, 1898.
SOURCE OF PUPILS.
DISPOSITION OF PUPILS.
last
Grades. Highest at top.
No. retained from
No. promoted from pre-
ceding grade in Septem-
No. enrolled as pupils for
No. from other towns.
No. transferred from other
No. received by special
promotion from lower
No. received by special
demotion
grade.
TOTAL.
No. returned
No. of special promotions
to higher grade.
er schools in town.
No. of withdrawals to oth-
No. of withdrawals not
otherwise designated.
No. not promoted at close
No. promoted at close of
TOTAL.
MONATIQUOT SCHOOL.
.
00
46
2
48
·
. .
1
4
2
41
48
7
2
52
3
57
3
1
4
7
42
57
6
4
46
1
1
2
54
1
3
2
48
54
5
3
50
8
2
63
Co
3
+
53
63
4
1
21
4
1
27
1
1
1
24
27
3
2
18
-1
2
29
1
1
3
2
22
29
Totals,
12
233
25
1
4
3
278
3
1
3
10
14
17
230
278
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL.
8
1
12
14
2
29
1
.
14
15
7
4
28
28
60
1
2
29
32
6
7
13
13
3
36
2
1
20
23
5
6
19
21
1
48
2
3
22
27
A
11
30
44
co
88
2
2
38
44
3
6
28
38
4
2
78
10
1
6
31
40
2
6
36
5
2
2
51
3
1
1
47
52
1
4
31
2
8
1
1
co
50
?
1
3
1
7
36
50
A
17
36
·
..
53
1
. .
4
11
37
63
Totals,
62
197
196 27
3
5
4
493
co
4
.1
13
11
30
274
346
lower
to
from higher
year.
ber.
the first time.
schools in town.
grade.
grade.
No. of withdrawals to oth-
er towns.
of year.
year.
·
. .
. ..
245
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF BRAINTREE - Continued.
SOURCE OF PUPILS.
DISPOSITION OF PUPILS.
Grades. Highest at top.
No. retained from last
No. promoted from pre-
ceding grade in Septem-
No. enrolled as pupils for
the first time.
No. from other towns.
No. transferred from other
schools in town.
promotion
grade.
grade.
TOTAL.
No. of special promotions
to higher grad -.
No. of withdrawals to oth-
No. of withdrawals to oth-
No of withdrawals not
otherwise designated.
No. not promoted at close
No. promoted at close of
TOTAL.
POND SCHOOL.
4
1
37
Co
1
47
. ...
.
....
4
36
47
co
26
1
1
1
39
1
2
1
4
31
39
2
4
41
10
5
1
61
5
1
6
-1
42
61
1
co
24
6
4
5
57
1
00
16
31
57
A
12
. .
. .
1
49
23
....
8
co
13
23
47
Totals,
...
26
138
44 25
12
1
00
253
6
24
3
31
3
44
163
251
UNION SCHOOL.
4
25
1
26
2
....
1
23
26
3
26
26
1
25
26
co
10
1
11
1
1
00
11
?
28
6
1
1
1
43
1
2
2
38
43
1
13
27
6
2
2
4
54
1
2
11
31
54
A
23
39
62
2
1
1
22
33
62
Totals,
. .
40
116
41
13
4
3
5
222
9
6
18
....
33
159
222
MIDDLE STREET
SCHOOL.
1
1
10
3
16
3
1
1
8
13
A
7
1
13
-
. .
. .
5
7
13
Totals,
6
17
3
3
29
4
1
. .
6
15
26
SOUTH WEST SCHOOL.
1
.
CC
=
3
6
11
A
15
15
4
2
9
15
Totals.
.. .
...
18
00
26
....
....
....
00
5
15
26
Totals,
...
146
684
316 93
31
13
18
1301
12
35
17
73
34
135
856 1149
1
...
..
·
..
.
.
. .
No. received by special
from lower
No. received by special
demotion from higher
to lower
No. returned
grade.
er schoo s in town.
er towns.
of vear.
year.
year.
ber.
-
-1
....
....
2
.
. .
35
..
246
STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR OF TEN MONTHS ENDING JUNE 23, 1898.
TEACHERS.
·
Room.
Grade.
Enrollment.
Average Membership.
Half-dav Absences.
Percentage of
Average Attendance.
Tardinesses.
Dismissals.
Truancies.
Visitors.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Irving W. Horne, Principal
12
4
2.9
62 94.1
16
14
39
Ella Macgregor
11
20
14.1
254 95.
91
63
40
Julia Ellsworth
10
31
25.3
544 94.
118
118
. .
41
Celia F. Stacey
9
61
58.4
916 95.6
217
239
45
Emily Streiferd (Singing)
Totals
116
100.7
1776 95.1
442
434 . .
165
MONATIQUOT SCHOOL.
Joseph A. Ewart. Principal Josephine R. Fowle (11 wks.)
1
8
48
43.7
943 94.6
41
51
330
2
7
57
50.6
1518 92.5
11
47
152
Susan A. O'Rourke
4
6
49
49.1
1654 91.5
28
31
1
92
Josephine B. Colbert .
5
5
61
54.
1693 92.2
16
25
129
Margaret E. C. Bannon
26
25 ..
750 92.5
23
17
111
Annie E. Crowell .
1 5
27
22.6
766 91.5
15
35
. .
70
Totals
268: 245.1
7324|92.5
134|
206
1 884
..
. .
. .
. .
. .
3
247
STATISTICAL REPORT .- Continued.
TEACHERS.
Room.
Grade.
Enrollment.
Average Membership.
Half day Absences.
Percentage of
Average Attendance.
Tardinesses.
Dismissals.
Truancies.
Visitors.
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL.
Victoria P. Wilde, Principal
00
15
14.4
152 97.4
27
48|
103
Mary A. McGoety (10 wks.)
32
29.3
503 95.7
48
65
.
Nellie E. Bowles
6
6
22
21
353|95.8
120
24
79.
Mary E. Vining
5
5
27
24.7
598 93.9
162
35
. .
39
Elizabeth Simmons
8
4
43
38.6
1103 92.9
153
53
1
78
Nellie F. Monk .
4
3
38
35.1
1235 91.2
279
31
114
Fanny Ellsworth
3
2
51
46.7
1270 93.2
190
44
1
154
Theresa G. O'Rourke .
2
1
45
37.1
1795 87.9
131
16 ·
185
Grace Randall
1
A
53
41.3
1525 90.7
59
197
Marion L. Rogers, assistant
Totals
326
288.2|
8534 92.6 1167
316
2 949
POND SCHOOL.
Sarah L. Arnold, Principal
4
4
47
39.8
837 94.7
54
61
. .
104
Ethel E. Roberts
3
3
40
36.4
748 94.9
39
39
. .
69
Annie M. Brooks
2
2
57
44.3
1296 92.7
92
12 11
117
Emily A. Lapham
1
1
48
39.5
1389|91.2
65
30
-3
85
Harriet M. Hill :
H
A
47
23.3
1029|89
. .
101
Totals
239
183.3
5299 92.8:
250
142|14
476
. .
7
H-Town House.
1
248
STATISTICAL REPORT .- Concluded.
TEACHERS.
Room.
Grade.
Enrollment.
Average Membership.
Half day Absences.
Percentage of
Average Attendance.
Tardinesses.
Dismissals.
Truancies.
Visitors,
UNION SCHOOL.
-
4
26
22
374 95.8
44
24 ..
460
Avis A. Thayer, Principal
4
26
22.5
335 96.3
18
20
38
Hannah C. Whelan
B
12
42
34.7
611
95.6
36
17
238
Mabel L. Bates .
2
1
50
41
925 94.4
52
10
. .
532
Elizabeth B. Pray
1
A
62
38.8
1174 92.4
76
17
.
235
Menetta A. Stevens, assist'nt
Totals
217
168
3555 94.8
240
139
.1604
MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL.
1
11
8.9
261 92.7
. . 57
Mabel T. Knight
1
A
12
9.4
444 88.2
35
Totals
23
18.3
705 90.4
92
SOUTH WEST SCHOOL.
F. Gertrude Badger
1
13
10.8
338 92.2
24
19
A
11
8.9
150 95.8
1
34
Totals
24
19.7
488 93.8
25
.
53
Totals .
1213 1024.3 27690 93.2 2268 1237 17 4213
. .
11
9
136
96.3
14
51
·
101
. .
. .
1
SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING .- Helen E . Hewes.
249
STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE FOUR MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 23, 1898.
TEACHERS.
Maximum Class Room
Membership.
Grade.
Enrollment.
Average Membership.
Half-day Absences.
Percentage of Average
'Attendance.
Tardinesses.
Dismissals.
Truancies.
Visitors.
Average Age of Pupils September 15, 1898.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Principal- Joseph A. Ewart
11
14
13.5
64
97.0
14
4
5 15
10
13
Ella Macgregor
10
37
34.3
186
96.6
15
19
5 15
2
25
Julia Ellsworth.
9
52
51.2
240
97.1
27
36
6|14
2
6
Celia F. Stacy.
Emily Streiford (singing) .
..
. .
Totals.
103
99.0
490
197.0
56
59
16
..
MONATIQUOT SCHOOL.
Principal-
W. Stanwood Field ...
1
44
8
44
40.9
358
94.5
33
9
..
45 13
2 18
Josephine B. Colbert ....
2
78
7
59
56.7
663
92.7
92
10
..
32|12
7 29
Florence L. Elliott
3
55
17
22
20.7
185 362
94.4 93.1
33
3
31 11
8
16
Annie E. Crowell.
4
54
₹5
12
10.7
56
96.7
36
1
58 10 62|10
5
12
Margaret E. C. Bannon ...
5
56
5
56
55.2
592
93.3
152
15
..
102
10
4 15
Totals.
272 257.8
2555
93.8
406
47
..
363
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL.
Principal-
Victoria P. Wilde.
7
51
7
22
18.9
27.8
285
93.6
39
24
37
13
2
6
Mary E. Vining.
6
15
5
43
42.1
479
92.9
49
52
1
14 10
7 27
Elizabeth Simmons
8
39
4
39
37.9
844
86.0
90
34
22 10
10
16
Nellie F. Monk.
4
54
3
54
49.7
512
93.5
39
15
57
8
8 23
Fannie Ellsworth.
3
42
2
39
42.2
665
90.2
28
15
153
7
5
12
Theresa G. O'Rourke
2
43
1
45
43.2
483
93.0
39
1
..
158
5
4
3
Grace Randall.
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